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Sweet and Salty Monster Cookies

February 4, 2013 by Audra 27 Comments

The fact that I’m a huge fan of the sweet & salty combo is no mystery. As I grow as a baker, I’m always looking for ways to sneak salty things into my baked goods. Last week was my second time trying bacon in a dessert, and don’t even get me started on my obsession with salted caramel.

It was only  matter of time until I started adding potato chips and pretzels to my treats. Though I loved the compost cookies last year as part of Milk Bar Mondays, there were so many flavors going on (butterscotch, coffee grounds, graham cracker crumbs,) that I could barely taste my salty snacks. I wanted the crunch pretzels and potato chips to be the star of these cookies.

As a base, I used these monster cookies, which I have been dreaming to make again since last year. Crushed pretzels and potato chips replaced the M&Ms which resulted in a perfectly sweet, salty and chewy cookie. This cookie is full of peanut butter, and oatmeal and chocolate chips. Sweet & salty heaven!

  

Sweet and Salty Monster Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter (softened)
  • 1 1/4 c. brown sugar
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 cups of creamy peanut butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 4 1/2 cups quick oatmeal
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup crushed pretzels
  • 1/2 cup crushed crunchy potato chips

Instructions

Cream together the butter, sugars and peanut butter with an electric mixer until fluffy and creamy.

Add the eggs and vanilla mix until just combined. Add the baking soda and mix.

Fold in the oats and then the chocolate chips, pretzels and potato chips

Using medium/large cookie scoop or spoon, place rounded balls of dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet and press down slightly.

Bake for 11 - 12 minutes at 375 degrees.

© Audra

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Comments

  1. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    February 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    I am also pretty obsessed with sweet and salty… these cookies would not stand a chance!

    Reply
  2. Joanne says

    February 4, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    I’m a sucker for all things sweet and salty also, and my biggest complaint about compost cookies is that the salty just doesn’t shine through enough! These look like the perfect mix of both flavors!

    Reply
  3. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    February 4, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    These look delicious!! Do you think I’d be able to use old fashioned oats, or is using quick oats important?

    Reply
    • Audra says

      February 4, 2013 at 2:33 pm

      Hi Kayle! The reason the quick oats are important is mostly a texture thing. Quick oats are really just regular oats that are ground down a bit so they cook easier. If you have a blender or food processor- you could pulse the regular oats a bit to break them down. IF you don’t mind a very “oaty” texture though the regular should be fine!

      Reply
      • Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

        February 4, 2013 at 2:41 pm

        Ah I figured it was something like that. I’ll def. use my food processor to break my oats down a bit-thanks Audra!!

        Reply
  4. Cassie | Bake Your Day says

    February 4, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Sweet and salty, oh yes!!

    Reply
  5. Annie @ Annie's City Kitchen says

    February 4, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    Cookies like these make me so happy! They’re such a perfect balance of all the good stuff. These are certainly next on my cookie list and I think I may use salt and vinegar chips for extra tang. Yum yum!!

    Reply
    • Audra says

      February 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm

      Ooh- Salt &Vinegar sounds great!!

      Reply
  6. Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says

    February 4, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    Must must must make these! Like yesterday would not be soon enough.

    Reply
  7. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    February 4, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Love the sweet-salty combo in these monster cookies Audra! They look so delicious and easy!

    Reply
  8. Colette says

    February 4, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    You put chips in cookies?!

    *faints*

    Reply
  9. chelsea @ serves two says

    February 4, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    oh these sound fabulous! made some dorito chocolate chip cookies last week and they knocked my socks off :)

    Reply
  10. Tracey says

    February 4, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    Sweet and salty is the best! I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off of these cookies!

    Reply
  11. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    February 4, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I LOVE these cookies…everything about them. Yum!

    Reply
  12. a farmer in the dell says

    February 4, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    sweet and salty is my favorite combination. I wish I was sitting down with a cup of coffee and a huge plate of these cookies. They sound amazing!

    Reply
  13. ashley - baker by nature says

    February 5, 2013 at 12:41 am

    O_M_G! I need these!

    Reply
  14. Julie @ table for two says

    February 5, 2013 at 1:58 am

    we totally channeled each other today with our cookies!! i love it :)

    Reply
  15. steph@stephsbitebybite says

    February 5, 2013 at 2:06 am

    Such a great twist on the monster cookie. I would gobble these up!

    Reply
  16. tara says

    February 5, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    Ahhhhh I had wondered what happened to you!!! My google reader messed up and I hadn’t been getting posts from you for days! So glad I figured it out. These look delicious!

    Reply
    • Audra says

      February 6, 2013 at 1:29 pm

      Aw yes Tara- the switch to WordPress made a lot of people have to re-subscribe. Thank you for doing so! :)

      Reply
  17. Heather @ Suga rDish Me says

    February 6, 2013 at 2:51 pm

    Chips & pretzels in cookies are AWESOME!! Sweet & salty combo is always a win- Take 5 candy bars case in point!

    Reply
  18. Kaylee says

    February 8, 2013 at 4:43 am

    I made these cookies tonight but they came out very flat and they were too soft to get off the cookie sheet without falling apart….do you know why? Yours look so perfect!

    Reply
    • Audra says

      February 8, 2013 at 10:57 am

      I’m so sorry they didn’t turn out for you Kaylee. What’s funny is that I found the opposite to be true for these cookies- they were so puffy that if I didn’t flatten the dough balls before baking, the didn’t spread at all! Did you let them cool all the way before taking them off the cookie sheet? My dough was very thick, was yours?

      Reply
  19. Patty says

    February 25, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    I just made these and they turned out awesome!!!! I was worried when there was no flour in the recipe at all as I had not made a cookie recipe before without flour. I did make the Compost cookie previously, which I loved, but I agree with you these are much simpler and straightforward in their flavor. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Audra says

      February 25, 2013 at 9:54 pm

      Yay! I’m so glad to hear you liked them! I know it seems weird at first to not have flour- but it totally works right? :)

      Reply
  20. Marina says

    June 2, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    Can I leave out the peanut butter altogether? Not a big fan of the flavour, what do you suggest I substitute (if anything?). Muchas gracias!

    Reply
    • Audra says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:49 pm

      Hey Marina, you could sub almond butter! :)

      Reply

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