After a bunch of baking flops, I was so pleased with myself when I took a bite of these. Then I sat down to take pictures, googled “monster cookies” to see what other peoples’ cookies looked like, and then I saw it. Monster cookies involve peanut butter. Whoops. So here we are with peanut butter-less monster cookies!
I took pictures anyway. They are tasty. Just missing a really important ingredient.
These are fat and chewy. The way a cookie should be, right? I adapted these from my oatmeal raisin cookies. I reduced the sugar because of all the added sweetness from the M&Ms; and chocolate chips, but feel free to reduce it even more. These were basically as sweet as a normal cookie.
But most importantly, they don’t taste healthified. Yay!
I think I’m done with oat-containing cookies for a while. I’m bored with them and besides, oats like to just fall all over the floor anyway.
Hey, do any of you guys have any peanut butter cookie recipes that use natural peanut butter and they actually taste as good as cookies with normal peanut butter? Natural peanut butter is nice for raw stuff but whenever it gets baked, I don’t know… it’s just not as good as the “real” stuff!
Have a lovely week, everyone! I hope you all had a nice Valentine’s day. :)
And by the way, if you don’t like the coloring in M&Ms;, Unreal’s UN41 are without artificial ingredients. I’ve never tried them but apparently you can find them at CVS, Target, and Michael’s. And if you live in Germany, Aldi has naturally colored M&M-ish; candy, but the colors aren’t so pretty and sometimes bleed.
100% Whole Grain M&M Oatmeal Cookies
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Just made these. Very yummy & a great way to get oats into my kids as a treat. They are very messy to work with. They stuck all over my hands, but got much easier when I decided to just scoop it directly to cookie sheet & smusged with a fork. I made 25 cookies with this recipe.
Yay, happy you liked them! If they're sticky, you can also use wet hands to form them or chill the dough first. But like you said, a spoon works just as well. Thanks a ton for the feedback and the tip! It's most appreciated. :)
Yum, yum, yum! Made these yesterday morning and took them to a playgroup and they were a hit. More with the moms than the kids (who hunted for the m&ms;). I blame that in the dark chocolate that I used vs. chocolate chips. But the dark chocolate was great! The recipe is a keeper. Thanks for the great work here!!!
Sorry for the slow reply, Jax! I didn't see this until now. I'm so happy that you all liked them. :) And I pick out the M&Ms;, too. They're just so much more fun than boring old chocolate chips. ;) I appreciate the feedback so thanks again!
I made a few substitutions in these based on what I had on hand, but they are DELICIOUS! I was planning to add peanut butter but, GASP, turns out didn't have enough left. So your pb oversight worked out in my favor :) Thanks for sharing!
Haha, yay! I'm so happy that you liked them. :) I'm wondering what they would be like with peanut butter, though. Probably even yummier because peanut butter just makes everything better, right? ;) Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it.
I also had no clue that monster cookies have to have peanut butter in them, so you could have totally sold these to me as monster cookies. They look so nice and thick!
Wow – these look so thick and incredible! I think I would eat way more than my fair share of them. M&M; cookies are one of my favorites!
Oh my heavens! Yes, please! I'd like a dozen of these beauties :)
Wow, this looks so great :D It's hard to be pregnant and then watch all those wonderful food blogs like yours!!
Aww, thank you! And sorry to torture you with the goodies. ;)
Erin, you rock! Reminds me of my sister who made banana bread once without bananas :) Not quite as interesting, though! Since everyone warns against natural pb in baking, I've never tried it. Plus, it tastes so good on its own. I'd be miffed if I had to throw any of it away!
Haha. That is pretty bad. I often make things like chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips or blueberry muffins without the blueberries but those are just add-ins, you know. ;) And it stinks that natural peanut butter isn't good in baking. I'm guessing most of the people who read this blog prefer using it and I feel guilty whenever I post a normal peanut butter recipe!
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I've been CRAVING these cookies like mad lately!!
These cookies are total dreamboats, Erin! I've gotta make a batch asap.
cornstarch, coconut oil, coconut sugar… I need to make these!! I want a huge plate of these right now Erin. Who cares if there is no PB! Whatever. ;) I've never baked with coconut sugar before.
Who cares that they arent actually "monster" cookies? You made up your own cookie then :) And if they taste good, then thats all that matters :) These look amazing. I love M&M;'s in cookies. YUM!
wow i love how thick and chewy these look…and thanks for sharing the info on the unreal brand of m&m..i;'ve been wanting to get away from artificial food coloring. and no I don't have any recipes with natural pb – sometimes i just use anyway and hope for the best lol…it just makes me nervous using regular pb with so many recalls.
Thanks! So you do use natural peanut butter in baking? I've tried it before but stuff just comes out… bla.
These look fantastic! Love oatmeal cookies and these are perfectly thick and chewy!
These look delicious! And I don't mind that they're peanut butter-less – they still look fab to me. =)
Your version looks so nice and chunky! I just bought 4 large bags of unreal candies and we love them so I should make some more of these cookies, I just hope the natural candies don't bleed :-)
Let me know if they do! Then I can update my post. :D
I just made these- they're a hit at my household. I even used the coconut sugar- fabulous. Thanks!
Hey Robin! Thanks a lot for your feedback. I'm shocked you made them so quickly and I'm happy you all liked them! Thanks again. :)
I just made them- Delicious! Wish I could share a picture-but you're a great photographer!
These dont need peanut butter, they look just as scrumptious without!
I don't care if these cookies don't have peanut butter in them these look freaking soft and delicious! I think I might try them out this weekend maybe. Besides its nice for people with peanut allergies if theres no peanut butter in these.
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You always see the positive in things, don't you? :) I made monster cookies for people with peanut allergies! Aww. That sounds so sweet of me! If only it weren't a mistake. ;)
For me, it's good they don't have peanut butter in as I'm allergic! These look so good, I love cookies!! I'm definitely going to make these nut free ones :D
Yay! I'm happy to hear that you want to make them plus you like that they're peanut butter! Somebody can benefit from my mistake. Yippie. :)
These cookies look perfect – so fat and puffy!
Holy Moly, these look good! I will happily help you eat these. :D Mmm!