Linking TinyMCE plugins written in JS from compiled dist folder file - IIFE causing problems

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I am using the wordpress filter mce_external_plugins to register new plugins for the default editor. This is what a plugin looks like in the JavaScript file:

tinymce.PluginManager.add('toggle2CheckList', function (editor) {
// plugin logic
});

The PHP file where I register these plugins look like this:

function tiny_mce_add_buttons($plugins) {
 // LINE WORKS, but no good for production!
  $plugins_url = get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/scripts/plugins/tiny-mce.js';
  // WANT TO GET THE BELOW LINE TO WORK!
  //$plugins_url = App\asset_path('scripts/tiny-mce.js');

  $plugins['toggle2CheckList'] = $plugins_url;
  return $plugins;
}

function tiny_mce_register_buttons_row_1( $buttons ) {

  $newBtns = array(

    'toggle2CheckList',
  );
  $buttons = array_merge( $buttons, $newBtns );
  return $buttons;
}
}

The problem is when I link it from the dist/ folder, webpack wraps it in an IIFE. The wordpress hook does not like this it appears. I commented out my attempts to get it to link via the dist folder. In doing so, it breaks. (Neither attempt returns a 404, just nothing - no error, just no registered plugins). App\asset_path('scripts/tiny-mce.js') I can see it is returning the proper dist path, but does not load any plugins or show an error. If I go to the dist folder and manually edit tiny-mce.js from there and remove the wrapper webpack adds, it loads fine.

However, I know this won’t be ideal deploying to production. What can I do in this case? Can I get webpack to ignore this file for an IIFE?
Or is there some admin place that would make more sense to put this script? I am doubting the solution is to somehow make wordpress work past a webpack IIFE but could be wrong.

Just for more reference, this is the IIFE causing problems from the compiled JS:

/******/ (function() { // webpackBootstrap

var __webpack_exports__ = {};