Description
Monster-sized Blue Cookie Monster Cookies bring childhood nostalgia and playful charm to classic chocolate chip delights. Cookie lovers will devour these whimsical blue-tinted treats with gleeful excitement and pure sugary happiness.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Base Ingredients:
- 3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Fats and Sweeteners:
- 2 sticks (1 cup / 226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Binding and Flavoring Ingredients:
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Royal blue gel food coloring
- Electric blue gel food coloring
- Violet gel food coloring
Mix-ins:
- 2/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup chopped mini Chips Ahoy cookies
- 2/3 cup chopped Oreo cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a separate mixing bowl.
- Cream butter and sugars until light and airy, approximately 2 minutes. Incorporate eggs and vanilla, mixing for an additional 30 seconds. Slowly fold in the dry ingredient mixture using low-speed mixing.
- Transform the dough into a vibrant blue shade using gel food coloring. Gently fold in half of the chocolate chips and crushed cookies, reserving the remaining mix-ins for garnishing.
- Portion the dough into uniform 2-tablespoon spheres, carefully rolling each to create smooth, round shapes. Decorate the exterior of each cookie ball with the reserved chips and cookie fragments.
- Arrange 8 cookies per baking sheet, ensuring adequate spacing. Bake for 10-12 minutes, removing just before the edges turn golden brown. Allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 15 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
- Precision matters when measuring flour to prevent dense cookies, so use the spoon and level method instead of scooping directly from the container.
- Gel food coloring provides more vibrant blue without changing dough consistency compared to liquid food coloring, ensuring rich Cookie Monster aesthetic.
- Chilling dough for 30 minutes before baking helps prevent excessive spreading and creates thicker, chewier cookies with better texture and shape retention.
- For gluten-free adaptation, swap all-purpose flour with 1:1 gluten-free baking blend and ensure all mix-ins are certified gluten-free to accommodate dietary restrictions.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg