Description
Delicious cookies filled with peanut butter cups and topped with chocolate chips and peanuts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup peanuts (roasted, salted, and coarsely chopped)
- 24 small Reese’s peanut butter cups
- 12 ounces chocolate chips (divided)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the butter and sugars and cream together using the paddle attachment until light and fluffy—about 3 minutes.
- Add the eggs slowly along with the vanilla, mixing on low to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until almost completely combined.
- Finally, add the chocolate chips (reserving a handful) and mix on low until the butter has mixed in and the flour is no longer dry.
- Scoop the cookie dough into balls that are about 2-3 tablespoons. Lightly press an unwrapped peanut butter cup into the center of each dough ball, then cover the entire peanut butter cup with the cookie dough.
- Place the cookies about 2″ apart on your reserved cookie sheets.
- Bake in your preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes. Take them out when they are just BARELY starting set in the middle of the cookie–no longer doughy.
- As soon as you remove the cookies, sprinkle the rest of the chocolate chips over the top along with the chopped peanuts.
- Let them sit on the baking pan to cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
- Cookies will continue to cook slightly once removed from the oven.
- Store in an airtight container for optimal freshness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg