Description
Monster cookies blend childhood nostalgia with irresistible sweetness, combining classic flavors and playful textures. Chocolate chips, colorful candies, and cake mix create a delightful treat you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box (432 g / 15.25 ounces) yellow cake mix (or white cake mix)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, melted
Mix-Ins and Toppings:
- 1 cup M&Ms (Halloween colors or any variety)
- ½ cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate)
- ½ cup peanut butter chips (optional)
- ½ cup mini pretzels, crushed (optional, for crunch)
Flavor Enhancer:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Craft the foundational mixture by combining the cake mix with robust rolled oats in a spacious mixing vessel, creating a textural base for your cookie adventure.
- Incorporate melted butter, eggs, and aromatic vanilla extract into the dry ingredients, stirring until a cohesive, dense dough emerges with consistent moisture throughout.
- Gently fold colorful M&Ms, rich chocolate chips, creamy peanut butter chips, and crunchy crushed pretzels into the dough, ensuring an even distribution of these delightful mix-ins.
- Strategically position a silicone baking mat or parchment paper onto your baking sheets, preparing a non-stick surface for cookie formation.
- Utilize a cookie scoop to create uniform dough spheres, placing them approximately two inches apart to allow proper spreading during baking.
- Embellish each cookie mound by delicately pressing reserved M&Ms and chocolate chips onto the surface, creating a visually appealing and tempting presentation.
- Slide the prepared baking sheets into a preheated oven set at 180C (350F), allowing the cookies to transform for 10-12 minutes until edges become firm yet centers remain tantalizingly soft.
- After removing from the oven, let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for five minutes to stabilize their structure before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Allow complete cooling to ensure optimal texture and flavor development, then serve these indulgent treats alongside a chilled glass of milk for maximum enjoyment.
Notes
- Customize Your Cake Mix: Choose a flavor that complements your mix-ins, like vanilla, chocolate, or funfetti for added excitement.
- Chill the Dough: Refrigerate the prepared dough for 30 minutes to prevent spreading and create more compact, chewy cookies.
- Gluten-Free Adaptation: Swap the cake mix for a gluten-free alternative and use certified gluten-free oats to make the recipe celiac-friendly.
- Texture Tip: Don’t overmix the dough to keep the cookies soft and prevent a tough, dense texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 196
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 136 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 33 mg