These blue cookie monster cookies are loaded with chocolate chips, chopped cookies, and melty chocolate in the center! Made famous on TikTok, we've leveled them up a bit!
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Why Make This Recipe
You might have seen the famous blue cookie monster cookies that went viral on TikTok. We made them with our own cookie base and made them even better! They are full of semisweet and white chocolate chips, chopped Oreos, chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies, with milk chocolate stuffed in the center. They're cookie monster cookies, so the more cookies the better, right?
They're easy to make and enormous, one might even say monstrous?
What Goes Into This Recipe
- Butter. Butter adds amazing flavor and ensures these cookies are nice and tender.
- Brown Sugar. The molasses in brown sugar adds a smoky flavor while also adding moisture.
- Sugar. Adding in some white sugar with the brown sugar helps lighten these cookies up.
- Eggs. Large eggs work as a binder and help our dough get nice and fluffy during the creaming process.
- Vanilla. Vanilla flavors the cookie dough nicely and complements the mix-ins.
- Salt. A little salt is a flavor enhancer.
- Baking Powder. Baking powder is our leavening agent, it'll help our cookie monster cookies rise.
- Flour. All-purpose flour is all you need, nothing fancy.
- Blue Food Coloring. Lots of blue food coloring to get these cookie monster cookies looking just like Cookie Monster on Sesame Street.
- Chocolate Chips. We use both semisweet and white chocolate chips in these cookies.
- Chopped Cookies. We're using both Oreos and crispy chocolate chip cookies (like Famous Amos cookies or mini Chips Ahoy) and chopping them up to mix in to the dough and topping off the cookies with.
- Chocolate Discs. We put milk chocolate discs in the middle of these cookies for a melty chocolate center. They are sometimes called wafers or feves or A'Peels. It's important to use these instead of chocolate chips, because chocolate discs melt easily, unlike chocolate chips which hold their shape.
How to Make this Recipe
- Cream it together. a) Cream together the butter and both sugars for 1 minute. b) Add in the vanilla, eggs and cream together for 3 minutes. The mixture should be super light and fluffy at this point. c) Add in blue food coloring until you get a rich royal blue color that would match Cookie Monster's fur! Make sure the food coloring is evenly dispersed.
- Add dry ingredients. Mix in the flour, salt, and baking powder until there are no flour streaks.
- Add the mix-ins. Stir in the chocolate chips and chopped cookies so they are evenly dispersed throughout the dough.
- Stuff the center. Take two tablespoons of dough and flatten it out. Place 2-3 chocolate discs and curl the edges of the dough up around the edges of the chocolate discs. Take 2 more tablespoons of dough and cover the chocolate discs and seal the chocolate in.
- Top off the dough. Top off each cookie dough ball with some of the chopped cookies and chocolate chips.
- Bake. Place the cookie dough balls on a lined or greased baking sheet. Spread them out, I usually place 6 on a sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Try Adding Oreos to the Center
I made a lot of different versions of this cookie before I settled on the blue monster cookies you see here. One I experimented with had an Oreo stuffed in the middle! While I ultimately preferred just having the Oreo chopped up in the dough and chocolate in the middle it was fun to try.
If you want to try adding an Oreo to the center of your cookie, add it the same way you would the chocolate discs. I definitely recommend waiting until they are completely cool to eat if you do add an Oreo to the middle of your cookie.
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FAQS & Expert Tips
If you cannot find chocolate discs (sometimes called chocolate wafers, feves, or A'Peels) you can use a regular milk chocolate bar. Just chop it up into some quarter-sized chunks and stuff those into the center of your blue cookie dough balls.
Absolutely. This recipe is fairly easy to make a half batch of, it won't change any of the instructions.
If your cookie monster cookies come out a little wonky shaped and you want them to be round it's easy to do. You'll need to shape them when they first come out of the oven while they're still hot. Once they start to cool you won't be able to shape them.
Pull them out of the oven and either take a small spatula and push in any odd, misshapen edges.
Or you can take a large circular shaped cup or cookie cutter -it must be larger than the cookie. Rotate it around the cookie to shape it.
If you'd like to see a video of what we're talking about, watch it on our Instagram video.
How to Store this Recipe
Fresh. These cookies are best eaten within the 2-3 days. I like to keep them loosely covered to keep them from drying out too much.
Freeze. You can freeze these cookies too! Once they are completely cool, place them in a freezer safe container or bag. Try to remove as much air as possible to keep them fresh. Thaw them completely before eating, you can even warm them up in the microwave for a few seconds if you like them warm. They are best eaten within 3 months.
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Cookie Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (room temperature (not too soft)
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- blue food coloring
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 cups flour
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ¾ cup chopped Oreos (about 10 Oreos)
- ¾ cup chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies (Like Famous Amos and mini Chips Ahoy, see notes)
- ¾ cup milk chocolate discs or chunks of milk chocolate bar
Topping
- Extra semisweet chocolate chips
- Extra white chocolate chips
- Extra chopped Oreos
- Extra chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cream together butter and sugars for 1 minute.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla and continue creaming for 3 minutes. The mixture should get light and fluffy and pale in color. Add in blue food coloring until you reach the desired shade of blue.
- Add in salt, baking powder, and flour. Do not over mix, just mix until there are no flour streaks.
