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M&M Valentine’s Day Monster Cookies

M&M Valentineโ€™s Day Monster Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to share with loved ones! These soft, chewy cookies are packed with Valentine colored M&Ms, chocolate chips, white chocolate, and the best mix-ins for the ultimate festive bite.

Valentine cookies on a cooling rack.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 30
Preparation Level: Beginner +

Valentine cookies on a white plate next to some sugar

What You’ll Love

  • Texture: These soft and chewy cookies have a slightly crisp edge, a thick and hearty bite from the oats, and a gooey center.
  • Taste: A perfect balance of sweet and salty, with buttery peanut butter flavor, rich chocolate, loads of festive Valentineโ€™s M&Ms in every bite, and a pop of savory salt.
  • Ease: The cookies are super simple to make, with no chilling required. Just mix, scoop, and bakeโ€”perfect for beginner bakers or a fun Valentineโ€™s baking activity with kids.
  • Tips: Use room temperature ingredients for even mixing. Press extra M&Ms on top before baking for a little more color, and donโ€™t overbakeโ€”the cookies will continue to set as they cool!
Cookies stacked on top of each other.

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter, room temperature
  • White granulated sugar
  • Light brown sugar, packed
  • Creamy peanut butter, room temperature
  • Vanilla bean paste
  • Large eggs, room temperature
  • All-purpose flour
  • Salt
  • Baking soda
  • Old fashioned oats
  • White chocolate chips
  • Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Valentine M&Mโ€™s
  • Flaky sea salt, optional garnish

The full recipe and printable instructions are listed on the recipe card below.

Step-By-Step Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Grab the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle and cream together the butter and both sugars. Next, add peanut butter and vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract) and mix until combined.

Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl and mix again to ensure the eggs are evenly mixed into the batter. Add the flour, salt, and baking soda to the bowl of the stand mixer and mix until just combined.

With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in the oats, white chocolate, mini chocolate chips, and M&M candies. Mix on low until the ingredients are all incorporated. You do not want to over-mix.

Scoop out dough using a two-tablespoon cookie scoop and place about 1-1/2 to 2 inches apart. Slightly flatten the cookie dough and place additional M&Mโ€™s and mini chocolate chips on top.

Bake cookies in your preheated oven for 11-13 minutes or until the edges are slightly brown.

Cookies cooling on a rack.

Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, and then transfer them to a cooling rack.

Tip: I like to make my cookies more uniform before they cool. If you would like to do that, you can use a drinking glass and place the mouth of the glass around the cookie, then gently swirl to round out your cookies.

If you would like to add a sprinkling of flaky sea salt, now is the perfect time. I love adding just a little to balance out the sweetness of the cookies.

A cookie leaning up against a glass of milk.

Storage Instructions

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days.

Can I Eat These Warm Or Cold?

Yes! You can eat them warm or cold. Just make sure you allow them to cool right out of the oven.

What Is Another Variation I Can Make?

You can change the M&M candies seasonally and make them for every holiday!

Substitutions

You can use equal parts of vanilla extract if you do not have vanilla bean paste. You can use a non-stick cookie sheet if you don’t have parchment paper.

Can I Freeze The Cookies?

You can freeze the portioned raw dough to make small-batch cookies for up to one month in an airtight freezer-safe container. You can also freeze already-baked cookies in an airtight container for up to a month.

I used a two-tablespoon cookie scoop. You can make your cookies bigger or smaller, but you will need to adjust baking time.

Valentine cookies stacked together.

M&M Valentine’s Day Monster Cookies

5 from 1 vote
M&M Valentineโ€™s Day Monster Cookies are the perfect sweet treat to share with loved ones! These soft, chewy cookies are packed with Valentineโ€™s M&Ms, chocolate chips, white chocolate, and the best mix-ins for the ultimate festive bite.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 30
Calories 211 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ยฝ cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • ยฝ cup granulated sugar
  • ยฝ cup light brown sugar packed
  • โ…“ cup creamy peanut butter room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 2 cups all purpose flour leveled
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • ยฝ cup white chocolate chips
  • ยฝ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup valentine M&Mโ€™s plus more for topping
  • pinch flaky sea salt optional garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Grab the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle and cream together the butter and both sugars.
  • Next, add peanut butter and vanilla bean paste and mix until combined.
  • Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl and mix again to ensure the eggs are evenly mixed into the batter.
  • Add the flour, salt, and baking soda to the bowl of the stand mixer and mix until just combined.
  • With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in the oats, white chocolate, mini chocolate chips, and M&M candies. Mix on low until the ingredients are all incorporated. You do not want to over-mix.
  • Scoop out dough using a two-tablespoon cookie scoop and place about 1-1/2 to 2 inches apart. Slightly flatten the cookie dough and place additional M&Mโ€™s and mini chocolate chips on top.
  • Bake cookies in your preheated oven for 11-13 minutes or until the edges are slightly brown.
  • Let cookies rest on the baking sheet for two minutes, and then transfer them to a cooling rack.
  • Optional: Sprinkle on some sea salt now if you'd like.

Notes

If you want to make your cookies perfectly round, use a drinking glass and place the mouth of the glass around the cookie, then gently swirl to round out your cookies.
Nutrition is approximate.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 211kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 4gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 140mgPotassium: 94mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 129IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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  1. 5 stars
    These turned out great! They’re very beefy. My boyfriend loves these, thank you for the recipe

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      Oh that’s great to hear!! So glad you and your boyfriend love them! Happy Valentine’s Day!