Thick, chewy Monster Cookies that are absolutely loaded with fun add-ins. Today’s cookies are packed with oats, peanut butter, chocolate and butterscotch chips, and M&Ms!
This cookie recipe is something of a cross between my peanut butter cookies, oatmeal cookies, and M&M cookies. Simple but hearty cookies that can be customized to your preference. This Monster Cookie recipe includes a step-by-step video at the end of the post!
Monster Cookies
I’m not sure who named Monster Cookies or what they were thinking when they did so, but in so many ways this name is fitting.
Monster cookies, because they are something of a monstrosity to the cookie world. A jumble of peanut butter, oatmeal, and chocolate chip cookies rolled into one Frankenstein’s monster of a cookie.
Monster cookies, and because they turn you into a legit cookie monster (I ate half the tray of cookies before they could even finish cooling 🙈).
Monster cookies, because these cookie cravings turn you into something worth than just a cookie monster if you can’t get your hands on a second, third, fourth, etc. fast enough. Seriously, don’t stand between me and a tray of warm cookies. It’s for your own good ♥︎.
Whatever the reason, these cookies are mega addicting. The cookie base is soft but hearty (thanks to a ton of add-ins), a blend of chewy oats, melty chocolate, crisp candyshell, distinct peanut butter flavor… These cookies have it all.
Let’s Talk Add-Ins
OK, so let’s talk about the add-ins. While you won’t want to change up the peanut butter or the oats (otherwise you risk altering the base and the outcome of the cookie), we do have plenty of wiggle room with our other additions.
I added M&M candies, semisweet chocolate chips, and butterscotch chips to my Monster Cookies. You can swap out the candy pieces for a different chopped up candy (I’ve used chopped up Rolos before, just keep the caramel inside the cookie dough as much as possible when you scoop it!), or substitute different chocolate chips. I liked the blend of half semisweet and half butterscotch chips, but peanut butter chips or caramel chips would also be great additions!
Oh, toffee bits would also be great! Guess I have an excuse to make another batch now.
Monster Cookies are perfect for the cookie monster in all of us.
Enjoy!
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Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 10 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened to room temperature (141g)
- ⅔ cup light or dark brown sugar tightly packed, (135g)
- ¼ cup sugar (50g)
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter* (140g)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (125g)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup quick oats (115g)
- ⅓ cup butterscotch chips (60g)
- ⅓ cup semisweet chips (60g)
- ½ cups M&M candies (100g)
Instructions
- Combine butter, sugars, and peanut butter in the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl and use an electric mixer) and beat until creamy and well-combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
- Add your flour mixture to your wet ingredients and stir (with mixer on low speed so that you don't send flour flying everywhere!) until flour is completely incorporated into the batter. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so that ingredients are well-combined.
- Add oats, chocolate and butterscotch chips, and M&Ms and stir well.
- Cover cookie dough with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator. Allow dough to chill for at least 30 minutes (this dough may be chilled longer or even overnight if needed).
- 15 minutes before dough is finished chilling, preheat your oven to 350F (175C) and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Once dough has chilled, remove from the refrigerator and roll into 1 ½ Tablespoon-sized balls and place on prepared cookie sheet, spacing cookie dough at least 2" apart.
- Bake on 350F (175C) for 11-12 minutes or until edges are beginning to turn light golden brown. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet before enjoying.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
Kelly
I’ve always hated making monster cookies, they were always crumbly. This recipe is the best monster cookies I’ve ever made.
Emily @ Sugar Spun Run
We are so happy our recipe was a winner! Enjoy, Kelly 😊
Margaret
I made these! With small adjustments to the mix ins – they are delicious! I used white chocolate chips and they remind me of a kitchen sink cookie. Thanks for your recipes! I love following along on your insta as well. 🙂
Sam
I’m so glad you enjoyed them so much, Margaret! 🙂
ANNA
I was reading this blog and was: eh noo, I don’t like M&Ms that much (once overeat them as child). But now I found a christmas present again which was: Milka chocolate with m&ms …. What could be more perfect than use it up in delicious cookies as it requires m&ms and chocolate? Well I could give it to someone else, but be honest: which woman in her bad week before would give chocolate away? Voluntarily?? Well, I couldn’t even if I wanted to.
I don’t know id I find Butterscotch Drops, but if not, I’m sure they taste great anyway! Thank you so much for this wonderful idea for less waste ahem … aka (otherwise I would eat it as it is and not be delighted as I could)
Have a nice day
Sam
I hope you love them, Anna! 🙂
ANNA
Hi Sam,
I ended up eating half and making your peanut chocolate cookies with the rest.
Unfortunately the not natural peanut butter here in Germany make me a headache instantly, even if I only lick up the spoon. Don’t know why, could only be the palm fat inside. That’s why I always though I don’t like peanut butter. Natural is all fine.
The cookies thought were really good! I love them.
Perhaps I’m going to look how to make non natural peanut butter from peanut squish.
Sam
I’m glad you enjoyed the cookies! I’d be interested in knowing how making your own peanut butter goes. 🙂
Rhonda
Hi. I haven’t made this recipe yet but it will be on my Christmas cookie list for this coming year! It just looks AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this recipe with all of us!
Sugar Spun Run
Thanks for adding this recipe to your cookie list for next year, Rhonda! I hope that you love them! 🙂