Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes & Frosting Recipe

Peanut butter. Chocolate chips. Oats. M&Ms. Combine these glorious ingredients together and you often get monster cookies! But repurpose them and you can get this delicious monster cookie dough cupcakes recipe. If you love cookie dough, you are in for a real treat!

These rich, dense, moist cupcakes are truly heaven-sent. They’ve got everything you need in a dessert—like chunky, candy packed frosting, cookie dough, and chocolatey-peanuty flavor.

Best of all? They’re easy as all get-out to put together. If you’ve made cupcakes before, these should be a cinch for you.

Here’s the recipe, friends! Let’s get baking!

Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes: Ingredients & Utensils

Cupcake Ingredients:

• ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup mini M&M chocolate candies

Cookie dough frosting ingredients: similar to our recipe here but packed with more goodies

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup quick cooking oats
• ½ cup mini M&M chocolate candies
• ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup Dino Stomp Sprinkles

Utensils & Other Items

• Whisk
• Spatula
• Cupcake liners + cupcake tin
• A set of our brown cupcake liners
• Stand mixer
• Cookie scoop or ice cream scoop

How To Make Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes

To make the monster cookie cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Whisk all the cupcake ingredients together, leaving out the chocolate chips.
3. Add the chocolate chips and mix with a spatula.
4. Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
5. Fill cupcake liners with batter.
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until done (use a toothpick to check).
7. Set aside to cool on a wire rack while frosting is made.

To make the cookie dough frosting:

1. Heat treat your flour using the method described in our Edible Cookie Dough post.
2. Use a stand mixer to mix together the regular butter and peanut butter until smooth.
3. Then mix in the brown sugar, oats, vanilla, and flour.
4. Finally, add the M&Ms and chocolate chips, powdered sugar, and Dino Stomp Sprinkles.
5. Frost your cooled cupcakes. A cookie scoop works best!

The rough texture of this monster cookie frosting really makes it pop we think. This frosting recipe would not pipe well from a piping bag because of the chunky texture and bigger sized ingredients.

Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes: Tips & Tricks

Got questions about this recipe? We’re sure we’ve got some answers for you! Check out some FAQs below…

The frosting is runny. What do I do?

Add more powdered sugar. That should do the trick!

The cupcakes are dry. What happened?

You may have left them in the oven too long and overbaked them. Be sure to check on them. Insert a toothpick in the center of one of the cupcakes and if it comes out clean, they’re done!

Can you substitute other nut butters if you don’t like or can’t have peanut butter?

We’ve heard that Nutella is also very tasty in this recipe, but haven’t tried it. Cashew butter and cookie butter are also ingredients we’ve seen!

Can I use other small chocolate candies rather than M&Ms?

Oh yes! Reese’s Pieces are very good, for example. Or just adding in a sub of mini chocolate chips will give it a different texture.

Would this frosting be good on other flavor cupcakes?

Due to both the cupcake batter AND frosting recipe having chunks of M&M’s and chocolate chips in them, a simpler cupcake batter might be desired. In this case, we would definitely recommend a peanut butter cupcake base with this frosting recipe!

Cupcake Decorating Suggestions

And now for our favorite part of every blog post (and yours), the decoration suggestions! Don’t want to use our Dino Stomp Sprinkles and brown cupcake liners? Try…

• Patriotic Jimmies and red striped cupcake liners for the 4th of July,
• Monster Mash sprinkles and damask black cupcake liners for Halloween,
• Warm Hugs sprinkles and solid white cupcake liners for winter,
• Love Boat sprinkles and quatrefoil red cupcake liners for Valentine’s Day,
• Outer Space sprinkles and silver cupcake liners for a space-themed birthday!

You know the drill! Get creative, and please show us what you’ve made. We’d love to see your monster cupcakes!

Did you enjoy these monster cookie cupcakes?

Here’s a fun new way to use that yummy monster cookie dough we’re sure you’ve heard about and prepared before! Comment down below with your thoughts on these monster cookie cupcakes.

Did you adore them? How did you get creative with them? Did you leave anything out or use substitutions? We always want to hear from you!

We have lots more to discover on Sweets and Treats Blog!

Cupcakes make the world go ‘round…at least, in our minds! Here’s more cupcake recipes for your dessert-y pleasure:

• Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
• Apple Pie Cupcakes
• Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
• Cookie Monster Party
• Cookie Dough Frosting