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Candy Cane Monster Cookies {+ giveaway!}

12/15 by Leigha 48 Comments

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This post is sponsored by Peanut Butter & Company and I received product. All opinions expressed are my own!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Candy Cane Cookies-5

Ohhh yeah.

Peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips, crushed candy canes. NO FLOUR!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Candy Cane Cookies-2

Today I’m teaming up with Peanut Butter & Company to bring you #CandyCaneHacks – a way to use up all of those candy canes everyone has laying around during the holidays!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Candy Cane Cookies

I decided to take my monster cookie recipe and revolutionize it by swapping crushed candy canes for the M&M’s!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Candy Cane Cookies-6I made these vegan by using a flax egg instead of regular eggs, vegan butter, and vegan chocolate chips. They spread out a little more than my regular monster cookies, but they were still so tasty!

These Candy Cane Monster Cookies are incredibly chewy thanks to the oats. The peppermint isn’t overpowering but just enough that you get a hint of it in every bite. Plus… look at how beautiful the candy canes are melted!

 

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies with Crushed Candy Canes! The best part? No flour!Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies with Crushed Candy Canes! The best part? No flour!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies with Crushed Candy Canes! The best part? No flour!PB&Co is being so generous to offer two jars of peanut butter of your choice to one lucky reader! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Candy Cane Monster Cookies
2014-12-14 09:24:59
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
30 min
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
30 min
Ingredients
  1. 1/2 cup Mighty Maple peanut butter
  2. 1/2 cup Smooth Operator peanut butter
  3. 1 cup brown sugar
  4. 1/3 cup white sugar
  5. 6 tbsp butter, softened
  6. 2 flax eggs or regular eggs
  7. 2 tsp vanilla
  8. 2 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
  9. 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
  10. 1 tsp baking soda
  11. 3/4 cup chocolate chips
  12. 1/2 cup crushed candy canes (about 6)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.
  2. Using a mixer, cream together the peanut butter, sugars, and butter. Mix in the flax eggs and vanilla. Add in the oats and baking soda. Finally, add in the chocolate chips and crushed candy canes. Your dough should be THICK!
  3. Form dough into balls and place onto the sheets. Use a cookie scooper, an ice cream scooper, or your hands, depending on how large you want to cookies to be.
  4. Flatten the balls only slightly and top with additional candy canes and chocolate chips.
  5. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until cookies are slightly golden brown. Do not overbake!!
Notes
  1. Crush candy canes by putting them in a ziplock bag and using a hammer or rolling pin to crush them! Don't hit too hard or they will break through the bag πŸ™‚
By Leigha
The Yooper Girl https://theyoopergirl.com/
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Comments

  1. Farrah says

    12/15 at 7:26 am

    Thanks so much for hosting this! <3 I love their White Chocolate Wonderful, and would love to try The Heat Is On and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl!

    Reply
  2. Tina Muir says

    12/15 at 7:42 am

    YUMMMM! These look lovely!

    I LOVE PB&Co!!!! I would love 2 jars of white chocolate wonderful please πŸ˜€

    Reply
  3. Faith VanderMolen says

    12/15 at 8:08 am

    Oh man Monster Cookies!! I have so many memories of these cookies. We’d always make a ginormous batch in a 5 gallon bucket haha! There’s a PB&Co restaurant here in New York that I’ve been meaning to go to also. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  4. Faith VanderMolen says

    12/15 at 8:10 am

    Oh, and I’d choose White Chocolate Wonderful and Mighty Maple:)

    Reply
  5. Cassie says

    12/15 at 9:05 am

    I would pick dark chocolate dreams and maple!! These look amazing… so creative!

    Reply
  6. Liv @ Healthy Liv says

    12/15 at 9:24 am

    I absolutely LOVE monster cookies, and these look like the perfect way to make them for the holidays πŸ™‚

    Love PB&Co!

    Reply
  7. Elizabeth @ Enjoy Every Bite says

    12/15 at 9:59 am

    These look so delicious and festive! Impressive for no flour!!

    Reply
  8. Marisa @ Uproot from Oregon says

    12/15 at 10:03 am

    I would want to try Mighty Maple and Crunch Time! I love PB&Co!

    Reply
  9. Alanna says

    12/15 at 10:58 am

    I’ve been wanting to tr their products/visit the NYC shop for SO long!! Would like to try The Bee’s Knees and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl. And those cookies – YUM!

    Reply
  10. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    12/15 at 11:56 am

    It may be boring, but I have always just LOVED their plain crunchy and smooth!

    Reply
  11. Paige c says

    12/15 at 12:17 pm

    I would pick dark chocolate dreams and white chocolate wonderful!

    Reply
  12. Josefine {The Smoothie Lover} says

    12/15 at 2:12 pm

    Wauw these look so good. You are so lucky to recieve that jar. I love the idea of making the cookies christmassy by adding candy cones. You are so creative πŸ˜‰

    Reply
  13. Ana @ Butterflies of the Imagination says

    12/15 at 3:23 pm

    Those cookies look lovely, and so delicious! I love candy canes and basically anything that involves peppermint, so I might try this recipe.

