Tempt me with any chocolate and peanut butter dessert and I’ll most likely give in. Who can resist such a winning combination? If you are also on the chocolate peanut butter bandwagon, try biting into a soft chocolate cookie and being surprised with a peanut butter filling! Ooh-la-la!
I made these for our friends’ son who just turned seven and then again this weekend for a Christmas cookie exchange party. They are now being added to my Christmas baskets this year. Although, once I make them, I’m not sure they will last long enough in my kitchen to make their way into the baskets! 😉
Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
Try biting into a soft chocolate cookie and being surprised with a peanut butter filling! Ooh-la-la!
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar (plus more for dipping)
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter , divided
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the sugars, butter and 1/4 cup of the peanut butter until light and smooth. Add in the vanilla and egg, beating one at a time to combine. Gradually stir in the flour mixture. Set dough aside.
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To make the filling, cream together the powdered sugar and remaining 3/4 cup of peanut butter until smooth.
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To assemble the cookies, spoon a generous tablespoon of chocolate cookie dough and flatten into a circle with your hands. Scoop a small amount of peanut butter filling mixture and place in the center of the chocolate dough. Wrap the chocolate dough around the peanut butter filling, pinching ends together to seal. Roll the cookie in between hands to smooth into a ball. Roll into a bowl of sugar and place on the cookie sheet.
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Use the bottom of a glass to slightly flatten the cookies. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Do not over bake. Let cool on wire rack.
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Source: Liv Life
Annie says
December 1, 2010 at 5:23 AMThese have been on my list to try for years! Now I want them even more. Yum!
Anonymous says
February 28, 2017 at 6:22 PMSo good
Darci Krug says
December 1, 2010 at 7:45 AMThese cookies look amazing and I can’t wait to try them!!!!! Thanks for posting. I love your blog! 🙂
Karen says
December 1, 2010 at 1:16 PMThese look delicious! I can’t wait to make them!
Melissa says
December 1, 2010 at 1:28 PMThese look delish~I love all your Christmas basket ideas! :o)
Megan says
December 2, 2010 at 8:50 AMOne of my favorite cookies! I made these last year 🙂
Jacqui Allen says
December 3, 2010 at 7:03 AMI made these for the fam last night…they are DELICIOUS and so easy!!! Thanks Nikki, for another great recipe!!!
Jun says
December 3, 2010 at 8:18 AMThese cookies… looks a lot like what my auntie made
April says
December 3, 2010 at 8:27 AMOh boy-another chocolate PB dessert to add to Hubby’s “to make” list! Looks good! Can’t wait to try ’em!
Jun says
December 3, 2010 at 8:29 AMThese cookies… looks a lot like what my auntie made. Brings me back to the past.
Joanne says
December 3, 2010 at 6:00 PMThere is no way I’d ever be able to stop eating these once I started. Delicious!
Caitlin says
December 4, 2010 at 1:08 PMHow much is the yield? I need to make a large amount of cookies, so I want to know if I should double or triple this recipe. Thanks! They look great!
Pennies on a Platter says
December 4, 2010 at 1:35 PMHi Caitlin,
This recipe makes 2 – 3 dozen, depending on the size you make them. I’ll add it to the recipe.
Thanks!
Nikki
Fonkstain says
December 6, 2010 at 1:25 PMthem thangs look delicious, cant wait to bake up a batch!
Mary says
December 6, 2010 at 1:26 PMOh my! These look divine! What an amazing combo of flavors!! Bookmarked!
Mary xo
Delightful Bitefuls
Krystle says
December 12, 2010 at 6:56 PMMade these tonight they are yummy!!!!
lulu says
July 27, 2011 at 5:57 PMI can’t wait until tomorrow when I’ll definitely make these cookies. Peanut butter and chocolate are irresistible and I try anything with those two ingredients. Yum!
Crystal says
January 31, 2012 at 5:36 PMshould put in your directions sugars instead of sugar. I made these tonight forgot to put in the brown sugar and felt kinda stupid. Still they came out really good, but when i was looking over the directions it sayes sugar so i assumed granulated sugar and not both. My bad but still came out good. Next time I won’t forget the brown sugar.
Nikki says
February 1, 2012 at 7:20 AMSorry about that! Fixed it.
youmeandatanuki says
May 7, 2012 at 4:41 AMThank you so much for this recipe! We live in Japan and it’s a nice substitute for not having any Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
Jessica @ Sunny Side Up says
June 28, 2012 at 3:06 AMYep, I think we have a new favorite cookie around here. Huge success! 🙂
JayF says
October 12, 2012 at 7:56 PMThese were very good. I’m terrible at baking, but these were so damned easy. Thank you!
Nikki says
October 12, 2012 at 8:08 PMHa! Love hearing it! 🙂
Sarah M says
December 8, 2012 at 9:47 AMI didn’t have cocoa powder but I had some baking squares. So I melted 4oz chocolate (adding 1 TBL butter) in the microwave. When creaming butter with the sugars I only used 4 TBL butter(so 5 TBl total instead of the 8 it called for) and added chocolate when I added the egg. They turned out great. Also I didn’t use all the peanut butter filling but my cookies have plenty in them. They were perfect at 8 minutes! Yummy!
Annie says
December 10, 2012 at 7:33 PMi take it you bake them at 350 for 7-9mins?
Nikki says
December 10, 2012 at 9:06 PMHi Annie,
As stated in the recipe instructions, you should bake them at 375. 🙂
Molly says
March 23, 2013 at 12:57 AMI was looking for a good nutella cookie recipe and couldn’t find one, so I used this, substituting nutella for the peanut butter and omitting the powdered sugar in the filling. Fed them to a group of friends and they were widely considered a dangerous success. Not the same cookie in the end, but still delicious. Thank you!
Laura says
August 19, 2013 at 8:33 PMMy dough came out a little dry. Is that the way it suppose to be? Maybe I missed something? Either way it tasted great!
Gary says
January 18, 2014 at 5:04 PMYou need to halve the ingredients for the peanut butter filling. Otherwise, extraordinary!
Denise Browning@From Brazil To You says
April 27, 2014 at 8:25 AMI am about to drool over my keyboard…These cookies look to die for, Nikki!
Anonymous says
May 10, 2014 at 5:54 PMI made these. They are so hard to make I wanted to burn the house down with myself in it
Cierra says
June 5, 2016 at 8:04 PMThis recipe was a hit. They were very easy to make and tasted so good! Thank You!
Debra says
August 6, 2016 at 8:17 PMI just wanted to say that I’ve been using your recipe for years and I still love it. It’s a good one! Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous says
February 28, 2017 at 6:25 PMO M GOODNESS!
Anonymous says
December 3, 2018 at 5:32 PMJust tested these out to see if I wanted to use them for my family cookie bake. They were amazing! Definitely going to win it this year! Thank you for such a delicious recipe!
Nikki Gladd says
December 3, 2018 at 9:16 PMThanks for the feedback! I hope you win! 🙂