I’m not new to baking stuffed cookies. But I wouldn’t hesitate at all to make these Reese Stuffed Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies again and again. They are absolutely a most wonderful sweet treat. One cookie is all you will need for dessert. In fact, you may even wish to cut the cookie in half and share it with someone else!
How to Make Reeses Stuffed Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Start with one heaping tablespoon of dough…smashed down with the criss-cross of a fork. Top with a full-sized Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. I like to freeze the peanut butter cups so they’re easier to work with. Add another big scoop of dough on top of that! Use your fork to sort of criss-cross the top and smoosh everything down a bit. Then sprinkle a few additional chocolate chips on top to make everything look pretty. The dough will come down around the peanut butter cups while baking, to create a classic looking chocolate chip cookie.
These 4 to 5-inch bad-boys bake up in about 12 minutes. You’ll get twelve large cookies out of this recipe.
They’re a tender cookie (not crunchy, but certainly not cakey), and when you bite into one… you’ll most certainly discover the surprise of the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup baked inside. Fun fact: I once made two dozen of these cookies for an elementary school fundraising auction. Someone took them home for a $50 bid!
I hope you like milk… you’ll need quite a few swigs of it to wash down all of this decadence. We don’t often swoon much over cookies at our house, but my family went nuts over these. This cookie recipe was inspired by my friend Jenny. She’s the queen of stuffing chocolate chip cookies. I don’t know whether to love Jenny or hate her. My family cannot stop eating these! If you’re looking for more recipes using peanut butter cups, you might also enjoy my Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookies or these Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Cupcakes. Peanut Butter Cup Magic Cookie Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Cake and Dirty Brownies are also great recipes starring peanut butter cups!
