Peanut Butter Cup Skillet Cookie

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For those who love skillet cookies? Omgosh!  Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie, I love you!  You already know how impressive this classic dessert delights when it’s served to you all gooey, melty-warm in a cast-iron skillet loaded with peanut butter cups, chocolate chips and oatmeal cookie!

Dollop it up with some whipped cream or ice cream to really indulge.  (Yes ! Melty-warm!)  Gluten-free option!  Check out 17 Tempting Peanut Butter Cookies You’ll Go Nuts Over too!

cast iron Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie recipe

What is a Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie?

With its gooey melty chocolate, oatmeal base, and peanut butter cups, this skillet cookie is baked in an iron cast skillet instead of a regular baking pan for a fun twist!

This Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is an indulgent sweet treat with the perfect combination of flavors.

Peanut butter, chocolate chips, peanut butter cups, Flahavan’s Oatmeal, Morena Sugar (<—which I love and used in my Sheet Pan Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars.) brown sugar and vanilla together in this skillet cookie are some of our favorite ingredients, oh yea boys!

I love using these ingredients, because they are usually in my pantry and popular as well!

cast iron Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie recipe

So, I have been wanting to buy a cast iron skillet to make my own skillet desserts for my family.  Guess what?  I finally did it!

My inspiration:  When we go out to restaurants, we usually end up ordering the skillet cookies or brownies, because we can all share it and it’s sooo indulgent.  It’s such a fun experience to share and bond over good food together right?

With warm-gooey skillet cookies you get lots of moaning sound effects of major oohhing and ahhing going on in between bites of deliciousness!   Who’s going to get that last bite?  I’ll fight ya for it!  You know what I mean, if you’ve been been there, done that, right?

With its rich flavors of peanut butter, chocolate and oats, this skillet cookie is easy to make and the perfect treat for any occasion, so why not make it at home?  As a result, you get the ultimate dessert that’s sure to be a hit with everyone.

cast iron Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie recipe

Ingredients You Need

Optionals We Love on Top of our Peanut Butter Cup Skillet Cookie

cast iron Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie recipe

How to Make Cast Iron Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9 inch cast iron skillet with non-stick spray.
  2. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and oats together in a medium bowl and whisk together, set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, using a mixer, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
  4. Add in peanut butter, egg, and vanilla and mix together until well combined.
  5. Add dry ingredients and chocolate chips to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
  6. Press cookie dough into your prepared skillet, but leave a ½ inch space between dough and skillet edge to allow the dough to spread out.
  7. Press peanut butter cups into dough, as many as you like, but don’t press them down deep, the cookie dough will rise, so you don’t want them sunken into the cookie.
  8. Bake 25-35 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and golden brown. The last 10 minutes you might opt to place tin foil on top of your cookie, if it looks like it’s browning too quickly.
  9. Transfer from oven and serve warm, with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.

Cookie Tips

  • Make sure after your press your cookie dough in the skillet, that it is not taller than the skillet, as it will rise while baking.
  • The deep dish baking skillets are really nice. See below what I’m using!
  • You can substitute flour for your favorite gluten-free flour as well.

cast iron Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie recipe

Iron Skillet Options & Tips

If you want to see what skillet I used, I used this Lodge Logic L5SK3 Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron 8-Inch Skillet.  I liked it because it was deep-dish. I was impressed how the cookie baked so evenly and it was easy to clean.  (You need to hand-wash and then oil your pan to season it, so it doesn’t rust and get all nasty and no dishwasher use.)

If you want a thinner cookie, you might like this wider Lodge LCS3 Cast Iron Chef’s Skillet, Pre-Seasoned, 10-inch.

Here is a silicone handle that is an afterthought.  Remember these pans will sizzle your paws! So use caution when handling transferring while hot, using heavy mitts or towels.

You can find the handle here: Lodge ASHH11 Silicone Hot Handle Holder, Black and guess what I found out?  There is also a pan with a silicone handle too.  Who knew, but it’s brilliant!  Lodge Cast Iron Skillet with Red Mini Silicone Hot Handle Holder, 8-inch.

