These gluten-free Monster Cookies will make everyone smile! What's not to love about a peanut butter* oatmeal cookie with lots M&Ms and chocolate chips? *Substitute your favorite nut or seed butter.
If you’re looking for Gluten-Free Monster Cookies, a super easy, fun and yummy Halloween Treat, read on!
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Who else loves a Monster Cookie?
What’s not to love about a peanut butter oatmeal cookie with lots of chocolate chips and M&Ms? (Feel free to substitute your favorite nut or seed butter by the way!)
We started with our favorite Peanut Butter Cookies, which are a long time family recipe… made some tweaks and added some gluten-free oats, chocolate chips & M&Ms.
And they are a total hit!
Best part? The are super easy to make and are made with pantry staples, except for the M&Ms which I happened to have picked up while stocking up on essentials at the store the other week.
All you need is ….
butter or dairy free butter
brown sugar
cane sugar
vanilla extract
eggs (I haven’t made them with flax eggs but provide my recommendation)
peanut butter
gluten-free flour (we used GF Jules, affiliate link)
baking soda
gluten-free baking powder
a pinch of salt
gluten-free oats (we used GF Harvest, amazon affiliate link)
chocolate chips
M&Ms (or a similar brand chocolate candies)
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A note about Oats: Oats are naturally gluten-free BUT they are prone to cross contamination in the growing process which is of concern for people who are gluten-free for medical reasons such as celiac disease.
The safest gluten-free oats are grown via a process known as purity protocol to eliminate cross contamination.
As the demand for gluten-free products has grown, many manufacturers use gluten-free oats that are sorted and there are questions surrounding this practice.
Gluten-Free Watchdog has done lots of research and writing about this topic to which I’ve linked to if you want to read more.
Using a hand mixer or stand mixer (we love our Kitchen Aid-amazon affiliate link, as you know!) or even mixing by hand, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla.
Then beat in the eggs and peanut butter.
Add in the flour.
Then the oats. Then stir in the chips and M&Ms leaving some aside for topping if desired.
Roll into balls, press down gently and top with the extra m&ms and extra chips if you like.
The entire process takes 15 minutes or less!
Bake for just 10 minutes and enjoy!
Hope you love them as much as we do!
Scroll down for recipe and leave a comment if you try.
An easy, recipe for a fun, yummy and crowd-pleasing dessert! These bar cookies are soft and chewy, just the right amount of peanut butter (substitute your favorite nut or seed butter) and gluten-free oats, and lots of chocolate chips and M&Ms!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x13 inch pan with parchment paper, or grease pan very well. Set aside.
Using a stand up mixer or hand mixer, mix butter, sugars and vanilla until well combined and creamy.
Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
Beat in peanut butter.
In a separate small bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix with a fork or pastry cutter. Then add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and mix until combined.
Add in oats and mix till combined.
Add in chocolate chips and m&ms and gently mix till combined.
Spoon batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly. Top with additional m&ms, pressing gently into the batter.
Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden and a tooth pick comes out clean. You do not want to over-bake.
Let cool in the pan for 45 minutes or longer. Lift the entire parchment paper out and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 24 squares
Store in an airtight container. Store well at room temp for 5 days. Freeze well.
These cookies are to die for! I have already baked them twice in three days! My mom said that they are the best cookies she has ever had… and she eats a lot of cookies!!!
Yes, if you are not following a gluten-free diet, these should work fine with regular all purpose flour! They are based on my family’s peanut butter cookie which was not originally gluten-free. Let me know if you make them!
I made these cookies for the first time today and they tasted amazing! My husband who usually isn’t a fan of gluten free cookies said he that he couldn’t even tell a difference! Win for me, means I don’t have to eat the whole batch myself? 10/10 recommend!
Amazing!!! We love these cookies. My kids say they smell like peanut butter but don’t have an overwhelming taste of peanut butter. I had a bag of M&M baking chips to use and this was perfect. The softness of these is incredible. I have to stop eating them all!
LOVED this recipe! The didn’t stick around long in our house at all! I mean, peanut butter meets oatmeal m&m cookie? Genius! So glad my gfJules Flour was part of making this magic happen!
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These cookies are to die for! I have already baked them twice in three days! My mom said that they are the best cookies she has ever had… and she eats a lot of cookies!!!
Love it! So happy you love these cookies so much… especially your mother! Means a lot! Thank you!
Can you make these with regular all-purpose flour? Thank you u
Yes, if you are not following a gluten-free diet, these should work fine with regular all purpose flour! They are based on my family’s peanut butter cookie which was not originally gluten-free. Let me know if you make them!
Oh My Gosh!! Those cookies! This recipe!
simple easy to do soooo yummy …
we made a bunch of those last week-end. it was a great mother-daughter time.
she’s 8 and she’s just crazy about those monster cookies.
we made few adaptation: grated coco instead of oats and french smarties candy instead of m&m’s.
Peanut Butter was soooo mandatory 🙂
thank you so much for sharing all those recipes.
Thank you!! Such a fun cookie to make with kids!
I made these cookies for the first time today and they tasted amazing! My husband who usually isn’t a fan of gluten free cookies said he that he couldn’t even tell a difference! Win for me, means I don’t have to eat the whole batch myself? 10/10 recommend!
haha love it! Makes me so happy that your husband loved them too!
Amazing!!! We love these cookies. My kids say they smell like peanut butter but don’t have an overwhelming taste of peanut butter. I had a bag of M&M baking chips to use and this was perfect. The softness of these is incredible. I have to stop eating them all!
Thanks Megin! So happy you love them too! And love your kids observation — spot on!
LOVED this recipe! The didn’t stick around long in our house at all! I mean, peanut butter meets oatmeal m&m cookie? Genius! So glad my gfJules Flour was part of making this magic happen!
Thanks Jules! So happy you all loved these cookies too! Such a yummy combo, right? And we are grateful for your flour!