Share some Valentine’s Monster Cookies with those you care about to celebrate Love Day! These soft, chocolate-y cookies are loaded with goodness!
I look forward to Valentine’s Day each year because it’s a time allotted to celebrate those who are dear to my heart. I like to do something special for my kids. I typically make them a treat or put a surprise in their Valentine’s mailboxes. We have dinner in as a family on February 14th and my husband and I go out together before the big day to avoid the crowds.
All the pink and red treats are so fun and festive! I’ve always made it a point to celebrate Valentine’s Day, because it’s an excuse to show my friends and family how much I adore them and because, well, I’ll take any opportunity I can get to make yummy desserts. 🙂 And if you’ve followed along here for any amount of time, you’ll know very well that most of the treats I make involve some sort of chocolate, usually in large quantities. 🙂 Those are the best kind.
Because peanut butter and chocolate in a cookie is always a good idea (or at least that’s how I think), I combined them with oats, along with oodles of chocolate chips and festive M&M’s, to make something that is all sorts of delicious! Grab that glass of milk and enjoy!
Mmmmmmmm…….mmmmmmmmm……good!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to make these again for the kids as an after-school treat on Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 c. 2 sticks salted butter, softened
- 3/4 c. light brown sugar packed
- 3/4 c. granulated sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 c. old fashioned oats
- 3/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 c. Valentine's M&M's
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs. Add peanut butter and mix.
- Add salt, flour, baking soda, and oats and mix until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, as necessary. Mix in chocolate chips and M&M's.
- Form or scoop dough into 1 1/2" dough balls and place on a cookie sheet. Press dough balls down slightly with the palm of your hand. Press additional M&M's in the top, then bake for approximately 8 minutes. Don't over bake. Allow the cookies to cool for a few minutes on the pan before removing them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
What special ways do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? I’d love to hear!
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