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Cake Mix Monster Cookies are chock full of everything you love: peanut butter, chocolate chips, oats, and M&Ms! Plus, they’re made with a cake mix so they’re super simple to make.
Cake Mix Monster Cookies Ingredients
The beauty of these monster cookies is they are super versatile. You can swap out the chocolate chips and candies for anything: peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, candy bar pieces, or really anything else that you’re craving. THey’ll be amazing no matter what sweet thing you put in ’em!
- box yellow cake mix (just use the brand that you normally buy to make a cake)
- brown sugar
- butter
- peanut butter
- water
- egg
- mini m&ms (you can use regular sized ones too, but I like the texture of mini M&Ms)
- mini chocolate chips
- quick oats
How to Make Cake Mix Monster Cookies
These cake mix monster cookies are so easy to make. I like using cake mix in my cookies as a shortcut. I don’t have to measure out all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, or any rising agent: it’s all already in there!
To make these cookies, you’ll start by preheating your oven to 350°F.
You can make your dough in a stand mixer(I am in love with my KitchenAid) or use a large bowl and a hand mixer if you like. You could also use a spatula or wooden spoon, but you’re trying to make cookies, not work out, lol.
Anyway, combine the cake mix, brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, water, and egg in your bowl and mix until well combined. Stir in the mini M&Ms, chocolate chips, and oats, and combine gently.
Prepare your cookie sheet by spraying it with nonstick spray, or lining it with parchment paper, and scoop your cookie dough onto the sheet, leaving 2-3 inches in between each cookie. Make for 12 to 13 minutes or until set. let the cookies cool on the pan for just two minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack to let them cool. Devour!!!
My Favorite Cookie Recipes
I’m a huge cookie fan, so I’ve got quite a few of them on my site! A few of my favorites include:
Cake Mix Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ sticks butter, softened
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 egg
- ½ cup mini m&ms
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 cups quick oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- To a large bowl or electric stand mixer, add the cake mix, brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, water, and egg, and mix until well combined. Stir in the mini mu0026ms, chocolate chips, and oats.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray. Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough and place it onto the cookie sheet, leaving 2-3 inches in between each cookie. Bake for 12-13 minutes. Let cool on the cookie pan for 2 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am allergic to oats & gluten so I used Gluten-Free yellow cake box mix and Rice Krispies cereal instead of oats. These turned out great even still! Thanks as always for the inspiration & delicious recipes!
Great recipe, as always!
These are delicious! I only had a white cake mix so I used that, along with old fashioned rolled oats and they turned out great!
Could I use a box of chocolate cake mix instead of yellow for this recipe? Thank you