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!

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

Add softened butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs and vanilla to stand mixer and mix on medium-low until combined
Add flour, baking soda and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk until combined
Add approximately 1/2 cup of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients at a time mixing on medium-low speed until just combined
Fold in chocolate candies and pretzels
Preheat oven to 365
Grease a cookie sheet or use a silicone baking mat
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
Bake for 10-12 minutes until edge of cookies start to brown