We love our original Monster Cookie recipe, so we made them creepy and cute with candy monster eyeballs to enjoy during the Halloween festivities. Halloween themed cookies will certainly get the whole family into the Halloween spirit. And if you’re looking for easy Halloween cookies, this is the one!

Why You’ll Love These

These easy homemade Halloween cookies are not only cute, but they taste heavenly! Chock full of fun candy, peanut butter, and oats. Easy Halloween dessert! They are perfect for Halloween parties. Your guest will admire your talent!

Key Ingredients

Cookie Base – All-purpose flour, unsalted butter, creamy peanut butter, and old-fashioned oats.Candy Add-Ins – Ghoul’s mix M&M’s, mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and candy eyeballs.

The candy eyeballs are in most grocery stores located in the cake decorating section.

Tips

Measure the flour correctly. Aerate, spoon, and swoop level.For the best monster cookie use regular peanut butter like Jiff or Skippy. Do not use all-natural peanut butter it doesn’t have added oil, sugar, and salt that could change the texture and taste of the monster cookies.Do not overbake. Undercooking the cookies slightly will help keep them soft and chewy.Of course, if you like a crunchier cookie you can bake 1-2 minutes longer.Remember the cookies will continue to cook and set while cooling on the baking pan.I don’t recommend adding the candy eyes before baking. You take the risk of them turning brown.To help the candy monster eyes adhere try placing a few extra chocolate chips on top of the dough ball before baking. When you remove them from the oven place the eyes on the warm chocolate chips.

How to Make Halloween Monster Eye Cookies

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt until combined. Set aside. Cream the softened butter and peanut butter together in a separate bowl until smooth. Add dark brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix. Gently stir in the oats, M and M’s, mini chocolate chips, and butterscotch. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop heaping 1/4 cup-sized balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets about 2-3-inches apart. This makes these cookies monster sized! Press a few extra M and M’s on the top of the cookies. (this is not absolutely necessary) Bake for 12-14 minutes. Cookies may appear slightly underdone in the center; this is normal, and they will continue to set as they cool. Immediately when you remove them from the oven, gently press the cute candy eyeballs into the cookies. This is optional, but they make really cute eye cookies! Cool on the baking pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Variations

Monster cookies are one of the best cookies to switch up the theme for any holiday. Use seasonal colors (M&M’s) for any occasion.You can add some colored sprinkles to the tops of the cookies.Use leftover Halloween candy. Chop up candy bars, whoppers, toffee bits, Reese’s pieces, or even pretzels.Our favorite for these cookies is using mini M and M’s but I can only find those in the standard colors.

These chocolate chip crazy-eyed Halloween Monster cookies are a great Halloween treat for parties or a fun, festive treat for the family for scary movie night! So, for your next Halloween party, try this fun Halloween cookie. It’s the perfect spooky treat. The entire family will love these cute monster cookies with all the wonderful Halloween colors and cute candy eyes.

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