These gluten free Monster Cookies are nut free, and make a healthier classic Halloween Cookie. Flourless Monster Cookies are made with a base of oatmeal, coconut, and crispy brown rice cereal. Don’t forget the fun colored chocolate pieces!
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The BEST Flourless Monster Cookies
We love cookies in this house.
Like, really love cookies. There are always cookies in the freezer.
These monster cookies are the best Halloween treat! This year, we are making huge ones, wrapping them up, and giving them to my son’s friends for Trick-or-Treating. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we lived in a society where all trick-or-treating could be homemade treats?
Another great Halloween cookie are these Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies!
Why You’ll Love these Monster Cookies!
- While having candy coated chocolate pieces, most of the ingredients are wholesome making these a “healthy-ish” snack.
- The SunButter + Date Syrup combo gives these cookies the best caramelly flavor!
- Hello, gorgeous! Who could resist one of these beauties studded with colorful chocolate pieces?
- They are nut free. Most monster cookie recipes call for peanut butter, but these use a healthier alternative, SunButter, meaning they are safe for schools and those with allergies!
Ingredients for Gluten Free Monster Cookies
- Gluten Free Oatmeal
- Brown Rice Crisp Cereal
- Coconut Flakes or Shredded Unsweetened Coconut
- Date Syrup sub Honey or Maple Syrup
- SunButter No Sugar Added
- Dark Chocolate Chips
- Dye Free Candy Coated Chocolate Pieces (I like Trader Joe’s or UnReal Chocolate Drops)
Nut Free Monster Cookies – Allergy Friendly!
Sunflower seed butter makes it possible to make traditional recipes, like these monster cookies (and this year I’ll be making the Hershey’s Kiss PB Cookies with SunButter!), or nut and seed butter cups, safe for food allergy sufferers.
Regardless of whether there’s a peanut allergy in your family, you’ll love this tasty spread! It’s perfect for baking or enjoying with fruit!
Monster cookies are also easily gluten free by using a certified gluten free oatmeal.
Last year around this time, I wrote about food allergies in children (and what this means for taking baked goods into your child’s classroom) and posted a nut free Irresistible Chewy Granola Cookies recipe. If you’re wanting an even healthier everyday cookie, check those out!
How to Make Healthy Monster Cookies
Step 1: Add the maple syrup, coconut oil, egg, sunflower seed butter, salt, and baking soda to a bowl, and mix to combine.
Step 2: Add the oats, brown rice crisp, and coconut to the bowl, and mix until evenly coated.
Step 3: Into the bowl, fold in chocolate chips and candy coated chocolate pieces.
Step 4: Add the dough in 1/4 cup mounds to a large baking sheet. This makes large “monster” sized cookies. Feel free to make them half the size for little-eaters.
Step 5: Bake the cookies for 10-13 minutes.
Tips for the Healthiest Cookies
- I used Trader Joe’s Chocolate Drops in place of traditional M&Ms in this recipe to avoid artificial dyes.
- Make it Gluten Free: Be sure to use gluten free rolled oats for this recipe to keep it 100% gluten free.
- Substitutions:Â Feel free to use almond butter or peanut butter in place of the sunflower butter in this recipe. If doing so, replace the baking powder with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
Other Gluten Free Cookie Recipes:
- No Bake Almond Joy Cookies
- Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
- Irresistible Chewy Granola Cookies
- Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
If you make this recipe, be sure to share it with me! Find me on Facebook or Instagram and be sure to tag #SunkissedKitchen @SunkissedKitch
Monster Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup SunButter Sunflower Butter No Sugar Added
- 1/4 cup coconut oil extra virgin
- 1/4 cup honey or sub date syrup
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup brown rice crisp cereal
- 1/4 cup coconut flakes unsweetened
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup candy coated chocolate drops (or other artificial dye free chocolate drop)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 175 degrees C.
- Add the sunflower butter, coconut oil, honey, egg, vanilla, sea salt and baking powder to a bowl, and mix together well until creamy.
- In the same bowl, add in the rest of the ingredients. I typically add 1/2 of the chocolate drops, then use the rest of them to decorate the tops of the cookies. Mix together the ingredients until all are wet.
- Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup (dipped in water first) to scoop out cookies. I slightly under fill the cup, and end up with 10 large cookies from this recipe.
- These cookies will not spread very much, so using wet fingers, press the cookies down into a nice cookie shape. Use remaining chocolate drops to decorate the tops.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes, until brown around the edges. The cookies will look under baked and shiny in the centers, but firm up well once they have cooled.
- Store in the refrigerator or freezer for several weeks (or longer) in an airtight container or freezer ziplock bags. These cookies hold up well at room temperature and are a great lunch box treat option.
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Notes
- I used Trader Joe’s Chocolate Drops in place of traditional M&Ms in this recipe to avoid artificial dyes.
- Make is Gluten Free: Be sure to use gluten free rolled oats for this recipe to keep it 100% gluten free.
- Substitutions:Â Feel free to use almond butter or peanut butter in place of the sunflower butter in this recipe. If doing so, replace the baking powder with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
That sounds really yummy! And it looks beautiful
Thanks Tiago! They are delicious. I think I am going to grab one right now to have with my coffee.. while my son is at the park and won’t ask for one too!
Monster Cookies I realized were delicious, already imagining here serving with a very warm coffee must be wonderful, I loved the article.
Yum, with coffee — or tea, or almond milk. They are delicious any way!
I loved the recipe, I will try to make it at home and see if it is the same as yours, just for the pictures can give a base of how it was delicious, thanks for the recipe !!!
Thank you!
Just made these for some Accountant friends for a special treat. They are so awesome. Thanks Michelle
Ooh, they are so awesome! Thanks for letting me know.
I’m making these again. I made them for some friends of mine last weeks and they loved them. They are a wonderful.
These are fantastic, a real upgrade on rice crispie cakes, definitely making themagain!
These look awesome. I might make them with my daughter after nursery today.
These monster cookies are so fun and I love the pops of colour! Kids, adults, everyone would love these! Cheers for sharing.
Definitely big Sun Butter fans in our house with food allergies our son has! These cookies look delish. Speaking of allergies, could probably substitute something for the eggs — have you tested any of the options by chance?
Yum! Love your version of Monster Cookies! So easy and scrumptious!