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Looking for a way to use up halloween candy? Trick-or-treat yourself to these delicious halloween candy monster cookies, loaded with a mix of sweet and salty favorites!!
These cookies scream nostalgia of trick-or-treating as a child! They are thick, rich cookies filled with chocolate candy favorites. The sweets are perfectly balanced with chopped pretzels for a salty crunch!
Halloween is just around the corner and we have made the best cookie recipe to use up left over halloween candy that’s lying around the house after a night of trick-or-treating. These monster cookies are packed with all of your favorite halloween candies and a few extra goodies you likely have lying around your house. They're a balance of salty and sweet are sure to be a hit for both children and adults!
Halloween Candy Monster Cookies
These cookies use our tried-and-true cookie base. The dough for these cookies lot's of flour and butter to make a thicker dough that still gives you a tender, soft cookie.
It truly is the best cookie base for any cookie recipe! We've made so many different cookie variations with this same basic dough. Try out our Strawberry Poptart Cookies and Toffee Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes too!
Making the Best Monster Cookies
Cream Butter and Sugars
Creaming butter really just means to mix on a high speed until it is thick and creamy. You want to start by mixing cold butter on high speed until it is creamy. After the butter is creamy, you will add in your sugars and mix until creamy.
Once the butter and sugars are smooth and creamed together, you want to add in your eggs and vanilla extract until combined. Next, you will start to slowly add in your dry ingredients
Add in Dry Ingredients
Turn your mixer onto low-speed to mix in the dry ingredients. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients one-third portions at a time. This will help to incorporate the dry ingredients smoothly.
You want to make sure that you do not over-mix the dry ingredients so that the dough does not get tough. But do remember that this dough will be thicker once all the flour is added in!
Mix in the candy, chill and cook
There’s a lot of yummy goodies in these monster cookies! Once your dough is mixed together, add in the candy, pretzels and mini chocolate creme cookies to the batter and blend just until mixed! Scoop the dough onto the parchment paper-lined baking sheet and chill for 30 minutes. This will help the cookies from spreading out and keep their form.
After the dough is chilled place in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown on the edges. Remove and let them cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!
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Halloween Candy Monster Cookies
Looking for a way to use up halloween candy? Trick-or-treat yourself to these delicious halloween candy monster cookies!
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 10 cookies 1x
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 sticks butter chilled
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup Mini m&m’s
1/4 cup chopped Pretzels
1/4 cup mini Oreos, chopped
1/4 cup mini reeces, chopped
1/4 cup halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, gently whisk together your flour, salt, baking powder. Set aside and start creaming your butter and sugars together in a bowl.
- Cube your chilled butter and toss in a standing mixer bowl. On low speed, cream your butter until it is a whipped texture.
- Add in your sugars and mix on medium speed until creamed together. Make sure all butter is evenly blended into the sugars.
- Add two eggs and vanilla extract to the creamed butter and mix on medium-high speed. Pour in your flour mixture in 1/3 portions, waiting to make sure the flour mixture is incorporated completely before adding more.
- Once your mixture is fully blended together, remove mixing bowl from the stand mixer. Add in your mini M&M’s, chopped pretzels, mini Oreos and mini Reeces to the batter. Using a wooden spoon, mix everything into the dough.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop and roll dough into large dough balls. They should be about 2 inches thick to make large cookies. Place on prepared baking sheet a couple inches apart and place in freezer for 30 minutes to chill.
- While the cookies are chilling, preheat your oven to 375°F. After your cookies are chilled, place the cookies in the oven and bake for 20-22 minutes, until golden brown on the top. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes & enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20
- Chill Time: 30
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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