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Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

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Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies takes a basic peanut butter cookie recipe and turns it into something amazing by stuffing a mini peanut butter cup into the middle. A must for peanut butter lovers!

Peanut Butter Cookies are pretty awesome by themselves, but when you stuff a delicious Peanut Butter Cup in the middle, ooooh baby….you’re in for a real treat!

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

To make this Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies recipe, you’ll begin by mixing up a basic, but delicious, peanut butter cookie dough that uses 1/2 cup of your favorite creamy peanut butter.

The magical part of these cookies is the mini peanut butter cups. You can use any brand, but we recommend using mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. You’ll need about 12-15 of them — one for each cookie. Unwrapped each one and set them aside.

Unwrapped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

After the dough is mixed up and your peanut butter cups are unwrapped, you’ll roll the peanut butter cookie dough into 2 tablespoon sized balls and place six of these balls on a baking sheet. Be sure to leave enough room between each cookie ball, as the cookies will spread out.

Gently press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each peanut butter dough ball. Top each cookie dough ball with another cookie ball dough. Using your hands, press the two balls of dough together around the peanut butter cup. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

TIP: I know the photo below doesn’t show parchment paper, but we do recommend lining your baking sheet with parchment paper.

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

Bake the cookies for 14-16 minutes and let cool on the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Allow cookies to cool completely while they are on the cooling rack. At this point, your Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies are ready to enjoy, but, if you wish, you can add a chocolate drizzle to the top of each one.

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

To add the chocolate drizzle, melt the chocolate according to package instructions and pour into a piping bag or sandwich bag. Cut a tiny tip from the corner of the bag. Drizzle the chocolate over each of the Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies and allow the chocolate drizzle to set before serving.

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

These Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies will be a favorite treat for any peanut butter lover.

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

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Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe

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5 from 4 reviews

Delicious homemade peanut butter cookies with a mini peanut butter cup surprise in the middle. A must for peanut butter lovers!

  • Yield: 12–15 cookies 1x
  • Category: Cookies
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12-15 mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
1 cup chocolate melting candy

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and peanut butter until light and creamy, about 2-3 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla extract and beat. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined. With the mixer running, incorporate the dry mixture just until combined. The dough should be tacky, but not sticky.

3. Roll dough into 2 tablespoons sized balls and place 6 on the prepared baking sheet, leaving plenty of room in between for spreading. Gently press a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup into the center of each ball on the baking sheet. Top each cookie with another ball of dough and use your hands to press the two balls of dough together around the peanut butter cup. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

4. Bake for 14-16 minutes and let cool on the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Allow cookies to cool completely.

5. If drizzling with chocolate, melt the chocolate melting candy according to package instructions and pour into a piping bag or sandwich bag with a tiny tip cut from the corner. Drizzle chocolate over cookies and allow chocolate to set before serving.

Keywords: Reese’s, big, chocolate, sweet, stuffed, soft, surprise

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Comments

  1. Alice says

    December 12, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    I made these and then had to hide them because the family went nuts for them! I froze the peanut butter cups so it made a higher cookie. I thought it would be fun to skip the chocolate drizzle and put criss crosses on the top. Baked for 16 minutes so they got a golden brown.

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  2. Judy says

    March 19, 2019 at 8:19 am

    I definitely have to try this. These look delicious. I will be featuring this tonight at my Swing into Spring party that opens at 8pm. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com

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  3. Miz Helen says

    March 18, 2019 at 8:25 am

    This is a very special cookie that we will love! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us for our special St. Patrick’s Day Full Plate Thursday! Have a great week and come back soon.
    Miz Helen

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  4. Abbey says

    March 15, 2019 at 11:18 am

    These are some of my favorite cookies!! <3 saving them to Pinterest! Thanks for celebrating the Fiesta with us! 🙂 Happy you joined in! Enjoy your weekend!

    ★★★★★

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  5. Ayat Sosa says

    March 15, 2019 at 5:33 am

    This’s awesome post really like Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe… I will make for children’s.. thanks for this post and tips…too

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  6. mary says

    March 11, 2019 at 6:23 am

    These sure look delish! one can never have too many cookie recipes right haha, thanks for sharing, found you a tCooking and Crafting with J and J

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  7. Mother of 3 says

    March 10, 2019 at 11:44 am

    Those look and sound delicious!! I love peanut butter cups. Pinned.

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