A soft and delicious healthier Monster Cookie made with peanut butter, oats, mini chocolate chips and topped with colorful mini M&M’s. There’s no butter, oil or flour in these cookies!
There’s nothing I love more than a good cookie! You all might know that my absolute favorite cookie is a good chocolate chip cookie. My kids love cookies too and so I was thinking about how I should come up with a healthier cookie option both my kids and I would enjoy. I adapted my favorite healthier peanut butter cookie and changed a few things such as adding M&M’s since my kids LOVE M&M’s!
I was thrilled how pretty they turned out and even more excited when my kids really enjoyed them! They didn’t even notice at all that these are much healthier than regular Monster Cookies. No butter, no oil and no flour! Not much sugar added but still perfectly sweet with the addition of a touch of honey.
We just moved and my son had his first day of school on Monday. I was more nervous than him hoping he would like it since he was so happy at his old school. After school, I had these cookie waiting for him and he was so happy! And btw he is enjoying his new school. Thank goodness!
I love how quick these cookies are to make! It’s a one-bowl recipe! Just mix together your ingredients, scoop, and bake! Let cool then enjoy one of the best cookies ever! These cookies are awesome and I know you will love it!
My kids always get excited when I make this cookie recipe. They are big fans of M&M’s. The vibrant colors really make these cookies pretty and tasty looking! And I love that I know they are eating a healthier dessert recipe.
Enjoy!
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Healthier Monster Cookies
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Those look really yummy, even without all the bad stuff! I can’t wait to try them!
Thanks Jill! They are so yummy! 🙂
Those look delicious! I’m definitely going to have to give them a shot 🙂 Do you think I could sub regular chocolate chips for the M&Ms?
Thank you! Of course! I’ve done it before. Enjoy! 🙂
These look tasty! I have a question about the m&m’s. Are these the baking ones you find by the chocolate chips? Or the regular mini ones that you find with other candy. Thanks!
Thanks! I used regular mini M&M’s but I’m sure the baking ones would work just as well too!
These look SO yuummy!!!
Thanks Amberly!
Those look delicious and I am sure that my kids would LOVE this! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks! My kids really enjoyed it!
These look incredible- pinned for later! Thank you!
Thanks Jessica! 🙂
for the old fashioned oats do they need to be processed into an oat flour or baked as is?
Nope. But you can blend them into a flour if you want. If you do that measure out the oat flour to be 1/2 a cup.
Can I use regular sugar instead of brown sugar if I dont have any?
Yes, that should be fine. Brown sugar is preferred because of the flavor and chewiness it adds though.
what could we sub out for the brown sugar?? would apple sauce work?? or more honey?
Honestly, I’m not sure but I think either more honey or applesauce would work. I’d say about 2-3 tablespoons. Please let me know what you try and if it worked!
I’m going to try using date sugar and a flax egg and see how that turns out.
Great idea. Please let me know how it turns out! 🙂
I’m completely obsessed with these!!!!!!
Cool! So happy to hear that! I’m obsessed too! I love cookies but a healthy cookie that taste amazing is the best! 🙂
Want to try these cookies but am counting my calories..do you know how many calories 1 cookie is?
Sorry, I don’t have calorie information on my site. But there are plenty of resources out there on the internet that can help. Enjoy! 🙂
Did you find any calorie info on these?
I don’t ever comment on these things but this cookie recipe is the BEST I just had to! It’s so easy (coming from a new college student who has never baked this means a lot) and it hits those cravings really easily! I’m so excited to share them with my friends and I also didn’t have chocolate chips so I made use of some milk chocolate balls I had and chopped them and put them in. When I took the cookies out I was concerned about them being too soft so I popped them back in for a minute & they’re soft & chewy! Thanks so much for this recipe it’s a life saver
I am so happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know. 🙂 These cookies are pretty amazing!
Wow, these look great. Can’t believe there’s no oil, butter or flour in them! Pinning these to make soon.
These are soo tasty!! Made them last night for the first time. At first I thought I had burned them because the bottoms were a bit dark, but thankfully they don’t taste burnt at all and the tops are so soft and delicious! This recipe is perfect for peanut butter lovers. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for letting me know Sarah! 🙂 I’m so glad you liked these. I’m not sure how long you baked it but try baking it for just 7 minutes next time. I’ve never had mine come out dark, just keep your eye on it! Oven temperatures can vary slightly plus the size of the cookie can affect baking time. Thanks for leaving a comment!
I’ve tried a lot of healthier baking options on here and nothing lived up to par… Except these! They were totally delicious! Thanks!
So happy to hear that! 🙂
These look delicious. Where I live peanut butter is expensive and unhealthy. What can I substitute? 🙂
Thanks! You could try another nut butter like almond.
Wow, these cookies are really good! I was having a craving for Monster Cookies like I made when I was kid, but was trying to find a healthier version. These are great. Nice peanut butter taste and with the chocolate chips and M & M’s…Oh my goodness. I will definitely make these again! Thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad you loved it! Thanks for letting me know. 🙂
So yummy!! How many calories do you think are in each cookie??
Thanks Alyson! Sorry, I don’t have that information but I’m sure there are a lot of calorie calculators out there that can help you.
For those that want to know, I did a calorie calculator and found its about 163 calories per cookie (if you make 16 like the recipe says).
This looks so good! Using mini M&M’s goes a long way for less sugar!
Definitely! It’s fun too! 😁
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
Yep! They stay soft too. Enjoy! 😄 (Just keep in an airtight container at room temperature.)
These are nothing but a bunch of sugar in various forms. Using oatmeal is great, but the rest is just sugar. Nothing that makes them warrant the label healthy.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. You are correct there is sugar in this recipe. These cookies are labeled healthiER. Compare these ingredients to any regular Monster Cookie recipe and you will see that this recipe is healthiER. Hope you have a great day!
These definitely have WAY less sugar than my traditional Monster Cookie recipe, therefore making them healthier! I am looking forward to trying it!
Yes, so true! Thanks!
These are very good. Followed the recipe as written except for using crunchy pb, because that’s what I had on hand.
Crunchy PB sounds delicious in this recipe! Thanks for letting me know how it turned out for you. 🙂
Loved the recipe. I followed it exactly and it came out great. Even my very picky daughter didn’t realize there was oatmeal in it.
That’s awesome! It’s such a great recipe. 🙂
Omg these cookies are the bomb . I made them today for my birthday 8/22. And I can’t eat just one. Only difference I did was mix the m&mon the batter with the chocolate chip . Also added it on top like it said . . So soft and tasty 😋. Wish I could add a pic to show how great it turned out .
Thanks for taking the time to leave this awesome review! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Happy birthday! You can upload a picture to the pin on Pinterest. I’d love to see. 🙂
Can you use natural (runny) peanut butter?
I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure. It could make the cookies harder to stick together but it might work just fine! Please let me know how it turns out if you try it.