Big Monster Cookies
These thick and chewy cookies are loaded with oats, peanut butter, mini chocolate chips and M&M’s candy. It’s like having three cookies in one.
Hello everyone, I hope all of you are doing well this fine day where ever you are. It’s bright and sunny today here in Ontario and can’t wait for summer to arrive. Being cooped up in the house all winter is gloomy and dreary so can’t wait to get out and have some fun and hopefully travel some more. Hope you all get a chance to travel and do something fun this summer as well. Always good to take time to relax and recharge.
Here’s something that always warms my heart and feeds my soul (probably for many of you as well); cookies and not just any cookies Monster Cookies. These are loaded with oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips and M&M’s candy; it’s like having three cookies in one.
I love cookies so much and always willing to try new ones and experiment with my recipes but these by far are a game changer. I mean they have a lot of my favourites all rolled into one dough and they require no chilling time at all.
These have become a favourite of mine and my kids and I hope you guys give this recipe a try and enjoy as much as we do. As always don’t forget to comment and send me those pics on my IG @marisblissfulbites.
Happy Baking,
XOXO Mari!
A Few Tips
- Natural peanut butter won’t work for this recipe it will make them greasy due to the oils so stick to thicker peanut butter like Kraft or Jif.
- Make sure when measuring flour to level it off for accuracy and when measuring brown sugar makes sure you pack it in cup for accuracy.
- Feel free to swamp out semi-sweet chocolate chips for milk or dark chocolate, have fun with it.
- If you like a gooey cookie, like me, under bake them by about 2 mins, so for this recipe I take them out at 10 mins. They continue to bake while cooling.
- Once I do take them out of oven I bang the cookie sheet on counter a few time to deflate them a bit and gives them a nice chew, but you don’t need to do this if you like them thicker.
- Feel free to top off the scooped out dough with extra chocolate or M&M’s before baking.
Big Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup of slightly melted unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup of granulate sugar
- ½ cup of creamy peanut butter
- 2 lrg eggs room temp.
- 2 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 2½ cups of All Purpose flour
- 1 cup of quick oats
- 1 cup of mini chocolate chips
- ¾ cup of M&M's candy plus a few extra to top off scooped dough before baking
- ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips these are to place on top of scooped dough before baking (if you like extra chocolate like me).
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside
- In a bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and oats and set aside.
- With stand mixer and paddle attachment on med-high speed cream together butter and both sugars for about 5 mins. until light and fluffy.
- Scrape down bowl, add peanut butter and mix for another min. Then add eggs and vanilla and mix again.
- Add flour and oats mixture and mix on low until just combined.
- Add mini chocolate chips and M&M's and mix for another 10 seconds making sure not to over mix.
- With a large cookie scoop scoop out dough onto prepared cookie sheets and top with extra M&M's and semi-sweet chocolate (optional).
- Bake for 10-12 mins. making sure not to over bake as they continue to bake while cooling.
- Let them set for 3 mins. before transferring to cooling rack.