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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Distribution agreement, revenue recognition period	20 years
Revenue recognized	$ 7.8us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized	$ 8.4us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized	$ 8.2us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized
Termination costs of distributors	(0.2)mnst_DistributionAgreementsTerminationCost	10.8mnst_DistributionAgreementsTerminationCost	1.5mnst_DistributionAgreementsTerminationCost
AB Distributors
Amount recorded from distribution agreement	38.2us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis = mnst_AbDistributorsMember
Coca-Cola Transaction Asset Transfer Agreement | Forecast | Coca-Cola
Termination costs of distributors	$ 280.0mnst_DistributionAgreementsTerminationCost / us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis = mnst_CocaColaCompanyMember / us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionsByUniqueDescriptionAxis = mnst_CocaColaTransactionAssetTransferAgreementMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember

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