Peanut Butter Cookie Cups Recipe
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Peanut Butter Cookie Cups are an easy treat for parties that features that fabulous peanut butter and chocolate combination in a sweet little cookie cup.
For years, we’ve enjoyed these Peanut Butter Cookie Cups at so many gatherings, especially during the holidays. There are reasons for that. They are easy. And they are delicious. How many peanut butter chocolate treats have you found that are not delicious? Such a great combination. Plus these are in cookie cup form. No wonder the kids grab these by the handfuls.
How to make easy Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
To make these Peanut Butter Cookie Cups begin by making a basic cookie dough out of butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt and baking soda. Use a mini-muffin pan to bake them into the perfect cup shape. A portion of cookie dough is placed into each mini-muffin cup, then a chocolate peanut butter cup is stuck right in the middle, then they are baked right up. It doesn’t get much easier than that.
These cookie cups are the perfect treat for any special occasion and just like cookies, travel very well. So I’m thinking they would be a most excellent goodie for tailgating and picnics. Most excellent, I say. Don’t you think so too? Plus when it comes to edible gifts for the holidays, wouldn’t these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups be a tasty gift to receive? I know I’d be happy to get a little package of these goodies.
Peanut Butter Cookie Cups Recipe
Peanut Butter Cookie Cups Recipe
These chocolate peanut butter cookie treats are a crowd favorite.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 36 mini chocolate peanut butter cups
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
Cream butter then add sugars and mix until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until well-combined.
Add flour, sea salt, and baking soda to butter mixture. Mix well.
Scoop 1-inch balls and place one dough ball into each mini muffin pans cup.
Press mini chocolate peanut butter cups into each dough ball.
Bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
More delicious cookie recipes you will enjoy:
- Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies Recipe
- Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- Double Chocolate Crackled Cookies Recipe
- Walnut Butterscotch Cookies
- Chocolate Cherry Walnut Cookies
- Salted Caramel Brown Butter Cookie Cups from Buns in My Oven
Originally published October 23, 2014.
I love these so much! We make them every year around the holidays but now I want to make them sooner!
These would last a grand total of 15 minutes in my house. Yum!
Mmmm – I’ve always loved the peanut butter – chocolate combo 🙂
Love easy peasy treats like this. Perfect for Christmas cookie trays 🙂
How can you go wrong here?! Perfect!
We make these every year too! Love those easy but delicious cookie cups!!!
This recipe is definitely going on my list of need to make ASAP! Chocolate and peanut butter are my two favorite things – Heck I wanted to name my blog chocolate and peanut butter but thought that would be a bit much seeing that I’m a dietitian 🙂
These look so wonderful. They would make scrumptious treats for holiday baking, too.
This could be a very dangerous recipe to make in my house 😛 I’m thinking of making some around Christmas and giving them as little edible gifts – how long do you think they’ll keep in a sealed container?
Hmmm … I would say 3-5 days?
i made these last night…gah! they are delicious. and a big hit with my coworkers. thanks for sharing the recipe!
Oh god these peanut butter cookie cups look delicious. I definitely would recreate the recipe – but I think they would get devoured almost too quickly. I have NO self control when it comes to chocolate, peanut butter or cookies – so the combination of all three is very dangerous.
Making these to take to Christmas dinner at my daughter’s house. I want to make sure that I use mini peanut butter cups and not the larger sized “miniature” ones.
Can’t wait to try these!!!
I used the mini peanut butter cups. Not sure about the larger sized miniature ones you are referring to? I may need to find some of those and test them out. 😉
Thank you so much for your quick reply! Reese’s miniatures are the traditional ones that come individually wrapped. The mini’s are smaller and unwrapped. I don’t think these ones have been around all that long, but I do have some. LOL
Oooh … I’ll have to keep an eye out for those. They would be a tasty addition to brownies!
Haven’t you left out the peanut butter?
The peanut butter is in the peanut butter cups.
Sorry but it says ‘peanut butter cookie dough’
It does say that in the copy, Pat! Fixed it. These are made with a basic cookie dough. Obviously I had peanut butter on the brain!
I make these cookies ALL the time and my grown children and their friends and their friends family, love, love, love them!!! I do change one thing though, I use Hersheys Hugs or Kisses rather than the peanut butter cups. I’ve been told by all of the above that the pb cup to cookie ratio is not enough. Having said that, these are the easiest, most forgiving from scratch cookies I have ever made and EVERYONE that I make them for raves about them!!! The end. 🙂