Monster Chocolate Chip Cookies

These monster chocolate chip cookies are just that, jumbo-sized monster cookies full of color and covered in spooktacular candy eyeballs! I served these at my Monster Mash Picnic which you can see in this post. I think this would be super fun for my chocolate lovers adapted to this DELICIOUS recipe too: Double Chocolate Cookie Recipe. I have had good luck sourcing candy eyeballs at Michaels and Walmart during the fall season in past years. Out of season, they can also be found on amazon.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup tightly packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• purple, orange, green gel food coloring
• 1/8 cup candy eyeballs
• a few jumbo candy eyeballs
• spooky sprinkles (optional)

Directions:

1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Add the vanilla extract and eggs. Whip on high until the mixture becomes light and fluffy, this takes about a minute.
2. Add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt, mix to evenly combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and give it one more quick mix.
3. Reduce speed to the lowest setting and add the flour a little at a time until a thick dough forms.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips with a rubber spatula until evenly dispersed.
5. Divide the dough into 3 parts. Add 1 drop of gel food coloring to each section of dough to create the different colors. Mix well with clean spatulas to create the colors.
6. Divide the doughs into 3 jumbo dough balls each,  9 equal pieces total. Wrap in plastic or place inside a large Ziploc bag and let rest in the refrigerator for 12 hours or overnight.
7. To bake, preheat the oven to 350F and line two aluminum baking sheets with parchment paper.
8. Place 4-5 dough balls on each cookie sheet, leaving plenty of room for spread.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes on the center rack or until the centers are baked through.
10. As the cookies are cooling and still soft to the touch, add the candy eyeballs and sprinkles to the tops before they harden.
11. Let cool on a cooling rack for an additional few minutes before serving warm.