Valentine’s day school parties are one of my favorite memories from my days in elementary school. I loved picking out my Valentine’s day cards, picking out a fun treat to pair with them, and passing them out to friends at our class party. I would always pick out the valentine cards with the perfect messages for the most special people…if you know what I mean. 😉 As a mom of littles one of the best things is getting to help plan the school party, decorate with cute hearts and bring in sweet treats.

These adorable Valentine Monster Cookies are the perfect easy treats for your kiddos and their classroom. Peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips all of your favorite cookie ingredients rolled into into these valentine treats. We turn typical Monster cookies into festive treats with the addition of pink, white and red M&Ms.

You could even add a few colorful sprinkles that tie into the Valentine’s Day colors to these delicious cookies. Customizing colors in your favorite treats like simply switching out the M&M colors, is the perfect way to make them fit a theme without making big changes.

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INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED FOR THESE VALENTINE MONSTER COOKIES

A typical Monster cookie usually starts with a classic peanut butter cookie dough that you then get to add all kinds of fun things to. Here are the basic ingredients you’ll need for this cookie recipe, most of which are simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. 

• peanut butter
• eggs
• all purpose flour
• baking soda
• chocolate chips
• oats
• Valentine M&Ms
• granulated sugar
• butter
• brown sugar
• sugar
• eggs
• vanilla extract

HOW TO MAKE VALENTINE MONSTER COOKIES

1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees and prep your cookie sheet with parchment paper

2. In a large bowl combine your dry ingredients- flour, baking soda, salt and set aside

3. In another bowl combine your wet ingredients – Peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter. Cream together with an electric mixer until mixture is smooth and creamy. Add your eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

4. Mix your wet and dry ingredients: Add dry ingredients to your wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in your oats, chocolate chips, and M&Ms. 

5. Scoop balls of your cookie dough with a large spoon or cookie scoop onto your parchment lined baking sheet, leaving roughly two inches between cookies.

6. Bake your cookies in your pre-heated oven for 9-10 minutes. Watch carefully. You don’t want to over-bake these cookies! Watch for the edges to to start to look the tiniest bit golden and remove them from the oven immediately. The centers will solidify and set as they continue to cook on the cookie sheet once they are removed from the oven. You want a soft and chewy cookie with crisp edges.

7. Let your cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then transfer them to wire cooling racks to finish cooling completely.

8. Store extra cookies in an air tight container at room temperature.

MAKE THESE MONSTER COOKIES YOUR OWN WITH THESE FUN ADDITIONS

Want to make these Monster Cookies even more tailored to your family? Here are some different ways to customize your cookies and substitute mix-ins. 

White Chocolate Chips

Dried Cranberries

Coconut

Pecans

Walnuts

Small Pretzel Pieces

These Monster Cookies are such easy Valentine’s Day treats. Send some to middle school with your older kids in their lunch box. Tie some up with cellophane and a Valentine’s Day gift tag and give some of these special treats to your neighbors and friends. It’s a great way to spread a little Valentine’s Day love!

Yield: 24 cookies

Best Monster Cookie Recipe

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Peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips all of your favorite cookie ingredients rolled into into these amazin Monster Cookies.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Rolled Oats
• 1 cup Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1 large Egg
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 cup Quick Rolled Oats
• 1 cup Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips
• 10oz M&M's Chocolate Candies

Instructions

1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees and prep your cookie sheet with parchment paper

2. In a large bowl combine your dry ingredients- flour, baking soda, salt and set aside

3. In another bowl combine your wet ingredients - Peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter. Cream together with an electric mixer until mixture is smooth and creamy. Add your eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

4. Mix your wet and dry ingredients: Add dry ingredients to your wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in your oats, chocolate chips, and M&Ms. 

5. Scoop balls of your cookie dough with a large spoon or cookie scoop onto your parchment lined baking sheet, leaving roughly two inches between cookies.

6. Bake your cookies in your pre-heated oven for 9-10 minutes. Watch carefully. You don't want to over-bake these cookies! Watch for the edges to to start to look the tiniest bit golden and remove them from the oven immediately. The centers will solidify and set as they continue to cook on the cookie sheet once they are removed from the oven. You want a soft and chewy cookie with crisp edges.

7. Let your cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then transfer them to wire cooling racks to finish cooling completely.

8. Store extra cookies in an air tight container at room temperature.

Don’t miss some of my other favorite cookie recipes here:

Soft & Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies

Amazing Bakery Style Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe

Incredible Fudgy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Best Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

The Best Christmas Sugar Cookie Cut-outs

​Incredible Iced Oatmeal Cookies

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