These thick bakery-style Gluten-Free Monster Cookies are made with shredded coconut in place of oats, peanut butter, brown sugar, chocolate chips, and M&M's. We love the chewy texture with crunchy candy pieces!
Course Dessert, Baking, Holiday
Cuisine American
Keyword gluten-free monster cookies, oat-free monster cookies, dairy-free monster cookies
Prep: Grease or line two cookie or baking sheets. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and use an electric mixer to cream until smooth. Add peanut butter and sugar and cream again for at least one minute until well-mixed. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until just combined.
Add dry ingredients: Add gluten-free flour, baking soda, and salt to the bowl. Mix until just combined.
Add mix-ins: Add coconut, M&M's or alternative, and chocolate chips. Mix until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Make dough balls: Use a large ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) ice cream or cookie scoop to make balls. Lightly compact each one with your hands before placing on the baking sheet, allowing a couple inches between them for spreading.
Bake: Bake for 9-11 minutes. The cookies are done when the edges are set and the dough has a light brown crust.
Flatten if needed & enjoy: If the cookies have not spread, use the back of a measuring cup to press them down slightly to flatten. This will occur if you used cold (rather than room temperature) butter and eggs. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
Storage: Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week.See the blog post for step-by-step photos of the process.Dairy-free - Use vegan butter in this recipe and No Whey Choco No No's as a dairy-free M&M substitution for dairy-free. They are gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, nut-free, peanut-free, and vegan. Regular M&M's are gluten-free but not dairy-free. Also, choose dairy-free chocolate chips.Certified Gluten-Free M&Ms - UNREAL Milk Chocolate Gems are a cleaner version of M&M's with a strict gluten-free guarantee (all recent batches are now certified gluten-free).See the blog post for additional substitutions notes.