These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies have the perfect peanut butter and chocolate combo, making them one wicked sweet treat you can't go wrong with. These cookies have the perfect balance of sweetness, creaminess, and chocolate flavor, which makes them a total crowd-pleaser.
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Why This Recipe Works
- Creamy: Peanut butter lovers absolutely need to try out this cookie recipe. It has the perfect creamy peanut butter flavor but with the deliciousness of chocolate flavor added in.
- Delicious: Think of chocolate peanut butter cookies as an upgrade to the classic chocolate cookies, and of all the cookie recipes I've tried, this is one is my favorite.
🥘 Ingredients
Here's all you'll need to make these delicious peanut butter cookies.
- Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter (Softened): Provides richness and moisture to your cookies, creating a tender, flavorful base.
- Light Brown Sugar and Granulated Sugar: Sweeten the cookies, with brown sugar adding a hint of molasses flavor that complements the chocolate and peanut butter well.
- Large Eggs: Act as a binding agent in your dough, helping to hold your cookies together as they bake.
- Light Corn Syrup: Adds extra sweetness and helps create a soft, chewy texture in your cookies.
- Pure Vanilla Extract: Enhances the flavors in your cookies, adding a touch of sweetness that complements the bold flavors of the chocolate and peanut butter.
- All-Purpose Flour: Forms the structure of your cookies, allowing them to hold their shape while baking.
- Hershey Dark Cocoa Powder: Infuses your cookies with a deep, rich chocolate flavor, creating a perfect balance with the peanut butter chips.
- Cornstarch: Helps your cookies achieve a soft, tender texture by preventing the formation of too much gluten.
- Baking Soda: Acts as a leavening agent, helping your cookies rise and spread during baking.
- Salt: Enhances all the flavors in your cookies, balancing out the sweetness and intensifying the chocolate and peanut butter flavors.
- Peanut Butter Chips: Melt into your cookies as they bake, creating pockets of creamy, nutty peanut butter flavor that perfectly complement the rich chocolate.
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
📖 Substitutions & Variations
- Chocolate Chips: I also like to add chocolate chips in addition to the peanut butter chips to lend the cookies a more chocolatey flavor. You could also consider starting off with a simple chocolate chip cookie recipe, and then add in some creamy peanut butter to make these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.
- Sugar: I've used granulated sugar for this recipe, because it gives the best results when it comes to baking cookies. I also prefer using light brown sugar, but you could also make do with dark brown sugar if you want a more intense flavor.
- Natural Peanut Butter: You can also consider adding some natural peanut butter into the mixture if you want to. Adding peanut butter will lend the chocolate peanut butter cookies a more divine, creamy flavor.
🔪 How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Step 1: Using a stand mixer or a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and vanilla until light and fluffy. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda. Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms.
- Step 2: Fold in 1 1⁄2 C of peanut butter chips. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with a silicone baking mat or some parchment paper.
- Step 3: Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop out the cookie dough into your hand and roll into a ball. Coat the top of the cookie dough balls with the remaining peanut butter chips.
- Step 4: Place the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet and light press into a thick disk. Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until firm around the edge. Allow the chocolate peanut butter cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.
💡 Hint: I prefer using silicone baking mats over parchment paper, because they can be reused multiple times. I love baking cookies, and they always turn out so easy to use over my baking sheet.
👩🍳 Expert Tips
Think you're ready to make these delicious cookies? Here are some additional tips and tricks you might want to keep in mind.
- Chewy: To get the perfect chewy cookies, you might want to make sure they're perfectly cooked, but not overcooked and dry.
- Butter: Remember not to use melted butter- just softened butter. If your butter seems to have melted, you may want to let the cookie dough chill for a while in the refrigerator before baking the cookie dough balls.
- Chill Dough: Remember to cover the chilled dough with some plastic wrap when you refrigerate it.
- Baking Powder: Baking powder can be a great alterative to baking soda for this recipe. Remember that baking powder results in a different texture in cookies when used as an alternative to baking soda.
💭 FAQs
Chilling the dough is not mandatory for most recipes. Once the batter is mixed, you can proceed directly to scooping and baking.
While creamy peanut butter provides a smooth texture, you can use crunchy peanut butter if you prefer added texture. Ensure it's well-mixed to avoid inconsistencies in the dough.
Avoid dry or crumbly cookies, measure your flour accurately by spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling off. Overpacking flour can lead to dryness. Additionally, be cautious not to overbake; remove the cookies from the oven when the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown.
Yes, you can freeze the dough. Roll it into a log, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and foil, and store it in the freezer. When ready to bake, slice the dough from frozen and allow the slices to thaw slightly before baking.
Storing these creamy chocolate peanut butter cookies is super easy. All you need to do is allow them to cool down completely before you transfer them to an airtight container and then store them at room temp for up to a week.
🧂Serving Suggestions
- Serve with a Glass of Milk: Pair these cookies with a cold glass of milk, which complements the creamy peanut butter and rich chocolate flavors perfectly.
- As a Dessert Platter: Arrange these cookies alongside other sweet treats like brownies and chocolate truffles for a decadent dessert spread at a party or gathering.
- Top with Extra Peanut Butter: For an extra indulgent treat, drizzle some melted peanut butter over the cookies or dip them halfway into more peanut butter for added richness.
- Pair with Ice Cream: Enjoy these cookies as a base for ice cream sandwiches, using vanilla, chocolate, or peanut butter ice cream to enhance the flavor combination.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cup Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter softened
- 1 ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 2 tablespoon Light Corn Syrup
- 1 tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 4 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 Cup Hershey Dark Cocoa Powder
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 3 Cup Peanut Butter Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with a silicone baking mat or some parchment paper.
- Using a stand mixer or a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Whisk the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms
- Fold in 1 1⁄2 C of peanut butter chips
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough into your hand and roll it into a ball. Coat the top of the cookie dough balls with the remaining peanut butter chips
- Place the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet and light press into a thick disk. Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until firm around the edge. Allow the chocolate peanut butter cookies to cool completely on a wire rack.
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These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are a dream come true for any dessert lover! Rich, chewy, and packed with peanut butter chips, they strike the perfect balance of sweet and salty. Sometimes I like to add a handful of chocolate chips for an extra indulgent touch. Let me know if you give them a try!