Jump to RecipeWith Independence Day approaching, it was time to bake up some festive, patriotic recipes to grace our picnic table.These irresistible Patriotic Monster Cookies are chewy peanut butter oatmeal cookies chock full of red, white and blue M&M’s and chocolate chips.Patriotic Monster CookiesHot dogs and apple pie are classic Americana as far as foods go.Plus anything red, white and blue.

I’ve made those desserts topped with blueberries and raspberries to look like an American flag,  s’mores desserts and grilled a slew of burgers and dogs.When the Sunday Supper crew decided to make patriotic foods for this coming Memorial Day, I remembered these festive, patriotic monster cookies dotted with red, white and blue.My mom introduced my sisters and me to classic monster cookies in the ’70s.Her recipe was huge, calling for 2 pounds of peanut butter and nuts in addition to the chocolate.Extras were stored in our deep freeze and we were known to munch on them frozen.

They were dubbed “monster” cookies due to their massive size–which our teenage metabolism could handle quite well.This is a scaled-down version–and one where you don’t have to calculate how many cups are in a pound of peanut butter! These cookies are super chewy and outrageously delicious.After you try this recipe and fall in love with these cookies, I recommend baking up a batch of Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes!Why Are These Called Monster Cookies?Once source guesses that these are c

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