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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are dense and peanut buttery on the inside, and coated in chocolate – just like your favorite candy!

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Hello folks, and welcome to the second annual Chocolate Peanut Butter Day! This is a multi-blogger event hosted each year on March 25th by Carla of Chocolate Moosey and Miriam of Overtime Cook (that’s me!).

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you have got to know that I am intensely, overwhelmingly and ridiculously in love with the combined flavors of chocolate and peanut butter. Don’t get me wrong – I love chocolate. And I love peanut butter. But when you combine them? That’s pure bliss. And I know y’all agree with me – because…well, Chocolate. And peanut butter.

So to celebrate this great day (finest of food holidays, IMNSHO [In My Not So Humble Opinion]), Carla and I gathered together a group of awesome bloggers, and we all created some insanely amazing recipes for you – all of them starring…you guessed it: chocolate and peanut butter! Scroll past my recipe to get the full list. Click over to every single one of them too, cuz they’re going to be amazing. And even if you’re busy cooking and cleaning for passover, and not ready to bake – bookmark these pages to treat yourself after the holiday.

Follow along with all of the recipes and fun (or share your favorites!) using the hashtag #ChocPBDay!

Let’s talk about my cookies, shall we? My sister-in-law, Freidi (who is my partner-in-crime when it comes to enjoying chocolate peanut butter treats) complained to me a while back that peanut butter flavored baked goods are often not peanut-buttery enough. So I set out to change that. These phenomenal cookies are rich and dense, like the filling of a peanut butter cup. Then they’re coated in chocolate, giving them a texture and flavor almost like those favorite candies.

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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
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Serves: 3 dozen
 
(Originally featured in my column in Ami/Whisk magazine.)
Ingredients
  • 1 (16.3 ounce) jar peanut butter
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ¾ cup flour
  • melted chocolate, for dipping (about 5 ounces)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the peanut butter and oil until smooth. Add the sugar, vanilla, baking powder and egg and beat until smooth and creamy.
  3. Turn the mixer to low. Add the flour and beat until just mixed in.
  4. Scoop the dough out using a medium cookie scoop, then flatten slightly into a disk. (Note: the dough will be crumbly at this point. Just press it together and handle with care, and it'll be fine.)
  5. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Set aside to cool completely before dipping in chocolate.
  6. Once cooled, dip the cookie halfway in chocolate, then set back on the parchment paper to until the chocolate hardens.
  7. Tip: If you prefer, melt double the chocolate and dip them fully in chocolate. Alternatively, you can drizzle chocolate over the cookies instead of dipping.

 Make sure to visit the other participants of #ChocPBDay and see what treats they baked up: 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites by Carla from Chocolate Moosey

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies by Miriam from Overtime Cook

Chocolate Peanut Butter Twix Cake by Susan from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen

{Healthy} Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oat Bars by Kayle from The Cooking Actress

Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Tiger Paws by Renee from Kudos Kitchen by Renee

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Dip by Becca from It’s Yummi

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake by Erin from The Spiffy Cookie

No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie by Lisa from Snappy Gourmet

Espresso Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and a Rum Drizzle by Barb from Creative Culinary

Chocolate Peanut Butter Tandy Cake by Cindy from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings

Chocolate-Glazed Peanut Butter-Stuffed Doughnuts by Coleen from The Redhead Baker

4 Ingredient Chocolate & Peanut Butter Candy by Colleen from Souffle Bombay

Ganache-Stuffed Peanut Butter Bars by Karen from The Food Charlatan

Microwave Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes by Taylor from Food Faith Fitness

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing by Shashi from Runnin Srilankan

Chocolate Filled Peanut Butter Cookie Cups by Stacy from Food Lust People Love

Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Lava Cakes by Anita from Hungry Couple

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream by Renee from Magnolia Days

Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Bites by Lauren from Healthy Delicious

Tagalong Dip by Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake Nancy from gotta get baked

Small Batch Chocolate Peanut Butter Doughnuts by Sarah from What Smells So Good?

Funky Monkey Banana Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls by Brianne from Cupcakes & Kale Chips

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Diane from Created by Diane

Chocolate, Peanut Butter, & Roasted Banana Shake by Jennie from The Messy Baker

Chocolate Peanut Butter Magic Bars by Jen from Jen’s Favorite Cookies

Chocolate Doughnuts with Peanut Butter Glaze by Lauren from Lauren Kelly Nutrition

Note: sites and recipes linked above are not necessarily kosher – always check the ingredients for kosher certification before using and make any necessary substitutions.

Tools you’ll need for this recipe: 

Cookie Sheets

Medium Cookie Scoop

Parchment Paper

If you like this recipe, you’ll also love: 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches

Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

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Thanks for stopping by folks! I hope you love these cookies! Make sure you come back soon for something really yummy! -Miriam

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Comments

  9. Stacy says

    Wow! A whole jar of peanut butter. Way to pump up the peanut butter flavor, Miriam! Thank you so much for hosting this wonderful day, a tribute to the best combination ever, rivaled only in my mind by bacon and garlic. Peanut butter and chocolate wins the best sweet combo category for sure!

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  17. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    Cookies with the taste and texture of PB cups?! Yes please! Miriam, these cookies look phenomenal! I love that gorgeous chocolate coating. And thank you so much for co-hosting once again this year. I love this event, it’s so much fun and I really appreciate all the work that you and Carla do in making it happen. I’m already brainstorming for next year!

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  22. bakeaddict says

    Thanks for this amazing recipe. Tried it and it came out amazing, it tasted just like the reeses peanut butter cups. Thanks again.

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  24. Sarah says

    I just made these but they weren’t the same texture you described..maybe because I measured two cups pb? I don’t have such small jars of pb, more like 40 oz 🙂

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  25. Chaya says

    I just tried making these after seeing them in the Ami’s 500th whisk. The dough was so so crumbly! practically impossible to make into balls! was that supposed to happen?
    thank you!

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