Monster Cookie Time!
Make monster cookies by mixing dough, shaping rounds, baking safely, then decorating with icing, candy eyes, and sprinkles to create fun monsters.
Step-by-step guide to make monster cookies
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Step 2
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 3
Measure flour baking soda and salt into a small bowl.
Step 4
Put softened butter and both sugars into a large mixing bowl.
Step 5
Cream the butter and sugars with the wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy.
Step 6
Crack one egg into a small cup.
Step 7
Add the egg and a splash of vanilla to the mixing bowl.
Step 8
Stir the egg and vanilla into the butter and sugar until combined.
Step 9
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and stir until a dough forms.
Step 10
Fold chocolate chips into the dough with the wooden spoon.
Step 11
Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to scoop dough into round balls onto the prepared baking sheet leaving space between each.
Step 12
Ask an adult to bake the cookies in the oven for 8–12 minutes until the edges are lightly golden.
Step 13
Ask an adult to remove the baking sheet and place the cookies on a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Step 14
Decorate the cooled cookies with icing then add candy eyes and sprinkles to create fun monster faces.
Step 15
Share your finished monster cookies on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can I use instead of parchment paper, a cookie scoop, or candy eyes if I can't find them?
If you don't have parchment paper, lightly grease the baking sheet with butter or oil before scooping the dough, use a tablespoon or two spoons to form round balls in the 'scoop dough' step, and press mini chocolate chips or piped icing dots onto the cooled cookies instead of candy eyes when decorating.
My dough is crumbly or the cookies spread too much—what should I check or do during the mixing and baking steps?
If the dough is crumbly after you 'gradually add the dry ingredients', add a teaspoon of milk or a bit more softened butter until it holds together, and if cookies spread too much make sure the butter was softened (not melted), chill the dough 15–30 minutes, and confirm the oven is fully preheated to 350°F before baking.
How can I adapt this Monster Cookie Time activity for different age groups?
For preschoolers, give them safer tasks like folding chocolate chips into the dough and decorating cooled cookies with icing and sprinkles while an adult handles preheating the oven and baking, and for older kids let them measure ingredients, crack the egg into the small cup, and scoop dough under supervision.
How can we extend or personalize the cookies beyond adding candy eyes and sprinkles?
To personalize your monster cookies after they cool, tint the icing with food coloring, mix in M&Ms or chopped nuts when you 'fold chocolate chips into the dough', and pipe different mouths and textures with a squeeze bottle or zip-top bag to make unique monster faces to share on DIY.org.
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Facts about baking for kids
🔬 Baking is a science: small changes in ingredient amounts or baking time can make cookies chewy, cakey, or crispy.
👀 Candy eyes started as tiny handcrafted sugar decorations and are now sold ready-made to make treats extra silly.
🍬 Sprinkles are called "hundreds and thousands" in the UK and Australia — same tasty idea, different name!
🎨 Sugar cookies are a favorite for decorating because they hold their shape and give a smooth canvas for icing.
🍪 The word "cookie" comes from the Dutch word koekje, which means "little cake".
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