Peanut Butter Candy Cookies
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These Peanut Butter Candy Cookies are what happens when you combine a soft peanut butter base with a creamy glaze and your favorite candy toppings. They’re easy to make, fun to decorate, and perfect if you’re looking for something a little more playful than your average cookie.
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Why You’ll Love These Peanut Butter Candy Cookies
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Soft, chewy peanut butter cookie base that holds up to all the candy.
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Frosted with a simple, rich peanut butter glaze that sets just enough.
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Topped with Reese’s Pieces or M&M’s for a colorful, crunchy finish.
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Great for bake sales, parties, or when you just want something a little over-the-top.
These are basically loaded peanut butter cookies disguised as a party in cookie form. Perfect Halloween peanut butter cookies for your party fun!
Ingredients You Need
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
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¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
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¾ cup granulated sugar
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1 cup brown sugar
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1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
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2 large eggs
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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2½ cups all-purpose flour (measure correctly!)
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Frosting Glaze
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1 cup creamy peanut butter
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5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
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6 tablespoons confectioners sugar
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Topping Choices
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Reese’s Pieces candies – the perfect Halloween peanut butter cookies
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M&M’s candies
These are the ultimate frosted peanut butter cookies, with a glaze that holds your favorite candy in place.
How to Make Our Peanut Butter Candy Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookie Base
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
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In a mixing bowl, combine butter, both sugars, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
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Add in flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until just combined. (Measuring the flour properly is key—too much makes dry cookies!)
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Scoop dough using a large cookie scoop onto the lined baking sheets. Leave space between cookies.
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Bake for 12–14 minutes or until edges are just golden.
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Let cookies cool on the sheet for 2–3 minutes, then move to a cooling rack.
Peanut Butter Frosting Glaze
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In a bowl, whisk together peanut butter and melted butter until smooth.
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Add confectioners sugar and vanilla. Whisk until thick but spreadable.
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You can warm the glaze briefly if you prefer to drizzle instead of spread.
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Spoon or pipe the glaze on top of fully cooled cookies.
Add Your Candy Toppings
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While the glaze is still soft, press Reese’s Pieces or M&M’s into the tops.
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Let the glaze set before storing.
These peanut butter cookies with M&Ms are best when the glaze is firm but still soft to bite into.
Storing Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
- As soon as these frosted cookies are completely set, place cookies in a tightly closed plastic container or resealable bag. They will stay fresh for several days.
- This peanut butter candy cookie recipe freezes well. Gently stack in freezer-weight resealable bags after they are cooled. Store frozen cookies up to 3 months; thaw at room temperature.
More Variations for These Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
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Holiday Version: Use seasonal M&M colors to match holidays or parties.
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Chocolate Swirl: Add a drizzle of melted chocolate over the peanut butter glaze before the candy.
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Stuffed Center: Press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each dough ball before baking for some sweet Reese’s peanut butter cookies.
However you dress them up, these peanut butter candy cookies always feel like a win.
If you’re into big, bold cookies that don’t hold back on the peanut butter or the candy, this one’s for you. These frosted peanut butter cookies are soft, loaded, and seriously hard to resist. Make a batch and watch them disappear fast. No one can resist Peanut butter cookies with M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces!
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Peanut Butter Candy Cookies
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter or crunchy
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour measure the flour correctly
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Frosting Glaze
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 6 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Choice of Candy Toppings
- Reese’s Pieces candies
- M&M Candies
Instructions
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or ungreased baking sheet.
- Using a mixer, mix the butter, sugars, peanut butter, eggs and vanilla together until combined.
- Add in the flour, soda, and salt in and mix until just combined. Make sure you measure flour correctly, or cookies will be dry & crumbly. (Fluff flour, spoon flour into cup and level off with a knife.)
- Using an ice cream scoop or large cookie scoop, scoop the dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Add some additional chocolate chips on top if you wish. Cookies will expand some, so 6 cookies per sheet is recommended.
- Cook for 12-14 minutes at 350.
- Remove cookies from oven and cool on baking sheet 2-3 minutes before placing on cooling rack.
Peanut Butter Frosting Glaze
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together peanut butter and melted butter. Add confectioners sugar and vanilla and whisk until smooth. Glaze will be thick but easily spreadable.
- You can warm glaze up in a microwave to make it more drizzling consistency if desired. Top cookies with the peanut butter glaze with a spoon and spread it around on top of the cookies or pipe it on top of the cookies using a pastry bag with a round tip.
Choice of Candy Toppings
- Add Reese’s Pieces or M&M’s to the tops and let the glaze set up until storing.
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