These delicious Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies are so amazing. Rich chocolate cookie dough stuffed with peanut butter balls bake into a wonderful treat.
The tasty combination of peanut butter and chocolate make this recipe so decadent. It is absolutely wonderful, and each bite is packed with peanut butter.
These chocolate peanut butter stuffed cookies sound so fancy, but they are very easy to make. If you loved the recipe for Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies, you definitely want to try this chocolate version. It’s a great cookie recipe along with these Peanut Butter Desserts.
I have also been making Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls for years.
What's in this post: Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
Why you will love this recipe
- Bakery Style Cookies. These are large delicious cookies with even more goodness stuffed inside.
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter Combination. This is the best combination and the cookies are amazing.
- Filling in the middle. The peanut butter filling takes this cookie to the next level. One bite and you will understand.
- The recipe is super easy. The cookies turn out fantastic without much work.
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Filling
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Powdered Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
Cookies
- All Purpose Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Unsalted Butter (softened)
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- large Eggs (room temperature)
Get the complete ingredient list at the bottom of the post.
Variations
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. Substitute chocolate chip cookie dough in this recipe for another great cookie flavor.
- Sea Salt. Sprinkle sea salt on the cookies before baking if desired.
Step by step instructions
- Step 1. Combine the peanut butter filling. Mix together the peanut butter filling ingredients.
Step 2. From the dough into balls. Place the mixture in 18 dollops on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place in the freezer.
Step 3. Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir together the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Step 4. Get out a separate bowl. Beat together the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar. You can use a hand held mixer or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
Step 5. Add the vanilla and eggs. Mix until combined. Combine the wet ingredients and dry ingredients together. Do not over mix. Gently stir in the chocolate chips. Then chill the dough.
Step 6. Remove from the freezer. Wrap each of the peanut butter dollops with the cookie dough. Then place on a baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Top each cookie with the remaining chocolate chips.
Step 7. Bake the cookie dough balls until lightly golden brown. Allow to cool and serve.
Storage
Store the leftovers in an airtight container or ziplock bag at room temperature for up to 4-5 days.
Pro Tips
- Room temperature baking sheet. Make sure that you do not reuse a warm baking sheet if making these in batches. It should not still be warm out of the oven or the cookies will spread too much.
- Refrigerate the dough. Make sure to follow this step to ensure the cookies don’t spread out too much. If doing several batches, keep in the fridge until ready to place in the oven.
- Freeze the peanut butter mixture. Do not skip this step. You need to freeze the peanut butter mixture before putting this inside the cookies. This is important for the baking process so it does not spread out of the cookies.
- Mixer. If it not necessary but helpful to use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. The bowl of a stand mixer can accommodate a lot of ingredients and it’s so quick to combine.
Frequently Asked Questions
We do not recommend making the cookies smaller. They need to be large enough to wrap the peanut butter around it.
This can be due to a few reasons. If you did not refrigerate the dough and freeze the peanut butter filling, it will spread during the baking process.
It is important that you do not skip these steps.
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Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
For the Peanut Butter Filling:
- 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
For the Cookies:
- 2 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 1 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 large Eggs room temperature
Instructions
- Mix together the peanut butter filling ingredients.
- Place the mixture in 18 dollops on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Freeze the dollops while you prepare the cookie dough.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar with a hand held mixer or stand up mixer until light and fluffy.
- Then add in the vanilla extract and eggs. Mix until combined.
- Reduce the speed on the mixer to low and slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined. Do no over mix. Gently stir in the chocolate chips (reserve some for the topping on the cookies).
- Cover the dough and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and the peanut butter dollars from the freezer.
- Wrap each of the peanut butter dollops with the cookie dough. Then place on a baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Top each cookie with the remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden brown.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then move them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Then the cookies are ready to serve and enjoy!
Maybe I’m missing it? 1 tsp of peanut butter filling too how much dough? 1.5 TBSP of dough
Yes, approximately 1.5 tablespoons of the dough works great. I just grabbed enough dough to fully surround the peanut butter filling.