Monster Mash Cookies Recipes

MONSTER MASH COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 2 to 3 minutes or until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, beat in flour mixture until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and candies.
• Onto cookie sheets, drop dough by level 1/4 cupfuls about 4 inches apart.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

GLUTEN-FREE MONSTER MASH-UP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• In large bowl, break chocolate cookie dough into small pieces. Let stand 15 minutes. Using spoon or hands, mix in peanuts and 1/2 cup of the candies until well blended. In another large bowl, using spoons or hands, mix peanut butter cookie dough, oats, chocolate chips and remaining 1/2 cup candies with wooden spoon.
• Shape 31 level measuring tablespoons of each cookie dough. For each cookie, press together 1 of each dough, and shape into a ball. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten slightly with hand.
• Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Cool on pan 5 minutes. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

THE BEST MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat together brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and peanut butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until well mixed and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla; continue to beat until well combined.
• In a smaller bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to peanut butter mixture and mix until just combined.
• Add quick oats and mix until just combined.
• By hand, stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms.
• Drop dough by 3 tablespoon scoops onto a baking sheet, scooping only 8 cookies to a sheet (because these cookies are big) and spacing the cookies apart. Use your hand or the bottom of a drinking glass to flatten each dough ball into a patty.
• Place additional chocolate chips and M&Ms on the top of each dough patty.
• Bake at 350℉ for 10-11 minutes until set and light golden brown. Allow to cool on pan for 3 minutes, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
• Use regular creamy peanut butter, not crunchy or natural peanut butter. Crunchy and natural peanut butter are drier than creamy, and will therefore make dry cookies. (I use JIF creamy peanut butter.)
• Be sure to scoop these cookies large -- a full 3 tablespoons of dough per cookie (a cookie scoop makes this step extra easy). Scooping Monster Cookies large creates a nice-sized, nice-thickness, soft and tender cookie.
• Placing additional chocolate chips and M&Ms on the top of each dough patty before baking is key to get that characteristic colorful and extra-loaded Monster Cookie top. Press the chocolate chips and M&Ms just slightly into the dough to embed them on the top of the cookie.
• Do not over bake, as the Monster Cookies will turn rock hard. Bake for just 10-11 minutes only, no more. I always bake mine on the 10 minute end.
• Once baked, allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 3 minutes before removing them to a rack to cool completely. They are prone to cracking and crumbling if you try to move them off the baking pan too soon.
• As a side note, 3/4 cup M&Ms is about 9 Halloween fun size packs, if you happen to be using up extra Halloween candy to make these!