Cookie Monster Cookies
Soft and chewy cookies loaded with crispy Oreos, chocolate chip cookies, and white chocolate chips!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- Food Coloring (Sky Blue and Violet)*
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 1 (3.56 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix
- ¾ cup chopped Chips Ahoy cookies, plus more for topping
- ¾ cup chopped Oreos, plus more for topping
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips, plus more for topping
- Candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt until combined; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, cream cheese, and both sugars together until lightened in color and creamy. Add the food coloring, beating until combined. Keep in mind that you still need to add more ingredients, which will lighten the color, so try to aim for a deep, true royal blue color. (See notes below.)
- Beat in the egg, and vanilla, followed by the pudding mix. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then dump in the dry ingredients. Beat until just combined. Stir in the chopped cookies and white chocolate chips.
- Scoop the dough out, roll into a ball, flatten into a thick disc, then place onto the lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges look set and dry to the touch. Centers may appear under-baked, but will set up as they cool.
- Immediately after removing cookies from the oven, gently press two candy eyeballs into each cookie, along with more white chocolate chips, chopped Oreos, and chocolate chip cookies.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
*You'll need to use more sky blue food coloring than violet. The violet helps to counterbalance the yellow and brown hues from the butter, egg, and brown sugar. I started with a 1/2 teaspoon of why blue food coloring and used just the tip of a toothpick to add the violet food coloring. Add more blue or violet food coloring until you've reached the desired color.