- Add in the mix-ins-chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and chopped cookies. If your cookie dough seems too soft and your cookies are spreading too much in the oven refrigerate cookie dough for 30 minutes before baking.
- Take two tablespoon of dough and flatten out.Place 2-3 chocolate discs in the center. Wrap off the edges of the dough around the chocolate and top off with two additional tablespoons of dough.
- Top off each cookie monster dough ball with a little bit of each mix-in-chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, chopped Oreo, and chopped chocolate chip cookies.
- Place on a lined or greased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Leave plenty of room on the baking sheets to spread.Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
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Suzzy says
How long do you cook them in the toaster?
Suzzy says
My kiddos loved the cookies growing up, I will always love this recipe.
Semari says
Love it !!!!
c says
is It suppose to be dry and what if it doesn't spread?
Cami says
great recipie! I found that afding some red food coloring to the blue will counter the yellow from the butter that makes it green. This may be that I could've made my cookies smaller than they should be, but doubling the recipie gave me upwards of 60 cookies😂
Lyz says
I've made these cookies twice now and they have been the biggest hit BOTH times! Everyone was walking around with blue tongues and lips, not just the kids! I followed the recipe exact and wouldn't change a thing!
Andrea Saufferer says
why are my cookies still doughy after 12 minutes?
Ketzali D says
Hi! Is it possible to double the recipe? Will it change anything?
In Fine Taste says
Hi there, yes, you can double the recipe. Just keep in mind you will need a very large mixing bowl to do this! It shouldn't change anything, just make sure the dry ingredients get fully incorporated. I've found sometimes when I do a large batch of dough like that, that there are always some of the dry ingredients stuck at the bottom that were not fully incorporated into the dough.
- Alyssa
Ashley berry says
why is my cokkie dough so dry?
In Fine Taste says
Hi Ashley, usually if the cookie dough is dry that is a sign of too much flour. Make sure you are stirring up the flour (it compacts as it sits) and spooning and leveling it. I hope that helps!
- Alyssa
Kristina says
Is that Salted butter or unstalted?
Alina says
Hi! Can I freeze the dough for a couple of days? If so, would it affect the cookie color? Thanks!
In Fine Taste says
Hi Alina, I have frozen the cookie dough and the cookies before and have not noticed any change to the color of the dough or cookies!
- Alyssa
Nichole says
Can I freeze the dough for this recipe?
In Fine Taste says
Yes, you can freeze the dough for these cookies. Just scoop them into balls and freeze for 30 minutes on a flat surface, then place in an airtight container. They're best used within 3 months. To bake, thaw the cookie dough out for about 45 minutes, then bake according to normal instructions.
- Alyssa
Jade says
Love these! Made them last year for Halloween. How would you put a Thanksgiving spin on them?
In Fine Taste says
So glad you liked these! You could try dyeing the dough orange instead of blue for a more fall look. If it was Christmas time I'd add mint or peppermint Oreos to the mix!
- Alyssa
Diana says
How big do the cookies come out?
In Fine Taste says
They make very large cookies! Usually the size of the palm of my hand (I realize that varies from person to person). But the cookies are thick and big.
- Alyssa
Olivia says
These are delicious! but my cookies don't look very blue 😅 I used blue food coloring. any tips?
In Fine Taste says
Hi Olivia, they need a lot of food coloring to get a rich blue color! A good quality gel food coloring, like chef master or americolor will give the richest color to the dough!
- Alyssa
Lindsey says
I made these cookies for a friends birthday. They were a huge hit. Very tasty, and soft in the middle. I got lots of compliments!
ange says
this looks amazing and i can't wait to make it, i just have a couple of questions:
could i fridge this cookie dough for 24 hours/overnight?
and
could i use chilled browned butter in place of regular butter?
I'm a big fan of the more toffee-like notes created with these additions, and i generally like chilling my dough to make it easier to handle and shape + you get those crispy edges and fudgy middle.
thoughts?
In Fine Taste says
Hi Ange, you could chilled brown butter instead of regular butter, I'd recommend increasing the amount of butter to 1 1/4 cups to make up for the liquid lost during the browning process. You can chill the dough overnight, it may affect the bake time. You might want to check out our brown butter chocolate chip cookie recipe, it sounds right up your alley.
- Alyssa
Christy Marie says
i made these without the chocolate disc/wafer in the middle. They were so yummy!
Kay says
The “chocolate discs” are melting wafers?
In Fine Taste says
Hi Kay! Yes, they are also sometimes called wafers or feves or A’Peels.
-Alyssa
Hayden says
Can I use a Hershey pieces in the middle??
In Fine Taste says
Absolutely! That is a great substitute for the chocolate discs.
- Alyssa
Libertie says
I changed it up a bit by adding a Oreo in the middle instead. But otherwise pretty dope for Cookie Monster.
Alejandro says
Is it okay to use a mixing blender for mixing the wet ingredients?
In Fine Taste says
Hi Alejandro, I've never tried using a blender. If you don't have a hand mixer or stand mixer you can mix it by hand. Just try to whip it up, it might be a little bit of an arm workout.
- Alyssa
Sarah says
Can we chill the cookies for 30 mins before adding to oven so they hold the big fluffy shape ?
In Fine Taste says
Sure! Chilling the cookies will definitely help them not spread as much.
- Alyssa