I may add to my collection, this is my first cast iron skillet and I’m having fun! 🙂  You may making these Raspberry White Chocolate Pull-Apart Rolls in your new skillet!  I see more chocolate chip skillet cookies and brownies in my very near future.  Stay tuned!Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

If you’re looking for the perfect dessert to make that includes oats, peanut butter and chocolate to share with your family and friends, this Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is a must! Not only is it a crowd-pleaser, but it also requires minimal effort which makes it a total win-win.

More Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Oatmeal Yum-Yums

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Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Kim Lange
Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is baked to a golden brown and it's awesome served melty-warm right out of your cast-iron skillet. Wait till you taste this yummy, gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie with chocolate chips and peanut butter cups! To take it top level, bring on the creamy vanilla ice cream and some chocolate syrup!
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8 Servings
Calories

Ingredients
  

Skillet Cookie

  • cups all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour, like Bob's Red Mill
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup old fashioned oats I use Flahavan's, Irish Oats or use gluten-free oats
  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar I use Zulka
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips I use Ghirardelli
  • Mini Peanut Butter Cups

Optionals

  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Chocolate Syrup

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9 inch cast iron skillet with non-stick spray.
  • Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and oats together in a medium bowl and whisk together, set aside.
  • In a large bowl, using a mixer, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
  • Add in peanut butter, egg, and vanilla and mix together until well combined.
  • Add dry ingredients and chocolate chips to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Press cookie dough into your prepared skillet, but leave a 1/2 inch space between dough and skillet edge to allow the dough to spread out.
  • Press peanut butter cups into dough, as many as you like, but don't press them down deep, the cookie dough will rise, so you don't want them sunken into the cookie.
  • Bake 25-35 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and golden brown. The last 10 minutes you might opt to place tin foil on top of your cookie, if it looks like it's browning too quickly.
  • Transfer from oven and serve warm, with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.

Notes

  • Make sure after your press your cookie dough in the skillet, that it is not taller than the skillet, it will rise while baking. The deep dish baking skillets are really nice. 
  • You can substitute flour for your favorite gluten-free flour as well.
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chip, cookie, oatmeal, peanut butter, skillet
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!

Recipe adapted from  Creme de la Crumb

Morena® Pure Cane Sugar by Zulka®, Flahavan’s Irish Oats also used in skillet cookie

26 Comments

  1. This looks really yum but can I try this recipe without adding Egg, coz my mommy doesn’t like the eggs. But very soon I am gonna try this recipe with eggs for my friends. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us. Looking forward to more super awesome recipes. Best wishes and Regards.

  2. Yes, I don’t see why not Suzanne. It might bake a little longer in a metal dish or raise the temperature 25 degrees. It will be good I’m sure! 😀 Just don’t overbake it or you won’t get the melty-warm! Enjoy!

  3. Do you have to use a cast iron skillet? I don’t have one. Can I use a metal pie dish or glass rectangle?

  4. The pictures are so good, they are making me drool and crave that cookie right now :D. I wish, I could just dig in right through the screen.. I need to buy a cast skillet sooner to make this 🙂

  5. My friend recently send me a HUGE amount of mini-Reese’s cups from Canada. I have been happily eating my way through them but this looks an even better way to enjoy them. Melted, gooey chocolate and peanut butter…..seriously! Yum!!

  6. yeah, i definitely need to buy a baking only skillet. i have one with ridges at the bottom and it’s been used for steaks. aka the ridges make it super hard to remove anything baked in one piece, and there’s a bit of an ..umami flavor. making a skillet cookie as soon as i get one!!

  7. Kelsie, They are very dangerous *ahem* I ate too much, but super easy to make, which I love! This is a great one for a crowd to dig into! 😀

  8. Totally love skillet desserts. So much fun and the best part is, everyone get to share. This skillet cookie looks like the one I’d order at a restaurant, so professionally done .my friend:)

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