Halloween Monster Cookies
The start of October always means it’s time to start decorating the house for Halloween and start rolling out those Halloween treats! I have a great one for you today: these Halloween monster cookies are just crunchy delicious.
Is Halloween one of your favorite holidays?? Are you rolling your eyes saying ‘Duh, Zainab. It is THE holiday of candies!’? That is what Mr. J says all the time. He is a huge fan of Halloween and sometimes I am not sure who he is buying the candies forโthe kids trick-or-treating, or himself once they leave.
As for myself, Halloween is slowly growing on me. I am not a fan of the monsters and scary she-bang that goes with it. Yes. There, I said it. I’m a 30-year-old lady who is scared of monsters (and dislikes candy corn!!). Every year, I jump out of my skin a little when I see people dressed up in their scary costumes. Why can’t everyone be “Cinderella” or “Angry Birds” or “Flo”? Instead there are witches, Frankensteins, and Draculas roaming the night. Eeeeppp, pass me a cookie!!
I made these cookies in advance to test a recipe for Halloween night. While the kids coming to the door will be getting candy of their choice, we will be munching on these Halloween monster cookies as we wait through the night.
They are peanut butter oatmeal cookies that are crunchy and chewy! Just the way oatmeal cookies should be. They are a perfect treat for you peanut butter lovers (Mr J approves!!) as the extra Reese’s pieces add some more peanut love.
Halloween Monster Cookies
These Halloween monster cookies are just crunchy delicious, and they make the perfect Halloween treat!
Ingredients
- 1 ยฝ cups quick oats
- ยผ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ยฝ teaspoon Spice Islandsยฎ Ground Saigon Cinnamon
- ยฝ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ยฝ cup brown sugar
- ยฝ cup sugar
- โ cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoon Karoยฎ Light OR Dark Corn Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Spice Islandsยฎ Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Reeseโs pieces
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda and cinnamon.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 3 minute son medium speed. Add the peanut butter and mix until combined. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until just combined. Reduce speed to low and stir in dry ingredients until just combined. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the chocolate chips and Reese’s pieces. Chill dough for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment. Using a medium cookie scoop, drop cookie mounds onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes until cookies are just set. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
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haha, candy corn!!! I remember you saying you didn’t like the stuff!! ๐ Well, when you have kids, you will love Halloween purely for the excitement you see in their faces. . I don’t go crazy for the holiday either but do get excited for the kids because they love dressing up. . and of course, getting candy! We LOVE monster cookies over here. . I think these might have been the first ever cookie recipe I put on my blog years ago!! hahah! love these, Z!
Alice you are right! I do enjoy seeing the little ones coming to our door all excited. Always is a great time!!
now these are the kind of Monsters I like!
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Ha, I feel the same way about Halloween! My husband keeps saying he wants to get more Halloween decorations and my response is that I hate Halloween. I’m slowly warming up to it. But I would always love a few of these monster cookies!
I do general Fall decorations but none of that Halloween stuff lol! Cookies I’ll take anyday!
Oh my gosh! Monster cookies are my favorite!! And now that there’s this Halloween version, I need to bust out my cookie sheets!
Yes!!! Thanks Steph!!
I seriously considered being Flo for Halloween because we have similar hair! I ended up going with Mary Poppins. Although the costume has a hideous hat (it’s so, so hideous) I now have an excuse to prance around singing “Chim-chimeree! Chim-chimiree!” all night! My friends are going to hate me.
These cookies look great!!!
Hahha that is so funny!! I love Flo and saw a few costumes of her last year that were hilarious.
Crunchy AND chewy? That sounds delightful! I’m totally intrigued!
We are NOT Halloween people. Haha. I mean, I love all holidays, and I like the decor, and the kids trick-or-treating, but me and my S.O. stress out every single year over what costumes to wear to Halloween parties. We want to be original and novel, but we can never come up with good ideas!!
Thanks for sharing these cookies!
