Monster Cookie Dough Truffles have it all! A soft cream cheese center is packed with peanut butter, M&Ms, oats and mini-chocolate chips in these easy truffles. Dipped in dark chocolate and covered in sprinkles, they’re as fun to make as they are to eat!
Can’t get enough Monster Cookies? You’ll love this Monster Cookie Cheese Ball and this Monster Cookie Dough Fudge too.
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Why This Recipe Works
If you’ve never had the cookie that inspired these truffles before, I’m happy to introduce you! Monster Cookies are peanut butter cookies made with oatmeal, M&Ms and chocolate chips.
This recipe takes all the essential elements of the classic cookie and rolls them into bite-sized no bake truffles!
- Amazing cookie dough taste–that’s safe to eat!
- Peanut butter, chocolate and M&Ms in every bite.
- No candy thermometer needed.
- Colorful sprinkles for more fun!
Love truffles? We’ve got lots of flavors. From classic chocolate chip cookie dough truffles to snickerdoodle truffles. So many great candy recipes!
Ingredient Notes
- Cream cheese provides the base for the cookie dough center. Be sure to use the kind that comes in a block, not a tub!
- Heat treated flour makes the cookie dough safe to eat raw. Find my instructions here for How to Heat Treat Flour!
- Quick cook oats give the soft truffles a little more texture and a familiar Monster cookie flavor. You can use old fashioned oats too, just know they will be a little chewy.
- Peanut butter morsels get folded into the cookie dough mixture before the truffles are rolled.
- Mini M&Ms add a little candy crunch!
- Dark chocolate melting wafers are formulated to melt easily and set smoothly as the outer layer of these truffles. We love using Ghirardelli wafers for best flavor!
- Raisins (optional): If you like raisins in your monster cookies, go ahead and fold a handful into the cookie dough. My family prefers no raisins so I left them out.
Easy Instructions
For the cookie dough center: Beat cream cheese with butter. Then mix in flour and brown sugar. Fold in peanut butter morsels, oats, chocolate chips and M&Ms.
Freeze: Drop the cookie dough mixture onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper, by the tablespoon. Freeze the balls of dough for 1 -2 hours or until solid.
Roll: Dip each cookie dough ball into melted chocolate to coat. Garnish with colorful sprinkles immediately.
Let the chocolate coating set for a few minutes. Enjoy!
PRO TIP: If after the first 1-2 hours of freezing cookie dough you decide you aren’t going to make the truffles immediately, place the truffles in a freezer safe ziploc container for up to 3 months. Dip in chocolate before serving.
Tips and Tricks
- Use a toothpick to dip the truffles in the melted chocolate. Then tap the truffles on the side of the bowl to remove any excess chocolate.
- Not in the mood for dark chocolate? Dip these Monster cookie truffles in melted milk chocolate or white chocolate instead!
- Change up the look of the truffles with different colored sprinkles. Try heart-shaped sprinkles for Valentine’s Day or confetti sprinkles for a birthday treat.
Recipe FAQs
You can, but the truffles won’t look or taste quite the same. Chocolate chips have added ingredients that prevent the chocolate from setting up in a smooth, velvety layer.
Truffles with cream cheese should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to several days. I love the way they taste cold! These Monster Cookie Dough Truffles are a great choice for freezing too! Take them out of the freezer a few minutes before serving to let them soften a little bit before eating.
I have never tried this recipe with gluten free flour, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Make sure to heat treat (bake) it just like you would with all purpose flour.
Baking the flour at a high temperature kills any bacteria or harmful pathogens that may be lingering in raw ingredients. Since these truffles aren’t baked or cooked in any way, heat treating is necessary to ensure they’re safe to eat.
More Easy Dessert Recipes
- Pecan Pie Brownies
- Homemade Chocolate Syrup
- Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Rice Krispie Treats
- Banana Pudding
Monster Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese softened
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter softened
- ¾ cup Light Brown Sugar packed
- ¾ cup All-Purpose Flour heat treated
- ½ cup Quick Cook Oats
- ½ cup Mini Chocolate Chips
- ½ cup Peanut Butter Morsels
- ½ cup Milk Chocolate M&Ms
- 12 ounces Ghirardelli dark chocolate wafers melted
- Sprinkles for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Beat butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl for 2-3 minutes until creamy. Beat in sugar and flour until completely combined. Fold in oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and candy.
