These Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies are soft, fudgy chocolate cookies that are delectably delicious with milk and peanut butter flavor. Each scrumptious bite is loaded with luscious peanut butter cups and peanut butter chips within delicious chocolate cookies!
It's a total peanut butter and chocolate lover's fantasy!! Like these Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and these Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies!
Cookies are definitely a wonderful treat for so many occasions, right? No one can say they are not! Whether it's just because you want a sweet indulgence for your own personal cookie addictions or you're into impressing for the holidays and special events, cookies will always be the superstar of any show!
Especially these inviting gems! We can't stop obsessing over them. Can you?
Ingredients You Need
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- egg or applesauce, if vegan option
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
or gluten-free flour
measured correctly (scoop and level method)
- unsweetened cocoa powder
measured correctly and clump free sift if needed (scoop and level method), I used Ghirardelli
- baking powder
- salt
- peanut butter chips
, use vegan peanut butter baking chips if wanting vegan option, if you can find them
- mini peanut butter cups
, use vegan peanut butter cups
, if wanting vegan
How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet
or two with parchment paper
.
- Using a mixer
, cream butter until light and creamy for 2 minutes.
- Add in sugar and continuing creaming for 1-2 more minutes.
- Add in egg, mixing until fully incorporated into batter.
- Add in vanilla extract and mix.
- Sift
in flour, baking powder and cocoa powder into the mixture, add salt and beat together just until a chocolate dough forms.
- Then fold in the mini peanut butter cups, saving some for the tops of the cookies to press in.
- Using a medium cookie scoop
, (1 & ½ tablespoons), scoop cookie dough onto baking sheet and press some peanut butter chips on top.
- Leave room for the cookies to spread very slightly.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes. Cookies will continue baking.
- Cookies should be starting to firm up but still soft in the middle. Remove from the oven and press a few more peanut butter chocolate chips and peanut butter cups on top if desired.
- Let cookies set on cookie tray for a couple of minutes before removing them to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Allow to cool completely prior to storing.
Vegan Options!
- These cookies can also be made vegan, for those who don't want to use eggs or looking for an egg replacement. Applesauce works very well in these cookies for the replacement.
- We love having vegan options, especially if there are allergies going on or maybe you don't have eggs on hand? Excellent!
Gluten Free Options!
Just replace all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour
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These chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter cups are perfect for Christmas, parties and when you're craving peanut butter and chocolate!
Of course, my whole family loves peanut butter and chocolate, so if you're open to more peanut butter and chocolate fantasy ideas, you'll definitely want to take a gander at these!
More Dreamy Peanut Butter Chocolate Desserts!
- Soft Batch Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
- Peanut Butter Cup Explosion Cookies
- Slutty Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies
Check out these 80 Best Homemade Frostings Recipes Roundup to elevate your desserts too!
Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies - Vegan & GF Options
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg or ¼ cup applesauce if vegan option
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour measured correctly (scoop and level method)
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder measured correctly and clump free sift if needed (scoop and level method) I used Ghirardelli
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup peanut butter chips Options: Press in tops of cookies before or after baked, use vegan chocolate chips if wanting vegan option
- 2 cups mini peanut butter cups, some chopped, some whole use vegan peanut butter cups, if wanting vegan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet or two with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, cream butter until light and creamy for 2 minutes.
- Add in sugar and continuing creaming for 1-2 more minutes.
- Add in egg, mixing until fully incorporated into batter.
- Add in vanilla extract and mix.
- Sift in flour, baking powder and cocoa powder into the mixture, add salt and beat together just until a chocolate dough forms.
- Then fold in the mini peanut butter cups, saving some for the tops of the cookies to press in.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, (1 & ½ tablespoons), scoop cookie dough onto baking sheet and press some peanut butter chips on top
- Leave room for the cookies to spread very slightly.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes. Cookies will continue baking.
- Cookies should be starting to firm up but still soft in the middle. Remove from the oven and press a few more peanut butter chocolate chips and peanut butter cups on top if desired.
- Let cookies set on cookie tray for a couple of minutes before removing them to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Allow to cool completely prior to storing.
Kim Lange says
It's ok if you didn't add it in, but it's updated to what it should be. Sorry about that! I hope they worked for you! Happy Holidays Sarah!
Sarah Rapp says
I am making these right now and notice the instrsay mix the sugar and brown sugar with the butter. There is no brown sugar in the ingredients???
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
You made these for me right, Kim!? LOVE peanut butter cups!! And chocolate!
Josiah - DIY Thrill says
These cookies look so decadent, love the flavor combination of peanut butter cup and chocolate!
2pots2cook says
Totally agree with Ben ; what not to love ? Shared 🙂
Kim Lange says
I totally concur! Thank you so much Ben!
Kim Lange says
Thank you Valentina! They are the perfect cookie treats with all the goodies! 🙂
Valentina says
Oh my goodness, the way those little peanut butter cups are melting on top of the cookies! Delectable! This recipe is bookmarked to make again and again. 🙂 ~Valentina
Ben | Havocinthekitchen says
I don't often cookies throughout the year (I guess I save this for the winter holidays!), and I am getting excited about all the festive baking! These bad guys look phenomenally good - so rich, fudgy, chewy, with a nice brownies-like-exterior and most importantly, loaded with the chocolate and peanut butter flavour. What not to love about this recipe?