Monster Cookie Cups
These cookie cups are a delicious spin on the classic monster cookie! The cookies are packed with peanut butter, oatmeal, m&m's and chocolate chips. They are then baked in a cookie cup form and filled with creamy chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
For the cookie cups
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter 6 ounces
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup m&m's
For the ganache filling
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup heavy cream
Instructions
To make the cookie cups
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar on high for 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
- Add in eggs, vanilla extract and peanut butter. Mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
- In separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients together (oats, baking soda, salt).
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Using a wooden spoon, mix in the chocolate chips and m&m's.
- Chill dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Grease muffin tin well (12 count or 2 6-count tins).
- Use a spoon or cookie dough scoop to fill each muffin well. Gently press the dough down with your fingers. Each muffin well should be about ½-¾ full of dough.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges of the cookie cups are slightly browned.
- Once you remove the cookies from the oven, immediately use a teaspoon or tablespoon measuring spoon to make an indent in the center of the cookie cups.
- Set aside and let them cool for at least an hour (until they reach room temperature). Make ganache while cookies cool.
To make the chocolate ganache
- Use a microwave to heat the heavy cream in a medium bowl until it is just about to boil.
- Gently stir in chocolate chips. Stir constantly until the mixture is smooth.
- Set aside until cookie cups are cooled.
To fill the cookie cups
- Once the cookie cups have cooled to room temperature, remove them from the muffin tin.
- Spoon the ganache into the cookie cups (the ganache should still be warm and spoonable, if not, reheat for a few seconds).
- Let the cookie cups set in the fridge. Remove from the fridge 1-2 hours before enjoying, otherwise they should be stored in the fridge due to the cream in the ganache.