- Drop by one tablespoon scoop onto a parchment paper lined freezer safe cookie sheet. Freeze truffles for about 2 hours.
- Using a toothpick, dip frozen truffle into melted chocolate coating. Tap on side of bowl to remove excess. Immediately add sprinkles for garnish.
Notes
- Be sure to use heat treated flour, for safety!
- Use a toothpick to dip the truffles in the melted chocolate. Then tap the truffles on the side of the bowl to remove any excess chocolate.
- Not in the mood for dark chocolate? Dip these Monster cookie truffles in melted milk chocolate or white chocolate instead!
- Change up the look of the truffles with different colored sprinkles. Try heart-shaped sprinkles for Valentine’s Day or confetti sprinkles for a birthday treat.
Nutrition
Monster Cookie Dough Truffles are everything you love about Monster cookies, rolled into an easy bite-sized candy.
I’m seeing tons of recipes with sprinkles lately which clearly means only one thing: I need more sprinkles in my life. Perhaps I’ll start with these.
Adorable AND delicious! Love me some monster cookies.. and of course, the dough!
Yeah, the cookie dough is the best part 🙂
Oh Aimee, these look fabulous! Think of the possibilities with leftover Halloween candy.
Oh how I love leftover Halloween candy….
Truffles that are stuffed with Monster Cookie Dough?! I’ll take a dozen!
I’m not going to complain! I love truffles, Aimee! I’d be popping these in my mouth all day!
These look delicious, saving recipe. I’m unfamiliar with candy melts, is that what is coating the truffles?
I use candy quick, which is a block of melting chocolate. Candy melts are ok, but they don’t have great flavor.
Thanks Aimee, I’ve seen quite a few online and they all seem to be vanilla flavoured.
Oh, hello! These look amazing!!!
I LOVE cookie dough truffles. I think they’re so much fun to make (and eat), and the fact that they don’t require the oven makes them great for summer. Peanut butter M&M’s inside sound SO good!
The perfect treat……did you use the mini m&m’s.
I actually used peanut butter m&m’s, but any version of the candy would be delish!
Thanks for answering…..I think I’ll try the mini ones when I make them and maybe some toasted pecans, chopped.
sounds delish Barb. Let me know how they turn out!!
Well, this is definitely on my to-make list. The boys would go crazy over these. I shared these all over…bcz the whole world needs to know about these!! (=
Sweet stuff you don’t have to bake in the summer? The perfect dessert!
These little bites look delicous!
Cookie dough truffles are the best! And honestly, monster cookies are my favorites. Your truffles are always so perfectly shaped, it is amazing! Mouthwatering, as usual! Oh, and we haven’t had Internet for the last couple days, but your haystacks look INCREDIBLE. Pinned!
Thank you Mary Frances! What a sweet comment (and thank you for pinning too). I feel the love 🙂
You had me at Cookie Dough… and then make them “monster” like… must go get the recipe now!
Go! get the recipe! Then enjoy 🙂
*sigh* I just love cookie dough so much
Yum!! I’ve always wanted to try making cookie dough truffles. They look so fun and easy.
These are perfect for summer! 🙂 I love the sprinkles on top.
Holly scraps, these sure look awesome. I am sure your family thank you for them 🙂 I also love making truffles, they are a bit more time consuming to prepare but worth every minute!!
The extra step of dipping them is a little more work, but like you said, so worth it. I usually turn on one of my favorite TV shows and multi task 🙂
These look fabulous and I want a treat for each meal too!
I love cookie dough truffles -these look so awesome, Aimee! Let me know if you have any leftovers that you can send me. 🙂
Leftovers? I’m not sure I know what that word means…hehe…
It means you have no kids at home!
Who couldn’t love more sprinkles and cookie dough?! So fun.
Looks like you had sprinkles on the brain as well 🙂