Monster Halloween Cookie Recipe using leftover candy on lexeats.com

Monster Candy Cookies

I have a confession, I’m not a big Halloween person. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good costume, but I just don’t sit around counting down the days until Halloween. I find the typical decorations are pretty cheesy and I hate that neon orange color. What I can get behind are allll the sweet treats. I am a self-proclaimed dessert snob, so I typically won’t waste my calories on just any old candy. I like really good chocolate or just about any kind of baked good. So I’d much rather take that bowl of M&Ms and turn them into a cookie!

Monster Halloween Cookie Recipe lexeats.com

I knew I wanted to share a recipe for your leftover Halloween candy, so I thought of Monster Cookies. What makes a cookie monster? Adding in salty + sweet treats. Take all your leftover chocolate candy and chop it up to throw into my favorite chocolate chip cookie base with some mini pretzels. I used M&Ms and Reese Cups for these, but any chocolatey candy will do.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (not melted)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs (at room temperature) 
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup chocolate candies, chopped
  • 1 cup mini pretzel twists

Directions

  1. Add softened butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs and vanilla to stand mixer and mix on medium-low until combined
  2. Add flour, baking soda and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk until combined
  3. Add approximately 1/2 cup of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients at a time mixing on medium-low speed until just combined
  4. Fold in chocolate candies and pretzels
  5. Preheat oven to 365
  6. Grease a cookie sheet or use a silicone baking mat
  7. Roll cookie dough into balls slightly smaller than the size of a golf ball and place on cookie sheet two inches apart from each other *If you want pretzels & candies to be on the top of your cookies, place some pieces on top of your dough balls
  8. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edge of cookies start to brown

Cookie batter lexeats.com

Cookie dough lexeats.com

  Cookies on pan lexeats.com

How to make Monster Halloween Cookies lexeats.com

Monster Halloween Cookies lexeats.com

Yum. If you can’t wait until Halloween I totally understand 😉 These would be a fun treat to make for your trick or treating party too!

Biscuits & blessings,

Leels

Monster Salty + Sweet Cookies, delicious chewy cookies studded with pretzels & candy. Find the recipe at lexeats.com!

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