Easy 5-Ingredient Monster Cookies

Prep 15 min
Total 55 min
Ingredients 5
Servings 12

These 5-ingredient monster cookies prove that less is more with too-good-to-be-true ingredients like peanut butter cookie dough, chocolate chips, M&M’s candies, peanuts and oatmeal. MORE+ LESS-

By Pillsbury Kitchens

Updated August 23, 2017

Ingredients

roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated peanut butter cookies

3/4

cup M&M's® milk chocolate candies

1/2

cup old-fashioned oats

1/2

cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/4

cup chopped cocktail peanuts

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray two cookie sheets with cooking spray.
2

In large bowl, break cookie dough into small chunks. Stir in remaining ingredients until well mixed.
3

Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten to about 1/2 inch thickness.
4

Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack to cool completely.

Expert Tips

To make Monster Cookies from scratch, check out our 5-star Monster Cookies recipe. https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/monster-cookies/3eef1694-f4d7-44b2-b6ca-cb56a39fea7f
If you don’t care for peanuts, just leave them out. You may also substitute an extra 1/4 cup M&M’s candies instead.