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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Course Dessert
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cookie Dough

  • 2 2/3 cup chocolate chips divided
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar light or dark
  • 1 each egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 each egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp whole milk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cookie Dough

  • Melt 2/3 cup of chocolate chips in a small microwave safe bowl (about 45 seconds) and stir until smooth. Set aside to cool a bit.
  • In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients together, flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder and set aside.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  • Add in egg and mix until fully incorporated.
  • Add in vanilla and melted chocolate and mix on low until combined.
  • Add in the dry ingredients mix on low until combined. Do not over mix.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula until evenly distributed.
  • Using a portion scoop, make even size rounds about the size of a golf ball.

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

  • In a medium bowl sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda, and set aside.

  • In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  • Add in the peanut butter and mix well.
  • Add in the egg and mix until combined.
  • Add in the vanilla and milk.
  • Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Portion with a scoop into even size rounds about the size of a golf ball.

For the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies:

  • Preheat the grill or oven to 350F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Roll a chocolate dough ball into a rope about 1/2” x 3” long.
  • Repeat with a portion of peanut butter cookie dough.
  • Combine the two doughs by wrapping them around each other and form a ball.
  • Slightly flatten the large ball into a cylinder about 2 1/2” wide and 1 1/2” tall, then place on the parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Repeat with all the dough.
  • Chill the dough for 20 minutes in the freezer to firm up before baking. Dough can also be transferred to a freezer safe container at this point for baking later.
  • Bake at 350F for 13-17 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges and the tops are puffy and the surface is slightly dull.
  • Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring the cookies to a baking rack to cool completely.
Keyword chocolate, cookies, dessert