Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Ingredients: 1½ cups sugar ((300g)); 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened ((226g)); 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups all purpose flour; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 10 oz Reese's Peanut Butter Chips

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If you love chocolate and peanut butter, put these delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies on your must-bake list! They are so delicious, buttery, and flavorful.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, cooling on a wire rack.

Ingredients for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

You can find the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

Sugar
Unsalted butter (salt is added separately)
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Baking soda, baking powder, salt
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips (We used Reese’s)

Ingredients for Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies.

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

You can find the full, printable recipe below. Here is a quick look at our steps!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl, add the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder. Whisk to blend and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, add sugar, softened butter, eggs, and vanilla. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed until lightened in color and fluffy. (Approximately 2 minutes.)

Next, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture, mixing on low speed just until incorporated. The batter will be thick. Then, stir in the peanut butter chips until evenly distributed.

Next, drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto an a parchment lined or ungreased cookie sheet.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie dough balls on cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Cool the cookies for 1-2 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Makes 5 dozen.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

If you love chocolate and peanut butter, put these delicious chocolate peanut butter cookies on your must-bake list! Chocolate cookies are filled with peanut butter chips in this go-to cookie recipe.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 8

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings dozen cookies

Ingredients

1½ cups sugar (300g)
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened (226g)
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
10 oz Reese's Peanut Butter Chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl, add the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder. Whisk to blend and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, add sugar, softened butter, eggs, and vanilla. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed until lightened in color and fluffy. (Approximately 2 minutes.)
Next, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture, mixing on low speed just until incorporated. The batter will be thick. Then, stir in the peanut butter chips until evenly distributed.
Next, drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto an a parchment lined or ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Cool the cookies for 1-2 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Makes 5 dozen.