A chocolate chip cookie and a peanut butter cookie got married, and together they had these Double Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookies! It's a perfect match!
I have this thing for cookies, I'm sort of like Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Ha. Well, perhaps that's all the sweet things.
I don't think I have a sweet tooth, it's more like sweet teeth. Peanut butter and chocolate have always been my favorites when it comes to sweets.
I will never forget the time around Halloween, growing up, that I ate an entire bag of these golden wrapped beauties.
Yep. A whole bag. In one day. Of course I was sick! Who wouldn't be?
Did it turn me off from gorging myself with these every Halloween since? Nope. I will still eat these by the handfuls.
Perhaps not an entire bag in one day now. Nope, two days. Ha. I digress.
These cookies are totally like the sentence suggest, peanut butter and chocolate got together, and these heavenly cookies happened.
I've been making peanut butter cookies for as long as I can remember. My mother had this old cookbook that had "million dollar peanut butter cookies" inside, and me being the eating peanut butter my the spoonfuls, peanut butter lover that I am had to try them out.
The rest is history. That is the only peanut butter cookie recipe that I make to this day. All the others are non-existent in my eyes.
When the idea came to me to combine a peanut butter cookie with a chocolate cookie, I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of the two together before. I mean what a perfect vessel for peanut butter cups!
It took a few tries to get the right chewy texture, because chewy cookies reign supreme.
These Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are loaded with cocoa powder and chocolate chips AND chopped up peanut butter cups! I know, sugar overload. But, moderation. 🙂
Well, for those that have great willpower. That would not be me. It takes an act of congress to keep me away from sweets. I have to be completely off of sugar to turn down a cookie. And to be off of sugar is HARD.
We won't get into all that right now. Right now...we feast on these peanut butter cookie and chocolate cookie babies!
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies ingredients:
- flour + cocoa powder + baking soda
- butter
- sugar + brown sugar
- eggs
- creamy peanut butter
- vanilla extract
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- small peanut butter cups
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies swaps:
Creamy peanut butter - use crunchy - almond butter - or sun butter
Semi-sweet chocolate chips - use white chocolate chips - or even peanut butter chips
Add in some chopped peanuts!
Baking these cookies:
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda
- Cream the butter
- Add the sugars, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla
- Beat
- Add the flour mix
- Fold in the chocolate chips and peanut butter cups
- Bake
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Double Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
A chocolate chip cookie and a peanut butter cookie got married, and together they had these Double Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookies! It’s a perfect match!
Ingredients
- 2 ⅓ cup flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 sticks butter, softened to room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 20 small peanut butter cups, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, attached to a stand mixer, cream the butter for two minutes. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream for two minutes, until light and fluffy. Add the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until combined.
- With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mix, making sure to allow to combine before adding more. This mixture will be thick!
- Once the flour is combined, remove from the stand mixer, and fold in the chocolate chips and peanut butter cups. Using a cookie scoop that measures about two tablespoons, roll the dough into round balls, and place on cookie sheets, about an inch or so apart.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheets, before moving to cooling racks. This will make about 3 dozen cookies, give or take a few.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 216Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 140mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 4g
katriza | Mommy Engineerng
You had me at peanut butter! Wow these cookies look and sound delicious! I'm sure my sons would love to make this with me!
Natasha Fedderman
What I so love about this is the addition of peanut butter. I have tried, choco and peanut butter separately, but I would love to have both in one recipe, and this is it!!
Stephanie
I am a bit of a cookie monster myself, ha! These look amazing!
Beth Davidson
Oh wow, these look delicious. I have a feeling you're going to ruin my diet with this one!
Pam Wattenbarger
These cookies sound awesome. Anything with peanut butter cups in them is great by me! They're my favorite.
Melissa Chapman
I have a weakness for peanut butter cups so those cookies might become my new favorite thing. I will try and get over my fear of baking and try these.
Cassie
Oh my gosh these look absolutely amazing! I may or may not e trying to. eat my computer screen right now!
Karen Morse
That looks amazing! I've always liked the combination of peanut butter and chocolate and I'm sure these would be awesome welcome back to school treats for my students! Thanks for the lovely recipe!
Brittany
Ooh these look absolutely amazing! I would love to check these little bad boys out! They look so good!
Adriana Lopez Martn
Very nice cookies must be so godo because peanut butter and chocolate are a pair made in heaven =) I need one now
AnnMarie John
YASSS! Love this recipe and I can't wait to make it for the kids as well. We're all huge fans of peanut butter and this would make them super happy!
Jessica Joachim
These look so good! I love peanut butter and chocolate, and my daughter has been really into baking with me lately so we will have to give these a try.
Veronika
I think chocolate/peanut butter combination is perfect! My fiancee always asks me to make this type of cookies. I am sure he will love these cookies!
Christine - Jar Of Lemons
Oh my goodness, these sound AMAZING! Definitely need to make these next time we have friends over. Can't wait!
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
Double the chocolate and with peanut butter cups triple the fun and taste. Your cookies sound so good and I can almost taste them. I'm really a sucker for chocolate chip cookies -- these are even better.
Karyn
Chocolate, peanut butter and cookie you definitely the cookie holy grail here! My kids would live this
Cindy Ingalls
Chocolate and Peanut Butter is my absolute favorite flavor combination. I could eat it every day so I can't wait to whip up a batch of these cookies. Hope no one minds that I won't be sharing. 🙂
Anvita
My son would love these. These cookies look so moist and gooey
Krystle Cook
These cookies look so amazing. I have never thought to make the chocolate and peanut butter chips. Yumm!
Robin Rue
This has got to be something that we make right before going back to school. They would be the perfect treat!
Jennifer Seigler l Life of a Southern Mom
Delicious! Everything a kid would love is there in that cookie. Even the kid at heart (me) would enjoy them. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will make these cookies as a treat for the kids on their last weekend before the school starts.
Amber Nelson
Those cookies look so good. I am a big fan of chocolate and a big fan of peanut butter cups...perfect combo!
Amanda Rosson
Oh my goodness, these look and sound amazing!! I love anything with both peanut butter AND chocolate!! I will definitely have to make these sometime!
Jean
Oh my word, pass me these cookies right now! They sound seriously yummy, although I don't think I would have any willpower if I made them and would absolutely eat the whole batch!
reesa
OH my son will love these, he is obsessed with reese's PB cups! I am going to save these to make for us all!
Katherine
So yummy. My kids are crazy for Reese's. I'll have to give these a try.
HilLesha
How delicious! I'll admit that I have never been keen on chocolate, but it's a different story when peanut butter is in the mix.I'll have to give this cookie recipe a try!
lydia
I love (LOVE) reeses PB cups in cookies, they are so delicious. I'll need to try these out!
Shannon Gurnee
We love chocolate and peanut butter in our home and this sounds delicious! I would love to try making these sometime.
Krystel | Disney on a Budget
These are my all-time favorite cookies. So good with a glass of milk.