Description
These Cookie Monster Cookies are vibrant blue, packed full of various chocolate chips and chopped cookies, delivering a rich and indulgent treat with a fun twist. Perfect for cookie lovers looking for a colorful and flavorful dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (room temperature, not too soft)
- 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Blue food coloring (to desired shade)
Dry Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Mix-ins
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup chopped Oreos (about 10 Oreos)
- 3/4 cup chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies (like Famous Amos or mini Chips Ahoy)
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate discs or chunks of milk chocolate bar
- Extra semisweet chocolate chips (for topping)
- Extra white chocolate chips (for topping)
- Extra chopped Oreos (for topping)
- Extra chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies (for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat and Cream: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). In a large bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars for 1 minute until smooth.
- Add Eggs, Vanilla & Color: Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Continue creaming the mixture for 3 minutes until it becomes light, fluffy, and pale in color. Add blue food coloring gradually until you reach your desired shade of blue.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Mix in the salt, baking powder, and flour. Stir gently just until there are no visible streaks of flour; avoid over-mixing to maintain a tender cookie texture.
- Add Mix-ins: Fold in the semisweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and the chopped cookies. If your dough feels too soft and tends to spread too much while baking, refrigerate it for 30 minutes before proceeding.
- Shape Cookies with Chocolate Center: Take about two tablespoons of cookie dough and flatten it in your palm. Place 2-3 milk chocolate discs in the center. Wrap the edges of the dough around the chocolate discs completely, then top off with an additional two tablespoons of dough, sealing the center inside.
- Top Cookie Dough Balls: Place the dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or lightly greased. Gently press extra semisweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, chopped Oreos, and chopped crispy chocolate chip cookies onto the tops of each dough ball to create a colorful, textured finish.
- Bake and Cool: Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, allowing plenty of space on the baking sheet for spreading. Once baked, let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- If your cookie dough is too soft and results in overly flat cookies, refrigerate it for 30 minutes before baking to reduce spread.
- Using different types of chocolate chips and cookies adds layers of flavor and texture.
- Be cautious not to overmix the dough once the flour is added to keep the cookies tender.
- Make sure butter is room temperature but not too soft to ensure proper creaming.
- Feel free to adjust the amount of blue food coloring to your preferred intensity of color.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
Keywords: Cookie Monster Cookies, blue cookies, chocolate chip cookies, Oreo cookies, fun cookies, dessert, homemade cookies
