Vegan Monster Oatmeal Cookies

Vegan Monster Oatmeal Cookies are incredibly soft, chewy and delicious! These cookies are made with simple ingredients and are nut and refined sugar free!

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Healthy monster cookies

Yes, you read that right! These vegan monster oatmeal cookies are actually healthy, but equally enjoyable. Typically, monster cookies are made with a lot of butter, sugar and eggs, but my version doesn’t contain any of those ingredients, but is still equally delicious.

Vegan monster oatmeal cookies are packed with creamy granola butter, old fashioned oatmeal, vegan chocolate chips, and vegan M&M’s from Unreal. These cookies are sweetened with maple syrup for a healthier twist on the classic.

WHAT ARE MONSTER COOKIES?

If you haven’t heard of monster cookies before, they are cookies that are typically made with peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips and chocolate hard shell candies, (like M&M’s). They are essentially a combination of a bunch of pantry staples!

They get their name ‘monster’ from containing a bunch of ingredients! Which funny enough, is exactly why I got around to making this recipe anyways. I had a bunch of ingredients in my pantry that I wanted to use up, hence why I made a healthier version of the monster cookie!

ingredients in healthy monster cookies

old fashioned oats- gives these cookies a crispy edge, while remaining soft and chewy on the inside.

coconut oil- helps keep these cookies moist and buttery, without the butter

granola butter- typically monster cookies use peanut butter, but to make this recipe nut free we are using oat house granola butter

maple syrup- just a touch of maple syrup to help sweeten these cookies up

apple sauce- adds a naturally sweet flavor and also acts as the “egg” in this recipe

other ingredients: cinnamon, salt, baking powder, vanilla extract

toppings: chocolate chips, hard shell chocolate candies like unreal

How to make vegan oatmeal cookies

These cookies are easy to make and taste amazing! Let’s briefly go over the steps now, but for the full set of ingredients and step-by-step instructions, please refer to the recipe card below!

Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper
Combine dry ingredients: old fashioned oats, oat flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder.
Combine wet ingredients: melted coconut oil, granola butter, maple syrup, apple sauce and vanilla extract.
Fold in toppings: chocolate chips and unreal candies last. Scoop batter onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit for about 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack or plate. Enjoy!

Vegan Monster Oatmeal Cookies

Vegan Monster Oatmeal Cookies are incredibly soft, chewy and delicious! These cookies are made with simple ingredients and are nut and refined sugar free!

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PREP TIME:

10 minutes

COOK TIME:

12 minutes

TOTAL TIME:

22 minutes

Author - Hannah

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 cup oat flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup granola butter
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup apple sauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips
1/2 cup chocolate hard shell candies

SCALE:

YIELDS:

12 cookies

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper In a medium bowl, combine old fashioned oats, oat flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Set aside. In a separate bowl, combine melted coconut oil, granola butter, maple syrup, apple sauce and vanilla extract. Then add wet ingredients to dry and mix until well incorporated. Fold in vegan chocolate chips and hard candies last. Using a double cookie scoop, scoop dough and place it on the baking sheet. Flatten lightly with the palm of your hand, these won't spread much during baking time. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack or plate. Enjoy!