Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are the perfect little treat. Mini peanut butter cups are baked right into tart shaped cookies for a delicious bite-sized dessert. Everyone will eat these Reese’s Cup Cookies right up because no one can resist chocolate peanut butter cookies!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are a delicious Christmas treat. No one can resist the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, especially in the form of a bite-sized cookie!
Every year we make these Peanut Butter Cup Cookies, and every year they are a HIT. They always seem to be EVERYONE’s favorite cookie! For all of my fellow peanut butter lovers out there, these Reese’s Cup cookies are for you!
These chocolate peanut butter cookies are kind of like mini tartlets. I never know what to call this recipe because it fits both categories. It really is a cookie in tartlet form. But that doesn’t really matter, does it? What matters is how TASTY and EASY these peanut butter cup cookies are.
They make such a great Christmas cookie and they’re so fun for parties. The cookies are baked in mini muffin tins to give them their perfect little shape without any hassle. When you bite into the chocolate, you will be blown away!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are the perfect little chocolate peanut butter cookies to bake this Christmas!
Reese’s Cup Cookies
I think everyone has had a peanut butter cup before. If you haven’t, go buy a package and eat them now. You can thank me later. They’re one of the best candies and the mini bite-sized ones are perfect for cookies!
These Reese’s Cup Cookies are so fun to make and so fun to eat! Just make the dough, bake, and then stuff the peanut butter cups in. The outside cookie has the perfect texture to complement the creamy, chocolate peanut butter cups inside. Yum!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Ingredients:
- Mini Peanut Butter Cups
- Peanut Butter
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Sugar
- Flour
- Vanilla Extract
- Egg
- Baking Soda
- Salt
Basically it’s just all your typical baking ingredients, most of which you probably already have. So go out and buy a package of the peanut butter cups (let’s be honest, you were probably going to buy a package anyways), and get to baking!
How to Make Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These peanut butter cup cookies have everything going for it: chocolate and peanut butter with a peanut butter cookie crust…the perfect flavor combo, and it comes together in such a cute little package. Prepare to impress everyone with these babies!
How to make Reese Cup Cookies:
- Cream together peanut butter and butter, then add in sugar and dark brown sugar and continue mixing.
- Beat in the egg and then add the vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl, then mix into the other mixture.
- Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them in the mini muffin tins.
- Bake about 8-10 minutes at 375°F.
- Remove them from the oven and push a mini peanut butter cup into each cookie.
- Let them set in the muffin tin for a couple of minutes, then remove them and place them on a cooling rack.
So easy, right? The dough is so simple to make, baking time is short, and then they’re all done and ready to eat!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Who can resist the combination of chocolate peanut butter? I know I can’t! Anything with those two flavors is a win in my book. These Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are absolutely delicious, and kind of addicting since they’re (almost) bite-sized. I could just keep popping these in my mouth one by one until they’re gone!
Make these tasty chocolate peanut butter cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve so that you can keep them all to yourself!
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Merry Christmas! We hope you enjoy these peanut butter cup cookies as much as we do!
See the recipe card below for details on how to make Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. Enjoy!
If you like this recipe, try these other favorite desserts too:
- Snickers Cookies Bars
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- Twix Cookies Recipe
- Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
- Mom’s Famous Snickerdoodles
- Fantasy Fudge Recipe
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bark
- Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Mom’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
- Mini Muffin Tin
- Hand Mixer
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter 113 grams, room temperature (1 stick)
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter 135 grams, Jif recommended
- ½ cup dark brown sugar 107 grams
- ½ cup granulated sugar 100 grams
- 1 large egg 50 grams, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 grams
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour 180 grams
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 7.6 ounces Reeses Miniature Peanut Butter Cups 215 grams (1 package)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray mini muffin tin(s) with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the butter and peanut butter until totally combined.½ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- Add both sugars and cream together for 3 minutes.½ cup dark brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
- Add egg and mix until well combined.1 large egg
- Add vanilla and blend.½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.1½ cups all-purpose flour, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture.
- Mix just until the flour mixture is well incorporated, but do not over-mix.
- Roll into 1-inch balls and place one in each mini-muffin cup.
- Bake 8½-10 minutes, just until they start turning a little darker brown.
- Remove from the oven and press one peanut butter cup into the middle of each muffin.7.6 ounces Reeses Miniature Peanut Butter Cups
- Let cool and set for 2 minutes, then remove carefully (I use a thin table knife) and place on a cooling rack. If the cookies fall apart when trying to remove from the pan, wait another minute and they should come out okay.)
Becky's Tips
- You can press other types of mini candies into these cookies, such as Twix, Snickers, or even M&M's.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you make this? Leave a comment!
These sound amazing! Quick question, do you push the ball of dough to fit the muffin tin or do you do that after baking and inserting the candy? Thanks!
After baking!
Thank you!!
These are very easy and are wonderful! My son and grandchildren will love them!
Enjoy, Debbie!
These are the best cookies I’ve ever had. So easy to make and do not last very long. You can’t eat just one!
Time to make another batch, Amy!
Our kids love these cookies and ask for them for every holiday!!!
My absolute favorite!!
We love these so much! We make them all the time! So super good!
THE BEST!
I LOVE these cookies! So simple and delicious!
A holiday classic!!
These are the best! All time fave.
Agree!!
Any recipe that combines chocolate and peanut butter is my fave!
I love the way you think!!