Loaded Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies

Loaded Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies puts butter, peanut butter and white sugar at the center of a cookie recipe and finishes in about 25 minutes, enough for 36 cookies.

• Yield 36 cookies
• Ready in 25 minutes
• Prep 15 minutes
• Cook 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup Reese’s Pieces
• 1 package mini Reese’s peanut butter cups

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
3. Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and Reese’s Pieces (this is best done by hand so the shells of the Reese’s Pieces don’t get broken).
4. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or silpat liner. Push one peanut butter cup half into the center of each ball of dough.
5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (I baked mine about 11 minutes). Let cool for 1 or 2 minutes on sheet before removing, or they will fall apart.

Let the center settle before you cut it, or the slices will slump.