These Christmas monster cookies are tender, delicious, and loaded with M&Ms, white chocolate chips, and sprinkles! They are fun, festive, and have just the right amount of chewiness. Serve them up on Christmas day or gift them to your friends and family as the ultimate Christmas cookie!
Best Christmas Monster Cookies Recipe
These amazing cookies always make their way into my holiday gift boxes year after year! Not to mention, I have so much fun making them with my family!
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🥘 Christmas Monster Cookies Ingredients, Notes, & Substitutions
- Butter - ½ cup of butter that is softened at room temperature.
- Brown Sugar - ¾ cup of light brown sugar, packed. Dark brown sugar will work as well.
- Sugar - ¼ cup of white granulated sugar.
- Egg - 1 large egg at room temperature.
- Peanut Butter - ½ cup of creamy peanut butter.
- Vanilla - 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract.
- Flour - 1 cup of all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled.
- Baking Powder - ½ teaspoon of baking powder.
- Oats - 1¼ cups of old-fashioned rolled oats. This will create a perfectly chewy texture. You can use instant oats, but they won't be as chewy.
- M&Ms - 1½ cups of Christmas M&Ms. Divide these into two portions: 1 cup and ½ cup.
- White Chocolate Chips - ¾ cup of white chocolate chips, divided into ½ cup and ¼ cup portions.
- Christmas Sprinkles - ⅓ cup of your favorite variety of Christmas sprinkles.
*Be sure to see the free printable recipe card below for ingredients, exact amounts & instructions with tips!*
🔪 How To Make Christmas Monster Cookies
You're going to be so impressed with how easy (and delicious) these cookies are! You are going to need a baking sheet, your stand mixer, some measuring utensils, and a small bowl.
This recipe will make approximately 2 dozen cookies, depending on how large you scoop them.
Prepare the Dough
Step 1: Preheat. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C/Gas Mark 4) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Step 2: Cream. Cream together ½ cup (113.5 grams) of butter, ¾ cup (165 grams) of light brown sugar, and ¼ cup (50 grams) of sugar in a mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, until fluffy and light, about 1-2 minutes.
Step 3: Combine. Mix in 1 large egg (50 grams), ½ cup (129 grams) of creamy peanut butter, and 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) of vanilla extract until combined. Then, add 1 cup (125 grams) of all-purpose flour and ½ teaspoon (2 grams) of baking powder and mix just until combined (do not over-mix). Stir in 1¼ cups (101 grams) of old-fashioned rolled oats until evenly distributed.
Step 4: Fold. Gently fold 1 cup (236 grams) of Christmas M&Ms and ½ cup (90 grams) of white chocolate chips into the cookie dough.
Portion & Bake
Step 5: Portion. Portion out the dough into balls roughly 2 tablespoons in size. Pour ⅓ cup (53 grams) of Christmas sprinkles into a shallow dish or plate and press the top of each cookie dough ball into the sprinkles.
Step 6: Add the topping. Then, take the remaining ½ cup (118 grams) of M&Ms and ¼ cup (45 grams) of white chocolate chips and gently press some of each into the top (the sprinkle side) of each cookie dough ball.
Step 7: Bake. Place the cookie dough balls on your prepared cookie sheet with 2 inches of space between each cookie and put it on the center of the middle rack in your oven. Bake until the edges of the cookies are lightly browned, around 11-13 minutes.
Step 8: Cool. Remove them from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
💭 Tips & Notes
- You may substitute the white chocolate chips for traditional semi-sweet chocolate chips or any other flavor.
- To give these cookies as gifts, you can package them in gift tins, place them on a festive paper plate, and wrap them up in colored cellophane, or put them in Glad® Holiday Edition plastic containers!
- You can make the dough up to 1 month in advance and freeze it. Just follow the directions all the way up to baking them and place them in a single layer in a few heavy-duty freezer bags. Freeze for up to 1 month. Keep in mind that the color from the M&Ms may spread. Also, be sure to thaw them in the fridge before baking because the frozen cookie dough will not spread as it should.
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🥡 Storing
You may keep leftover Christmas monster cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Freezing Christmas Cookies
You can also freeze them by placing parchment paper between each layer of cookies and putting them in a heavy-duty freezer bag. Thaw them at room temperature and enjoy them within 2 months.
Check out my post on freezing Christmas cookie dough to freeze the unbaked dough.
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📖 Recipe Card
Christmas Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (softened at room temperature)
- ¾ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1½ cups Christmas M&Ms (divided - 1 cup and ½ cup portions)
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips (divided - ½ cup and ¼ cup portions)
- ⅓ cup Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C/Gas Mark 4) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Cream together ½ cup butter, ¾ cup light brown sugar, and ¼ cup sugar in a mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer until fluffy and light, about 1-2 minutes.½ cup butter, ¾ cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup sugar
- Mix in 1 large egg, ½ cup creamy peanut butter, and 2 teaspoon vanilla extract until combined. Then, add 1 cup all-purpose flour and ½ teaspoon baking powder and mix just until combined (do not over-mix). Stir in 1¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats until evenly distributed.1 large egg, ½ cup creamy peanut butter, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- Gently fold 1 cup of your 1½ cups Christmas M&Ms and ½ cup of your ¾ cup white chocolate chips into the cookie dough.1½ cups Christmas M&Ms, ¾ cup white chocolate chips
- Portion out the dough into balls roughly 2 tablespoons in size. Pour ⅓ cup Christmas sprinkles into a shallow dish or plate and press the top of each cookie dough ball into the sprinkles.⅓ cup Christmas sprinkles
- Then, take the remaining ½ cup of M&Ms and ¼ cup of white chocolate chips and gently press some of each into the top (the sprinkle side) of each cookie dough ball.
- Place the cookie dough balls on your prepared cookie sheet with 2 inches of space between each cookie and put it on the center of the middle rack in your oven. Bake until the edges of the cookies are lightly browned, around 11-13 minutes.
- Remove them from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
Notes
- You may substitute the white chocolate chips for traditional semi-sweet chocolate chips or any other flavor.
- To give these cookies as gifts, you can package them in gift tins, place them on a festive paper plate, and wrap them up in colored cellophane, or put them in Glad® Holiday Edition plastic containers!
- You can make the dough up to 1 month in advance and freeze it. Just follow the directions all the way up to baking them and place them in a single layer in a few heavy-duty freezer bags. Freeze for up to 1 month. Keep in mind that the color from the M&Ms may spread. Also, be sure to thaw them in the fridge before baking because the frozen cookie dough will not spread as it should.
- You may keep leftover Christmas monster cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- You can also freeze them by placing parchment paper between each layer of cookies and putting them in a heavy-duty freezer bag. Thaw them at room temperature and enjoy them within 2 months.
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Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!
Laura Sullivan says
Can I make the Christmas Monster Cookies without peanut butter?
Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com says
To make the monster cookies without peanut butter, I would just add semi-sweet and white chocolate chips to this base recipe. https://bakeitwithlove.com/christmas-mm-cookies/
Happy baking!