Little monsters will love BOTH of these Monster Cookies for sure. My taste testers were split right down the middle as to which one was preferred. They are both pretty tasty not going to lie so really you can’t go wrong!
Can you turn a halloween trail mix into a spooky treat that little monsters will love?
For years now I have been making this “Halloween Trail Mix” that includes peanuts, candy corn and m&ms. Equal parts of all three in my glass pumpkin jar. My kids and I have always loved it. If you take 1 candy corn, 2 peanuts and 3 m&ms and pop them into your mouth all at once I swear you will have just taken a bite of a Snickers Candy Bar.
My good friend Patty said to me one day, “you should turn that into a cookie” and I thought YES! Yes I should. I really tried this so many ways but it still didn’t really translate the way I was hoping. That being said I did wind up with two really good cookies using this combination of ingredients that my taste testers all really liked. I know your little monsters will love both of these monster mash cookies but they are just a little boring to look at. I know…I’ll add eyes and turn them in to monsters. It’s crazy how when you add eyes to these cookies how your eyes automatically fill in the rest of the face!
There are a lot of Monster Cookies recipes out there.
It’s funny, when I start working on a recipe that feels like an original idea, when I go to see if it’s already out there, it usually is. This one was no different. Yes they have. LOTS of people have, lol. I still ended up with two great cookie recipes both I think worth posting so here we go.
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Monster Cookie Ingredients
Sift together dry ingredients and mixins.
Cream together sugars and butters.
Adding eggs and vanilla etc.
Bring Monster Cookie batter together.
Bake until set.
MONSTER COOKIES
I hope you and your little monsters love both of these Monster Cookies!
Peanut Butter Monster Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 cups (300g) all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 3/4 cup (240g) creamy peanut butter
- 1½ sticks unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cups (165g) brown sugar
- ⅔ cups (135g) white sugar
- 1½ tsp vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (160g) dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup (100g) candy corn
- ½ cup (60g) peanuts
- candy eyes (optional)
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350℉, line two cookie sheets with parchment paper
- sift together flour, baking soda, salt and then add chocolate chips, candy corn and peanuts, set aside
- cream together brown sugar, white sugar, peanut butter and butter until creamy
- add vanilla and eggs, combine well
- add dry ingredients and mixins until just combined
- using a cookie scoop drop on cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes until edges are golden brown
- IF YOU ARE ADDING EYES do that now and cool on cookie sheet for two minutes then move to a rack until cooled completely
Notes
Nutrition
Dark Chocolate Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups (300g) all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup (84g) dark cocoa
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cups (165g) brown sugar
- ⅔ cups (134g) white sugar
- 1½ tsp vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- 2 eggs
- 1½ tsp espresso powder
- 1 cup (120g) peanuts
- ¾ cup (130g) candy corn
- candy eyes (optional)
Instructions
- preheat oven 350℉, line two cookie sheets with parchment and set aside
- sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and add peanuts and candy corn, set aside
- combine eggs and vanilla then sprinkle the espresso powder on top and set aside (espresso powder will start to foam a little)
- cream together brown sugar, white sugar and butter until creamy
- add eggs, vanilla and espresso mix
- add dry ingredients and mix until just combined
- using a cookie scoop, drop cookie dough on to cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes (until edges are lightly browned)
- IF ADDING EYES DO THAT NOW and cool for two minutes on cookie sheet
- move to rack to cool completely
