'Cookie Monster' Cookies

These 'Cookie Monster' Cookies combine flavours from gluten-free Oreos and traditional chocolate chip cookies to create a new and fun way to enjoy chocolate chip cookies. This is the perfect recipe to bring children and adults together in the kitchen and at the dessert table. 

  

 

When it comes to baking cookies, it's all about the dough. This is my second attempt at recreating these delicious sweets and they came out much better because I used my Kitchen-Aid mixer rather than doing it by hand. The mixer combined everything together perfectly and is the best way to get the perfect cookie dough. 

These cookies taste even BETTER than they look, and they look pretty damn good. It's amazing what a little blue food colouring can do to make your baking that much more fun and creative! You are going to LOVE this recipe!

 

  

MODIFICATIONS

The best part about these cookies is that they are allergen friendly. 

  • They are gluten, dairy and nut free 
  • You can also modify specific ingredients to make them vegan, such as replacing the egg with a flax egg, switching out the sugars to coconut sugar instead of brown sugar, and then vegan blue food colouring or spirulina for the colour.
  • This recipe is so fun to make because you can customize them the way you'd like. You can use different cookies or different flavoured chocolate chips. Mix it up and get creative!

 

INGREDIENT NOTES

  • Flour: This recipe uses Bob's Red Mill 1:1 Baking flour. You can use regular flour as well, but the gluten-free flour creates a very workable cookie dough.
  • Butter: This recipe uses softened vegan butter.
  • Egg: You need one egg. I have not tried recreating it with a flax egg, but when it comes to baking, I've never had any issues or seen too many differences when using a flax egg.
  • Blue Food Colouring: Just keep adding the blue food colouring until you get your desired colour. The first time I made these cookies, I didn't add enough food colouring and they came out mint green instead of a vibrant blue.
  • Oreos: The gluten-free Oreos are absolutely delicious and they are also vegan!
  • Chocolate Chips: I used a combination of both dairy-free semisweet and white chocolate chips.
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies: There are many gluten-free chocolate chip cookie options, but I used the pre-made cookies by Made Good Foods. You are more than welcome to bake your own regular chocolate chip cookies and crumble those. 

COOKIE MONSTER COOKIES 

These cookies are giant, chewy and loaded with an Oreo in the centre. They are absolutely delicious and are perfect for those late night sweet tooth cravings!

                  PREP TIME: 15 mins             BAKE TIME: 10 mins             TOTAL TIME: 25 mins          

EQUIPMENT

Baking Sheets
Handheld or Standing Mixer

INGREDIENTS

⅔ cup vegan unsalted butter, softened 
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
¼-½ teaspoon blue food colouring
2 cup + 2 Tablespoons gluten-free all-purpose flour 
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¼-½ cup chocolate chips (a mix of vegan semisweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips) 
⅓ cup mini gluten and dairy-free chocolate chip cookies (like Made Good Foods or Kinnikinnick cookies) 
14 Gluten-free Oreo cookies

     

    INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Chop up 3-4 of the Oreos and the mini chocolate chip cookies, then set aside. (Leave 10 of the Oreos whole to stuff in the cookies).

    2. In the bowl of a handheld mixer or standing mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy (about 1-2 minutes). Mix in the egg, food colouring, and vanilla extract.

    3. Add in the gluten-free flour, salt, and baking soda, and mix until just combined (don't over-mix). Fold in the chocolate chips, chopped Oreos, and chopped mini chocolate chip cookies.

    4. Scoop 10 heaping tablespoons of dough onto each baking sheet. They should be fairly big (these are monster sized cookies!). Press a whole Oreo cookie slightly into the dough, then add more dough on top to cover the Oreo completely. 

    5. Bake the cookies one tray at a time in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until edges and top look set. Let cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

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