My very first 4-H fair entry was a blue-ribbon winner: Monster Cookies. Mmmmm. On Facebook last week I asked if they were a regional thing, because some people haven’t ever heard of Monster Cookies! How sad. 
I don’t know if it’s the size of the cookie (you can make ‘em big) or the size of the recipe (monsterous!) that gives them a scary name, but the taste is delicious!
Blue-Ribbon Monster Cookies
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 1/2 c. white sugar
- 2 c. brown sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2 1/2 c. peanut butter (We like chunky.)
- 2 t. vanilla
- 2 t. lite corn syrup
- 4 t. baking soda
- 1/2 t. salt
- 9 c. oatmeal – Yes, 9 cups! (I use old-fashioned.)
- 1 c. chocolate chips
- 12 oz. bag M&Ms
- Cream butter and both sugars. Beat in eggs. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and corn syrup.
- Add soda and salt. Stir well.
- Stir in oatmeal 1-2 cups at a time. Batter will be thick!
- Stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms.
- Scoop onto ungreased cookie sheet. (I use my muffin scoop for big cookies.) Squish a little so cookies will flatten while baking.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
*** Be sure to use your biggest bowl, as this makes a huge batch! 8-10 dozen. Before it’s untimely demise, I used my favorite yellow bowl. Now I use my stock pot.
*** If you don’t need 8 dozen cookies at once, feel free to freeze the dough for later… or just freeze the baked cookies!
*** There is NO FLOUR in this recipe.
*** When making these for a special holiday or my kids’ sports teams, I like to “reserve” the special M&M colors and squish them on top before baking.
Fess up: Are they are regional thing? Have you ever eaten or made monster cookies?
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We have them in Nebraska but our usual recipe is DOUBLE that. . . . a dozen eggs, 18 cups oatmeal, etc.
@Kathryn, mine too! (I’m originally from PA, but the recipe came from someone who used to live in AZ.) The recipe I have actually lists the ingredients in POUNDS: 1 pound butter, 2 pounds brown sugar, 3 pounds peanut butter, 1 pound chocolate chips, 1 pound M&M’s, etc. Somehow when the list of ingredients is in pounds, it even sounds like more!
We live in Texas! My son never cared for cake, so for his birthday parties I made these cookies(he loves M&Ms). I just put the cake decorations on them, spelling “Happy B-day Aaron!”, & arranged the cookies on a big serving tray! They were always a huge(no pun intended) hit!
How fun for the 4th!!
We enjoy Monster Cookies in MI
They are especially a hit at camp!
Evil monster cookies!!! Oh, these look GOOD!
I’ve never heard of them either, but it’s gotta be the size of the recipe that gives the name, lol.
My recipe is smaller, only makes about 5 dozen. It’s got different mix-ins too. Monster cookies are darn good though! My almost 4-year old loves to help me make them. I measure everything out ahead of time, he climbs up on his chair with his apron on, I work the mixer while he dumps everything in.
Here’s mine: http://jenpenm.com/2009/11/18/monster-cookies/
I am in NC, and we have monster cookies here. My add ins are a little different, but I believe whatever I have on hand works, because I’ve chopped up Reese’s cups for these too. My recipe came from Paula Dean 5 or 6 years ago and was featured on FoodTV.com as one of the 12 days of Christmas cookies for that year.
Reese’s cups would be divine in those cookies!
YUM! I they look wonderful and I have not had them before. So, maybe it is regional. Thanks for sharing the recipe with the rest of us!
We love monster cookies in Pa! And that is only half of our recipe, ours has 1doz. eggs & 18 c. oatmeal too! They are great to have in the freezer!
I’ve seen those crazy-big recipes, but truly don’t know how I would even stir the ingredients together!
We LOVE monster cookies! I haven’t made any in a while though. Need to make some more soon after kids get back from camp!!
Never heard of them! Sound good, though.
I have lived in MA my whole life and I dont think Ive ever seen them! They look awesome though!!!
In Southern Piedmont NC, our recipe is a little different (no oatmeal or peanut butter). We made them smaller and called them “Trash” cookies.
If they don’t have oatmeal or peanut butter… you can’t call them monster cookies.
I’d love to see your recipe for trash cookies. Those sound fun!
I’ve never heard of them–but they sure sound good!
We love monster cookies way out here in Oregon!
I’ve heard of them… but I’m pretty sure it was in the blogosphere.
They look wonderful though! And I love the idea of a huge batch… easier to snatch dough that way.;)
Never heard of them (we’re from NV/UT but my mom is a NY-er and we would definitely have had them if she knew about them)… Definitely going to try them! My SD has celiacs and if we make them w/Gluten-free oats, this is an amazing GF cookie recipe – no tricky/grainy GF flour mixes to deal with!
I wondered about the GF oats. I’ve heard they are pricey, but so are the special flours, right? I hope it works for you!
I’ve definitely heard of them here in Ohio. I thought that the “Monster” came from the M&M’s being in them.
I also was introduced to them in 4-H- maybe they are a 4-H recipe.
Thanks for sharing- I haven’t thought of these in a long time! I’m excited to make them for my son who will love them.
My grandma used to make them for us. She’s from UT but we live in CA.
Mmmm we have those here in Oregon. They are delish!
Have made and eaten them here in TN!
I’ve heard of monster cookies and they ARE DELICIOUS! I love the pictures – perfect for July 4th.
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Okay so these cookies look divine! I never heard of these monster cookies. Question though, you said soda.. What kind of soda? regular cola, baking soda??
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Sorry about that! It’s baking soda. I’ll edit that in.
@Amy, my apologizes, i know in certain recipes people use soda itself as an ingredient and wanted to be sure. thank you
I woke up early just to make these. Hope they turn out just as good as the picture.
Not at all! Glad you asked so I could clarify for others, too.
Yep!!! grew up with them! Yummy!
Thanks for the great recipe! F0r my clarification, since the “t”s are lowercase, that means teaspoon, right? I wanted to make sure before I put the wrong measurement in! Thanks!
Yes. That’s a teaspoon. I need to knock it off with the laziness and just write it out, I think.
I made these last weekend. Hands down the best cookies I have ever eaten. My kids and I couldn’t stay out of them…thanks for sharing .
I HALVED this recipe and it still was ENORMOUS! It barely fit in my Kitchenaid! ” )
I grew up eating Monster Cookies and even made them at the bakery I worked at in college, but this was the first time I’ve baked them in 10+ years. YUM!
Um, yeah. I don’t use the Kitchenaid for this one…
I’m in IA and we most definitely have Monster Cookies!!! I have a recipie for Monster Bars as well. MMMM…