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INVESTMENTS (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Investments
Realized gains on the sale of available-for-sale investments		$ 2,500,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossNet
Auction rate securities
Investments
Gain on trading securities sold	978,000us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	255,000us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	1,130,000us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
(Loss) gain on trading securities held	(177,000)us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	816,000us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	753,000us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember
Gain on trading securities	$ 801,000mnst_TradingSecuritiesGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	$ 1,071,000mnst_TradingSecuritiesGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	$ 1,883,000mnst_TradingSecuritiesGainLoss / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember

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