Easy Halloween Monster Cookies recipe. This quick and simple dessert idea is a great treat to celebrate the spooky season.
This might be the most Halloween recipes that I have made in the month leading up to Halloween on the blog. And we aren’t even halfway into October yet!
But I wanted to celebrate this year. Me and John got our offer approved on a house, and we just did the home inspection today. It’s looking like we are about to buy our first house! This calls for these Halloween Monster Cookies on repeat!
What you need to make Halloween Monster Cookies
This uses almost all of my pantry essentials, plus some Halloween M&Ms. All you need is:
- white & brown sugar
- butter
- eggs
- peanut butter
- vanilla extract
- oats
- baking soda
- Halloween M&Ms
- chocolate chips
That’s it!
Substitutions
This recipe does not need to be only reserved for Halloween. Change out the M&Ms to make it perfect for any holiday!! I plan on buying some Christmas M&Ms to make this in December too.
Another substitution that I love making in these cookies is the peanut butter. Any nut butter works, but one of my favourite substitutions for the peanut butter is Biscoff spread. Seriously, is there anything that Biscoff spread doesn’t make better?
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Halloween Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup Halloween M&Ms
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the sugars and butter until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the eggs one at a time until fully combined. Add in the peanut butter and vanilla, and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add in the oats and baking soda. Mix until fully combined.
- Fold in the M&Ms and the chocolate chips.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Allow to cool on the cookie sheets for around 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
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I think I will make these for the grandkids. They love Halloween treats, and these sound delicoius.
They are so fun to make with kids 😉
I love this time of year because I get to make themes cookies. These cookies were a hit at my pumpkin carving party!
Oh, I am so glad they were a hit!
These Halloween monster cookies brought a smile to my face and happiness to my belly. The kids and I made them this weekend and we all loved the process and the spoils.
Yay! So glad you all loved it!
These cookies are so fun and perfect for Halloween. I can’t wait to make these, I know they will be a hit! This is my kind of cookie, YUM!
So glad you liked it! 🙂
These were super delicious and so fun! Love adding the Halloween colors to the cookies! My kids loved them!
That makes me so happy to hear!
My little cookie monsters absolutely loved these! They even helped make them – such a fun recipe!
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
I made these for my neighbor’s grand children and they were an epic hit! I will admit her husband and I enjoyed a few of them too!
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
I am a total cookie monster so I am definately trick or treating in your neighborhood! These are fantastic. Lots of great color and flavors! Thanjs for sharing!
So glad you liked it 🙂
These were too cute not to make! My kids both helped me in the kitchen and had so much fun eating them!
So glad you and your kids liked it!
These cookies are so adorable! I love all of the Halloween-themed colors. Plus, I love how quick and easy they are to make. I can’t wait to make these for my little sisters this halloween.
Yay! Hope your sister loves it as much as we do 🙂
This cookie recipe just looks so delicious and yummy! Especially the texture its showing gives us an enticing effect from it! I’ll definitely make this at home for the kids!
That makes me so happy to hear!
These are cute and delicious treats to make for my kids this Halloween.
Yum!
Thank you!
Let me know how it goes 🙂
These monster cookies were delicious! I couldn’t find the Halloween M&Ms, so had to use the regular ones, but still came out great!
So glad they worked out 🙂
One can never go wrong with monster cookies! Love the idea of using Halloween colors to celebrate! Will definitely be making these for Halloween!
So excited for Halloween treats 🙂