    Reply
  14. Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says

    12/15 at 4:34 pm

    These look fantastic! I love any cookie involving oatmeal.

    Reply
  15. Liz - Meal Makeover mom says

    12/15 at 4:43 pm

    A few years ago, we created a monster cookie w/ candy-coated, all-natural sunflower seeds (from Trader Joe’s). The recipe was a huge hit. I love how you’ve used the crushed candy canes for your version. So creative!! I want one in my cookie jar NOW!

    Reply
  16. Miranda says

    12/15 at 7:13 pm

    Definitely dark chocolate dreams and the honey one- mmmmmmm!!

    Reply
  17. Jennifer says

    12/15 at 8:45 pm

    I have never tried to make a cookie without flour. It’s a bit scary to me, but these I have to try.

    Reply
  18. Heather Rennie says

    12/15 at 9:44 pm

    i’d pick white chocolate wonderful and smooth operator!

    Reply
  19. Nicole c says

    12/16 at 12:06 am

    Kinds boring but smooth operator and Bees knees, yum! Cookies look amazing!

    Reply
  20. Jeri says

    12/16 at 12:39 am

    These look AMAZING!

    Reply
  21. Jenna B says

    12/16 at 7:56 am

    I would pick Cinnamon Raisin and Smooth Operator!

    Reply
  22. Kati says

    12/16 at 8:10 am

    Thank you for posting the giveaway! I love PB&Co! I would love to try Mighty Maple and Crunch Time!

    Reply
  23. karen says

    12/16 at 11:49 am

    I would pick the bees knees and the dark chocolate.

    Reply
  24. Dandi D says

    12/16 at 3:23 pm

    I would like to choose Mighty Maple and The Bees Knees.

    Reply
  25. TC says

    12/17 at 11:05 am

    I’d love to try the dark chocolate and the bee’s knees.

    Reply
  26. Athletic Avocado says

    12/17 at 12:43 pm

    I would love to try the white chocolate wonderful and the cinnamon raisin swirl!

    Reply
  27. Allie says

    12/17 at 4:25 pm

    These look and sound delicious! I love all flavors of PB & Co, but I’d want to win The Bee’s Knees and Smooth Operator! Yum πŸ™‚

    Reply
  28. Gina says

    12/17 at 8:00 pm

    My mom is now going to make these. Can’t wait to try them.

    Reply
  29. Judith says

    12/18 at 4:08 pm

    I’d love to get my hands on Dark Chocolate Dreams!

    Reply
  30. Kathryn Voss says

    12/18 at 4:11 pm

    Looks wonderful!!! I’d chose the Bees Knees and Smooth Operator

    Reply
  31. Jeffrey says

    12/18 at 4:19 pm

    I would choose the Bee’s Knees and maybe The Heat is On!

    Reply
  32. Sophia says

    12/18 at 4:21 pm

    bees knees and mighty maple!

    Reply
  33. Julie M says

    12/18 at 4:27 pm

    It would be so hard to choose! Definitely the dark chocolate dream! Love peanut butter!

    Reply
  34. Sandy Headtke says

    12/18 at 4:29 pm

    I would pick Crunch Time and Bee’s Knees

    Reply
  35. Jennifer Hudson Mosher says

    12/18 at 4:42 pm

    Dark Chocolate Dreams and the Bee’s Knees!

    Reply
  36. David Becker says

    12/18 at 4:57 pm

    White Chocolate Wonderful and Crunch Time!

    Reply
  37. Derrick Johnson says

    12/18 at 5:15 pm

    I would try their Dark Chocolate Dream and I love the Crunchy PB!

    Reply
  38. Caitlin A says

    12/18 at 6:47 pm

    crunch time and would love to try heat is on (the only one I’ve never gotten a chance to try!)

    Reply
  39. Sarah F says

    12/18 at 6:56 pm

    I would love mighty maple and the bees knees!! Those are my favorite!!!!

    Reply
  40. Unconvex says

    12/19 at 4:10 am

    These look great! Perfect for my peppermint cravings!

    Reply
  41. Unconvex says

    12/19 at 4:13 am

    The Cinnamon Raisin Swirl, and the Dark Chocolate look really yummy!

    Reply
  42. Natalie J Vandenberghe says

    12/19 at 4:00 pm

    I would choose Mighty Maple (which I’ve been wanting to try) and White Chocolate Wonderful (which is my favorite). Your cookies look delicious!

    Reply
  43. Clinton says

    12/19 at 5:34 pm

    I would choose Smooth Operator and Mighty Maple

    Reply
  44. Annette says

    12/19 at 9:42 pm

    I’d pick The Heat Is On and White Chocolate Wonderful.

    Reply
  45. Mattie @ Comfy & Confident says

    12/20 at 8:53 am

    i know you already know this, but I love these and I want to make them immediately for my next Holiday party.

    Reply
  46. Lacey @ Runs and roses says

    12/22 at 11:37 am

    Yum! These look so good! I would never have thought of combining candy canes and peanut butter before!

    Reply

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