The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of trademark amortization.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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The amount of interest income and other income recognized during the period. Included in this element is interest derived from investments in debt securities, cash and cash equivalents, and other investments which reflect the time value of money or transactions in which the payments are for the use or forbearance of money and other income from ancillary business-related activities (that is, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business).

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 item	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
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Contribution margin												911,784,000mnst_ContributionMargin	725,174,000mnst_ContributionMargin	664,103,000mnst_ContributionMargin
Corporate and unallocated expenses												(164,279,000)mnst_CorporateAndUnallocatedExpense	(152,258,000)mnst_CorporateAndUnallocatedExpense	(113,480,000)mnst_CorporateAndUnallocatedExpense
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Income before provision for income taxes												745,788,000	563,894,000	549,154,000
Depreciation and amortization	(25,651,000)	(22,713,000)	(20,513,000)									(25,651,000)	(22,762,000)	(20,562,000)
Trademark amortization												(41,000)mnst_AmortizationOfTrademarks	(49,000)mnst_AmortizationOfTrademarks	(49,000)mnst_AmortizationOfTrademarks
Stock-based compensation expense												28,600,000	28,800,000	28,400,000
Corporate and Unallocated
Segment information
Corporate and unallocated expenses												(164,279,000)	(152,258,000)	(113,480,000)
Interest and other income, net												(2,378,000)	(9,775,000)	(1,961,000)
Depreciation and amortization												(5,540,000)	(3,446,000)	(4,714,000)
Trademark amortization												(8,000)	(5,000)	(5,000)
Payroll cost												86,200,000	82,500,000	73,000,000
Stock-based compensation expense												28,600,000	28,800,000	28,400,000
Professional service expenses												43,800,000	38,700,000	19,700,000
Insurance costs												7,400,000
Depreciation														4,400,000
Other operating expenses												26,900,000	31,100,000	16,400,000
Direct Store Delivery ("DSD") \| Operating segment
Segment information
Net sales												2,369,208,000	2,147,355,000	1,966,481,000
Contribution margin												908,781,000	726,826,000	660,607,000
Interest and other income, net												664,000	755,000	494,000
Depreciation and amortization												(19,778,000)	(19,023,000)	(15,660,000)
Warehouse ("Warehouse") \| Operating segment
Segment information
Net sales												95,659,000	99,073,000	94,221,000
Contribution margin												3,003,000	(1,652,000)	3,496,000
Interest and other income, net												(3,000)	(2,000)	(2,000)
Depreciation and amortization												(293,000)	(244,000)	(139,000)
Trademark amortization												$ (33,000)	$ (44,000)	$ (44,000)