Warning…there is a monster at the end of this blog post…
One of my favorite books as a child was The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. Do any of you remember that book? Furry, lovable, Grover from Sesame Street reads the front cover of the book and is scared silly that at the end of the book there is going to be a monster. With each turn of the page, he grows more and more panicked and more and more irritated at the reader for continuing to turn the page. He builds walls out of bricks, nails up boards, ties ropes… anything he can to keep you from turning the page! Then, we arrive at the end of the book only to discover that Grover IS the monster at the end of the book.
Such a great and engaging story, one which has kept me from having to do the whole “Mommy, there’s a monster under my bed” scenario with my kids. When they say they are scared of monsters, I say “Are you being silly? You know that the only monsters we know about are Grover, Elmo, Zoe, etc from Sesame Street. It’d be great fun if they showed up at our house!” They usually giggle and agree and then extend their going to bed time by talking about all the different things they would do with their favorite Sesame Street monsters if they did show up here.
The monster at the end of this blog post is the same kind of monster. A good, fun, colorful monster that you will want to get to know. Monster cookies – the be all, end all of all things cookie. Monstrous because of their size. Monstrous because of your grocery bill once you buy all the ingredients. Monstrous because of the calories. Monstrous because of the flavor. Trust me though… these are one of the best monsters you will ever get to know!
Monster Cookies, from my friend Annalise Marberg
Cream together:
2 lbs Brown Sugar
1/2 cup White Sugar
12 Eggs
1 pound Butter
Next add:
- 8 Tsp Baking Soda
- 3 Tbs Peanut Butter
- 18 Cups Oatmeal
- 1 pound M&Ms chocolate coated candy
- 1 pound milk chocolate chips
- 1 Tbs of Vanilla
- 1 Tbs Honey or Light Corn Syrup
Using an ice cream scoop, place dough on parchment lined cookie sheet. I recommend only cooking 6 at a time if you are doing the full size cookies as they do spread.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 12 – 15 minutes (I like to hold back a few M&Ms to place on top of the cookies as soon as the are removed from the oven… it just makes them prettier!)
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Sadly, I’ve never seen the book. But the monster cookies are right up my alley. Quick ?- Does corn syrup make the cookies chewier? I’ve never seen it in a cookie recipe so I’m curious. Thanks- they look great!
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I do remember that book! I loved it too.
These “monster” cookies look fiercely tasty
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oooo… those look chewily delish! i’m sure cookie monster would approve! ;-P
Also, i *need* to read that book–putting it on my summer reading list now.
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Oh yes, remember the book. And LOVE those cookies! Mm-m-m. Wish I could have one now! How are you, friend?
Yum! Those look fabulous. Plus I love the connection. My almost 3 year old has just discovered Seasame Street and is in love:)
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Oh yes… we read that book all the time here! The cookies look scrumptious!
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Ha! I just saw that book at the grocery store! I loved it as a child!
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I LOVE The Monster at the End of This Book! It was my little sister’s favorite, and I would read it to her as a bedtime story every night, complete with my terrible Grover impression!
Also, holy cow! I know you warned us that these cookies are monstrous, but a dozen eggs?! A pound of butter?! 18 cups of oatmeal?! How many cookies does this recipe make?! You definitely weren’t kidding about the grocery bill…
Love that book. I think these cookies would be a huge hit at the firehouse! Maybe the girls and I will make them for Chris’s crew.
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I’ve been dying to make some monster cookies!
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I absolutely loved that book when I was a kid and reading your title to the post definitely elicited and few giggles and sighs…wouldn’t it be so nice to be five years old again?
Although I can’t tell whether I should be scared of how addicted to these cookies I will be when I make them…or happy because they will be so incredibly delicious…probably a little of both!
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These are wonderful, delicious cookies. I used to make these when my kids were all home. I think I need to try them a gain!
LOVE that book!
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I love that book! And now that I have kids they love that book too.
The cookies look DELICIOUS.
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Not sure what I like more … you photography, the recipes, or the story that goes along with them. Cheers!
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That book is a classic. I read it over and over to my own children, and it’s now one of my grandson’s favorites! He’s my little cookie monster, and he’ll love making these. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
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I read that book to my almost 3 year old son. He looooooves that book and so do I
I just found your blog through Foodgawker and I just had to comment. The cookies look great too. The recipe must make a ton. I wonder if I can make a smaller batch, because they look great, but my hips wouldn’t appreciate that many 
I haven’t made monster cookies in a long time! These look great! I just posted your recipe for turkey black bean burgers on my blog, they were delicious!
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I love that book!! The cookies look great too.
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Great book! And oogly moogly what great looking cookies!
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Did you really mean to write 18 cups of oatmeal. That seems like SO much oatmeal. About how many cookies does this make?
Thanks
Love these! But a bit bummed, because I actually *was* looking forward to a monster at the end of the post, hehe. I’ll be happy with a cookie instead, though! These would be so much fun to make with the kids.
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That Grover book was one of my all-time favorites!! And you’re right, these are the best monsters ever. YUM!
That’s no monster, that’s the best looking cookie recipe I’ve ever seen! Bring it on…I’m not afraid.
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awesome!
So sweet! I love books that you can read together and then do an activity together. We recently purchased a book for Fall called Apple Cake by Nienke Van Hichtum from Amazon. We are going to pick apples from our tree to make the Apple Cake from. Another fun idea is to go to a local orchard.
From Cooks.com Found Monster Cookies – Small Batch: quantity ? see below for other recipe that says quantity 70 which is half batch of the original posted here.
1 stick butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. soda
1 3/4 c. flour
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. peanut butter
3 c. quick oatmeal
1/4 lb. chocolate chips
1/4 lb. M&M’S® (plain)
MONSTER COOKIES
6 eggs
1 lb. brown sugar
2 c. white sugar
1/2 lb. butter
1 tbsp. Karo (I prefer light)
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. soda (mix in flour)
1 lb. crunchy peanut butter
1 1/2 c. flour
7 c. oatmeal (dry)
1/2 lb. chocolate chips
1/2 lb. M&M candies
Mix in above order, drop by desired sized spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet, bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes on center rack in oven. Serves 70 Monster size or 150 large pieces.
gorgeous cookies! I can never resist these cookies, and I have to admit it’s partly because they’re so brightly coloured.
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never heard of that book, but sounds like a must have for any household with children. it is unusual for us to have kids in our apt but we had a 3yo over the weekend and the best book i could find for her was “The Blue Day Book”. at least it had lots of animal pictures.
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That book was my little brother’s favorite. I have memories of my grandparents reading it to him. We recently introduced it to his 1-year-old twin boys…I think we enjoyed it more than that did
I grew up making a recipe very similar to this (though I think it called for 3 cups or pounds of PB instead of TBSP). We’d mix the dough up in the baby bathtub.
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