Description
Monster cookies packed with colorful candies deliver pure childhood nostalgia and sweet memories. Chocolate chips, M&Ms, and oats create a playful blend that satisfies cravings for comfort and joy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large eggs
- 1 box (432 g / 15.25 oz) yellow cake mix (or white cake mix)
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 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)
Instructions
- Preparation: Warm the oven to 350F (175C) and arrange parchment or silicone liners on baking trays.
- Dough Creation: Blend cake mix, oats, peanut butter, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl until a robust, cohesive mixture forms, ensuring all components are thoroughly integrated.
- Flavor Enhancement: Delicately incorporate chocolate chips and candy-coated chocolates, stirring gently to distribute ingredients evenly throughout the dough.
- Cookie Formation: Utilize a tablespoon or cookie scoop to portion out uniform dollops of dough, positioning them with generous spacing across prepared baking surfaces.
- Baking Process: Slide trays into the preheated oven and allow cookies to transform for 10-12 minutes, watching for delicate golden edges while maintaining slightly soft centers that will solidify during cooling.
- Finishing Touch: Let cookies rest momentarily on baking sheets to stabilize, then carefully transfer to a wire cooling rack, permitting complete temperature reduction before serving.
Notes
- Chill the dough for 15-20 minutes before scooping to make handling easier and prevent excessive spreading.
- Swap candy-coated chocolates with nuts, dried fruits, or alternative chocolate types to match dietary preferences or flavor profiles.
- Use a consistent scoop size to ensure uniform baking and even cooking throughout the batch.
- If dough seems too dry, add a tablespoon of milk; if too wet, sprinkle additional oats to maintain perfect texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg