Healthier Monster Cookies full of yummy peanut butter, oats, and chocolate, but minus the candy and sweetened with maple syrup. An easy, fun, feel-good spin!
I would love to tell you a sweet little story about how I grew up eating these usually m&m filled cookies, about how remaking them was a nostalgic feel-like-a-kid-again moment for me. But that is not true. Because honestly I’ve never had a monster cookie before in my life until this week. But damn have I been missing out.
So I can’t speak on the original. But what I can tell you is this version is tender, chewy, slightly crisp, and perfectly crumbly. And I can tell you that the peanut butter flavor comes through LOUD and clear, so I hope you love that (otherwise use almond butter!). And that the oats are a perfect wholesome contrast to the abundance of melty chocolate chips. And that it’s a one bowl, 10 minutes, super easy recipe. And that my candy-free, maple syrup sweetened version is probably a whole lot healthier than any monster cookies of your youth.
Speaking as someone who is not even the biggest peanut butter person, I ate 4 the first day I made them. In case that is any indication of how GOOD they are.
Consider them the funfetti of the cookie world – happy, party-perfect, and definitely will not last long!
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Healthier Monster Cookies full of yummy peanut butter, oats, and chocolate, but minus the candy and sweetened with maple syrup. An easy, fun, feel-good spin!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (125g) peanut butter
- 1/3 cup (105g) maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (75g) rolled oats
- 3/4 cup (90g) almond flour*
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup (60g) dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup (30g) rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- Whisk together the peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients. Mix to form a thick dough.
- Scoop/roll into balls. Press lightly to flatten (they will spread some on their own too)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350ºF.
- Cool for 10 minutes before moving from the pan. Eat!
- Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze for longer storage.
Notes
*Or 1/2 cup oat flour
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 170
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 147mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
Keywords: baking, breakfast, dairy-free, egg-free, healthy, m&ms, oatmeal, one bowl, peanut butter
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