These blue Cookie Monster Cookies are jam pack loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips, chopped-up chunks of cookies, and a melty chocolate center. They are soft and chewy and fun for both kids and adults!
TikTok Cookie Monster Chocolate Chip Cookies
Our easy Cookie Monster Cookies may resemble the viral recipe from TikTok, but I’ve added my own spin and ingredient swaps to make them even better.
These blue monster cookies begin with a homemade cookie dough base that’s been scooped and stuffed with melty chocolate in the middle and made into a super-sized treat.
Not only are these treats bright and vibrant blue like the famous Cookie Monster Sesame Street character himself, but they’re loaded with chocolate chip cookies, Oreos and stuffed with milk chocolate candy that melts as it bakes.
Chewy, chocolatey, big, and beautiful, each bite brings out the cookie monster in all of us!
Why We Love Cookie Monster Cookies
- Quick and easy to make.
- Uses simple kitchen staple ingredients.
- Combines cookies and fun into the cutest blue treat you have ever tasted.
- Fun to bake and enjoy with kids.
- Perfect for a Sesame Street-themed party, birthdays, baby showers, or snacking while watching the show on tv.
Cookie Monster Cookies Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salted sweet cream butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Pure vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Royal blue gel food coloring: I used Sunny Side Up Bakery brand.
- Semi sweet chocolate chips
- White baking chips: I used Ghirardelli brand.
- Milk chocolate candy melt wafers
- Mini Chips Ahoy cookies (or Famous Amos. Optional garnish)
- Mini Oreo cookies (Optional garnish)
Substitutions and Additions
- Stuff The Center: Instead of using candy melt wafers, you can stuff your cookies with Hershey bars or another kind of chocolate candy. Or use a full-sized sandwich cookie to make my Oreo Stuffed Cookies, soft caramel candies to make my Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, or nut butter to bake my Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies.
- Go Gluten-Free: You can make gluten free monster cookies by using gluten free flour and pressing your favorite gluten free cookies on top.
Recommended Tools
- Mixing bowl
- Stand mixer or handheld mixer
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- 3-tablespoon cookie scoop
How to Make Cookie Monster Cookies
- Make The Flour Mixture: Whisk together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
- Make The Batter: Beat the butter until smooth, then mix in the sugars and vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs, one at a time and then mix in the food color gel until the color is uniform and no streaks remain. Add the flour mixture in 1 cup at a time, mixing after each cup.
Pro Tip: The color should be vivid and vibrant. You can add extra drops until the desired color is reached. Also, remember that it may fade just a bit when you add the flour. - Add Chips and Chill: Mix the semi-sweet chips and the white baking chips into the batter. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Scoop and Stuff: Scoop the cookie dough and slightly flatten. Place 2 candy melt wafers in the center of each dough ball. Roll the dough around the wafers to form a ball.
- Bake: Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12-14 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden brown.
- Top Your Treats: Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, top them with cookie pieces. Allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 5-7 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
- Serve: Serve and enjoy!
What Type of Food Coloring Should I Use?
I prefer to use gel food coloring for my cookies because it is more concentrated than liquid food coloring, but if you only have liquid food coloring, use twice the amount to give the cookies a bright blue color.
Tips for the Best Cookie Monster Cookies
- You can substitute full-size chopped Oreos and Chips Ahoy for the mini versions.
- You can add candy eyes as a decoration for the cookies.
- You can substitute full-size Oreo cookies for the milk chocolate wafers in the center of the cookies.
- Do not overbake these cookies! They will start to turn brown and we cannot have that!
How to get perfectly round cookies?
This is my favorite trick to get perfectly round cookies! As soon as they come out of the oven, take a drinking glass and surround the just baked cookie. While the cookie is still on the baking sheet, give the cookie a gentle swirl inside the glass. Now you have a perfect round cookie!
Other Easy Cookie Monster Treats
How to Store Cookie Monster Cookies
- To Store: Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- To Freeze: You can freeze the cookie dough for up to 1 month. Allow the dough to thaw overnight in the refrigerator before scooping, filling, and baking.
Other Easy Cookie Recipes
- Twix Cookies
- Strawberry Cookies
- Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- M&M Brownie Mix Cookies
- Carrot Cake Cookies
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Shortbread Cookies
- Maple Cookies
- Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Cookie Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup salted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar tightly packed
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 10-12 drops royal blue food color gel I used Sunny Side Up Bakery brand
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips + ½ cup for topping
- 1 cup white baking chips I used Ghirardelli brand + ½ cup for topping
- 40 milk chocolate candy melt wafers for the center of the cookies
- 1 cup broken mini Chips Ahoy or Famous Amos. Optional garnish
- 1 cup broken mini Oreo cookies Optional garnish
Instructions
- Add the flour and baking powder to a medium-sized mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Set it aside.
- Using a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl and a handheld mixer on high speed, beat the softened butter for 1½-2 minutes until smooth.
- Add in the sugars and vanilla extract and continue mixing for another 1½-2 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.
- Add in the blue food color gel and mix just until the color is uniform and no streaks remain. (The color should be vivid and vibrant. You can add extra drops until the desired color is reached. Also, remember that it may fade just a bit when you add the flour)
- Add the flour mixture in 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each cup.
- Add the semi-sweet chips and the white baking chips. Mix just until the chips are incorporated. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Use a 3-tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough. Slightly flatten the cookie dough ball. Place 2 of the candy melt wafers in the center of the dough. Carefully roll the cookie dough around the wafers and form it into a dough ball. Place the filled dough ball onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat the steps, placing dough balls 2 inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden brown.
- Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, carefully top them with the broken pieces of cookies. Allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 5-7 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- To Freeze: You can freeze the cookie dough for up to 1 month. Allow the dough to thaw overnight in the refrigerator before scooping, filling, and baking.
- You can substitute full-size chopped Oreos and Chips Ahoy for the mini versions.
- You can add candy eyes as a decoration for the cookies
- You can substitute full-size Oreo cookies for the milk chocolate wafers in the center of the cookies.
- I prefer to use gel food coloring for my cookies because it is more concentrated than liquid food coloring, but if you only have liquid food coloring, use twice the amount to give the cookies a bright blue color.