Looking around for a fun and festive cookie recipe? These Christmas monster cookies with chocolate chips are chewy, buttery, and topped with chocolate chips and red/green M&Ms. These cookies taste great and look perfect for the holidays. You can also have a fun time making them with the kids!
About This Recipe
These cookies are one of those easy-to-make and incredibly delicious treats that are also perfect for holidays. They are often made with oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and M&M chocolate candies. Monster cookies are generally larger than traditional cookies and are known for their chewy and dense texture.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Perfect for the holidays: These chewy monster cookies are a Christmas cookie staple! Enjoy the holidays and spice things up with these cookies.
- Easy to make: Christmas monster cookies with chocolate chips are so easy to make and they are done in less than an hour! All you need is simple pantry ingredients and one bowl to whip up these cookies.
- Flavor-packed: These soft and chewy cookies are loaded with peanut butter, chocolate chips, and M&M candies. They’re truly impossible to resist.
Christmas Monster Cookies With Chocolate Chips Ingredients
- Butter: Cold and firm butter should not be used directly from the refrigerator. The butter should be soft to the touch.
- Egg: Eggs act as a binder in this recipe.
- Salt: Helps to balance out the flavors.
- Vanilla extract: Adds sweetness and flavor.
- Brown sugar: Adds sweetness and moisture.
- Granulated sugar: Adds sweetness to baked goods and helps them brown during baking.
- Peanut butter: Use creamy peanut butter for this recipe.
- Flour: Use all-purpose flour for these cookies. fluff up the flour in the container. Then spoon the flour into the measuring cup. Use the back of a knife, to sweep away the excess flour.
- Old-fashioned rolled oats: Oats give a chewy texture to cookies.
- Chocolate chips: I only used dark chocolate chips for this cookie, but you can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, or a combination of them.
- M&M chocolate candies: These cookies are suitable for those who love M&M chocolate candies because in every bite you will get a little bit of each.
- Baking soda: Baking soda helps leaven the cookie dough, creating a soft and fluffy texture.
How to Make Christmas Monster Cookies
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy for about 1 minute.
- Fold in flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined and the dough is formed.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and M&M’s candies. Cover and chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Scoop the dough into balls with a cookie scoop (about two tablespoons of dough). Place them on the baking sheet leaving about 2 inches of space between each cookie. Press a few more M&M candies and chocolate chips on top of each cookie if desired.
- Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. The centers may appear slightly underdone, but they will firm up as they cool. Let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.
Expert Tips
- Enjoy your cookies warm and fresh out of the oven, or store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. The centers may appear slightly underdone, but they will firm up as they cool.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes in the fridge. This will prevent the cookies from spreading too quickly in the oven.
- Choose fresh and high-quality ingredients for soft and chewy monster cookies.
- Line your baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- Leave enough space between each cookie on the baking sheet (about 2 inches) as they will spread out a bit during baking.
- These cookies are chunky by nature and they don’t spread much in the oven.
- If you don’t like thick and chunky cookies, you can carefully press them with the back of a measuring cup or a spoon to flatten a bit once they are baked.
Variations and Add-Ins
The classic monster cookie recipe typically includes ingredients like peanut butter, chocolate chips, oats, and M&M’s but you add other mix-ins to the cookie dough like chopped nuts, dried fruits, shredded coconut, or another type of chocolate chips.
FAQs
Why Are My Cookies Dry?
These cookies are chunky with a soft and chewy center. Take care of the baking time and oven temperature. The longer you bake them the harder they’ll get. Bake them for about 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. The centers may appear slightly underdone, but they will firm up as they cool.
Which Oats Are Best for Baking These Cookies?
I Prefer using old-fashioned rolled oats for this recipe. Old-fashioned oats provide a chewy texture and add a slight crunch and mild nutty flavor to the cookies.
Did you like the Christmas Monster cookies with chocolate chips? Try my Christmas butter cookies as well! Leave your comment below and If you make this recipe, be sure to tag your photos #yummynotes 
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup red and green M&M chocolate candies + more for topping
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips + more for topping
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2
Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy for about 1 minute.
Step 3
Fold in flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined and the dough is formed.
Step 4
Stir in the chocolate chips and M&M's candies. Cover and chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Step 5
Scoop the dough into balls with a cookie scoop (about two tablespoons of dough). Place them on the baking sheet leaving about 2 inches of space between each cookie. Press a few more M&M candies and chocolate chips on top of each cookie if desired.
Step 6
Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. The centers may appear slightly underdone, but they will firm up as they cool. Let them cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.
