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Valentine's Monster Cookies

Our favorite Valentine's Monster cookies are a thick and chewy cookie loaded with peanut butter, oats, Valentine's M&Ms, and chocolate chips! No chilling needed either! If you're feeling big, you can throw in pretzel pieces and white chocolate chips too for the ultimate loaded cookie.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 24 large cookies
Author: Lori Vaughn

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour *see note
  • 1 ¼ cup quick oats
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup m&m's
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (*see note for additional adder ideas)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Using a hand or stand mixer, mix together butter and peanut butter until light and smooth. Add in brown sugar and granulated sugar. Mix again.
  • Add eggs, vanilla, and honey. Mix again until just combined. Don't over beat the eggs here.
  • Add in flour, oats, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Mix together until just combined.
  • Add m&m's, chocolate chips, and any other adders. Gently mix again one more time.
  • Scoop out balls of dough onto your baking sheet.
    I like to use a 4 tbsp cookie scoop to scoop the dough. (It's twice the size as your standard small scoop). It makes nice large cookies which a great for monster cookies! But you can also use a small scoop or spoon! For the large scoop, I bake 6 at a time on the baking sheet.
  • Gently press down on the tops of the cookies to flatten just a tad.
    Chill or bake right away. Bake for about 10 minutes until edges start to get lightly golden. Store airtight for a few days or in the freezer for a few months!

Notes

Flour: These are nice thick and chewy cookies. If you prefer a thinner, chewy cookie, easy! Just add 1/4 LESS flour. 
Additions: You can be creative with your mix-ins. Feel free to have fun with it. Just try to keep the mix-ins at about 2 cups to keep the over all consistency of the cookie. Some ideas:
  • pretzel pieces
  • white chocolate chips
  • nuts
  • craisins
  • potato chips 
  • chocolate chunks
  • coconut