Although Claudia’s chocolate chip cookies were the ultimate staple dessert in our house while growing up, monster cookies were a close second. As you can see in the picture to the right, I was quite a fan of the cookie dough while baking. I’m not entirely sure where I got the idea that eating raw cookie dough was a good idea. I blame my Dad. After all, he was always the one who would say “Jaime, can you make me some cookies”.  I was 5.  All I knew in the end was that cookie dough tasted amazing, and so do these easy Monster Cookies.

You will need:

4 eggs

1-2/3 cups brown sugar

1-1/3 cups white sugar

1 tsp. vanilla (I put a tad more because the chefs on the Food Network always tell me to)

1 tsp. corn syrup

2-2/3 tsp. baking soda

2/3 cup butter

2 cups smooth peanut butter

6 cups rolled oats

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

1 cup Smarties

Combine the eggs, brown & white sugar, baking soda, corn syrup and delicious vanilla in a bowl.

Mix until combined.

Throw in the staple of all baking – your glorious butter.

Mix well again on high until combined.

That butter definitely does make a huge difference.

Enter the fun butter of the peanut variety. Mix well!

Next, throw in your 6-cups of rolled oats. Healthy!

This is where the fun begins. Not-so-healthy.

Fold in your chocolate and butterscotch chips along with your Smarties.

Now who wouldn’t want to eat that cookie dough?!

Claudia had to hold back the 5-year-old Jaime at this step.

I figured since I wasn’t allowed to eat the cookie dough I might as well throw in extra Smarties rather than throw a fit for good measure.

Drop cookie dough by tablespoon onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 15 minutes.

Delicious Ukrainian Monster Cookie!

Chewy…

Gooey…

Heaven.