Hahha I haven’t done the dress up in forever!!! So I can’t relate to the stress lol! I bake and eat treats all night long ๐
I can’t do scary–I just saw a lame indie movie but it had a terrifying ventriloquist dummy that murdered people and I was terrified for days. So I relate lol
I DO love candy though and these cookies are a “monster” I can get behind! ๐
Oh gosh count scary movies out for me for sure!! Waste of my money and nightmares for days.
Yes! Please! I’d love to have one of these right now. I always get a sweet tooth after lunch, I think this would do the trick. Happy Monday!
It so will do the trick!! Hope you are having a great week!
I love monster cookies! And how perfect for halloween. I’m so glad you said you don’t like candy corn-I hate it!! And I refuse to go to haunted houses because I’m too scared. I’m glad I’m not the only one ๐
Urghh candy corn!
I have made monster cookies, but I kind of guessed myself along. It’s nice to have a recipe. Corn syrup in the dough I new too. I make a lot of cookies. This is solid and delicious looking recipe to me.
I love Halloween — not because I like to dress up or anything, but I love the decorations, the food, and seeing the little ones in costumes. Especially the food part though, and these cookies are exactly what I’m talking about! I love cookies that are crispy and chewy — these sound perfect!
I love that Mr. J is so into Halloween! And I want some of these cookies on Halloween night. I’ll be knocking on your door! ๐
Luciโs Morsels โ fashion. food. frivolity.
Mr J is a fan…of any holiday ๐
These cookies look amazing!! I am always wanting to make more cookies, but I must refrain. I just made 24 cupcakes, and there is only me and my boyfriend here to eat it! When the cupcakes are all gone, I have GOT to try this!
I am so with you girl, I can definitely do without the scary stuff! It’s even harder to take when you have little ones who seem to be up with nightmares every night, ugh! But I guess it’s worth it for all the yummy treats. These cookies look fantastic and I’m sure my whole family would devour them!
Hahhah the treats make it worth it!
yayy halloween season!! i hate being scared too (until a few months ago i slept with the lights on at night… not proud), but halloween is just full of chocolate and never scary ๐
I am NOT a fan of the dark either
Halloween is always a weird holiday for me but I do love stocking up on candy after the fact. These cookies look so good. Lots of candy, peanut butter and they are healthy of course with a bit of oatmeal.
Thanks Emily!
Hehe the hubs is the one that gets super excited about Halloween – he’s a big kid at heart and even dresses up to give out candy and take the lil guy trick-or-treating. These monster cookies would be perfect to munch on while you are giving out candy – they look amazing! ๐
Mine is also a big kid at heart!! He loves Halloween!
Yummy looking cookies. You are not alone in your fear Zainab of the scary costumes. lol
Thanks dear!
Monster cookies are the best! Love that you added Reese’s pieces!
Thanks Jessica!
These look dangerous good! I mean seriously dangerously good!
Look at you making me all hungry by sharing Halloween cookies. Need a snack break, stat! Also, Halloween is my favorite holiday EVER!
I never thought about how perfect Resees pieces are for Halloween! These look so chewy nomnomnom!
Pinned!
They are the perfect color too!! Thanks for sharing Krystle!
Love these!! I always forget about Resees pieces. What a great addition!
Thanks Kelly!
Any time I have an excuse to dress up is my favorite ๐ These cookies look so perfect for Halloween! Whenever I try to bake with M&Ms it always turns out like a hot mess so I’m super impressed with these gorgeous treats!
They are hard to keep integrated lol!
These cookies look delicious, Zainab! It’s good to know there are other people who aren’t into the super scary stuff ๐
Hahha Lexi, I am not a fan at all!
Even though it’s not Halloween yet I definitely will be creating these “monster” cookies soon. They look totally delicious and I am craving one to devour now!
I agree!! I will devour these ๐
WOW, I am in love with monster cookies! Got to try your delicious recipe, seems like a gem! ๐
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Yes!! Thanks Uru!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is afraid of everything scary! Even the radio commercials for haunted houses give me the heebie-jeebies. These cookies sound much safer!!
Oh my gosh me too!! And I am so so glad to hear you say heebie-jeebies!! Super love you!