Christmas cookies mixed with a delicious protein bar? Now that is what I want to be eating this time of year. It lets you stay on track but still feel like you are still eating some yummy holiday treats. So, I bring to you these christmas monster cookie protein bars
Christmas Monster Cookie Protein Bars might be my new favorite holiday recipe!
What even is a monster cookie?
If you have never had a monster cookie before, it is a cookie where you pretty much just throw everything in. You can add pretty much anything you want, but I added the following:
- quick oats
- Christmas colored m&m’s
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Reese’s peanut butter chips
It is actually a pretty funny story with these. My oven broke after I had already mixed everything and put it into the pan. I preheated to 350F, or so I thought, and was about to put them in the oven. However, the oven wasn’t hot. So…. I improvised and went knocking on the neighbors door. Luckily she let me in and use the oven!
The inspiration for these cam when I was walking around the grocery and saw the Christmas colored m&m’s. It made me think of monster cookies so I figured CHRISTMAS MONSTER COOKIES had to happen.
Check out my other Holiday Recipes here!
You may notice in the photos that it looks like there are 12 cookie bars, this is because I got a little out of control and ate 4 of them as they were warm out of the oven! Trust me, they are hard to resist.
As far as texture goes on these, it is a mixture between an oatmeal cookie and a blondie. Cookies and blondies are two of my favorite desserts, so you can definitely say that my taste buds were pleased!
