A rich and flavorful chocolate cookie filled with a delicious soft peanut butter center. These decadent peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies are an absolute dream!
If you love peanut butter and chocolate, try these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cup cookies or Oreo peanut butter pie!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies
I didn’t think cookies could get any better until I tried a stuffed cookie. Now I’m hooked! This recipe is a favorite, as well as rolo cookies and oatmeal cream pies. So yummy!
My family is pretty crazy about all things peanut butter and chocolate. The flavors are a match made in heaven. We love these peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies as well as chocolate covered peanut butter balls, peanut butter m&m cookies and easy scotcheroos recipe!
Why I Love This Recipe
- Rich and flavorful: Think my favorite double chocolate chip cookie filled with a delicious soft peanut butter center. One bite and you taste the magic in the middle!
- Sweet and salty contrast: I love to eat these cookies warm, with the filling soft and gooey. They are better than a Reese’s cup!
- Inguldent: They’re definitely more on the decadent side, but are perfect for special occasions!
How to Make Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
- Make the peanut butter filling: In a medium bowl, cream together the nut butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until well blended. Then chill mixture in refrigerator while you make the dough.
- Make the dough: Cream sugar, brown sugar, butter and peanut butter in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add dry ingredients flour, cocoa powder and baking soda and mix until a thick dough forms. If the dough is still crumbly, add in 1 to 2 teaspoons milk.
- Divide dough and filling: Divide the dough into twenty pieces that are roughly equal in size. I did this by dividing the dough into halves, then fourths, then dividing each fourth into five equal sized pieces. Remove the chilled filling peanut butter mixture from the fridge and divide it into 20 equally sized pieces. Roll into balls and set aside.
- Stuff the cookies: Place a piece of dough in the palm of your hand and flatten it out. Then place PB filling ball in the middle of the dough and wrap the dough around it, rolling it into a ball to seal it.
- Dip in to sugar: Dip the top of the cookie dough ball into sugar, then place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten it out slightly with your hand.
- Bake in oven: Bake cookies in oven at 375ºF for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are set and slightly cracked around the edges. Serve chocolate peanut butter cookies with a cold glass of milk!
Helpful Baking Tips
- Use the right type of peanut butter. A smooth emulsified creamy peanut butter is best. Natural peanut butter won’t work as the oil is seperated.
- Chill the peanut butter filling. Make the filling first, then let it chill in the fridge while you start on the cookie dough. It will slightly firm up when it’s chilled, making it easier to handle and roll into balls.
- Make sure the cookie dough is soft enough to work with. If your chocolate cookie dough is on the crumblier side, be sure to add a teaspoon or two of milk to help make it smoother. It will be much easier to wrap it around the filling if it’s soft.
- Roll tops in sugar. I’m sure the extra sugar on top isn’t strictly necessary, but I love that it adds a little fun crunch to the texture. Plus the cookies look extra pretty and sparkly. So I wouldn’t skip this step when making these peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies!
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Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- ½ cup granulated sugar , plus a little extra for dipping
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 stick butter (8 Tablespoons) , softened
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1-2 teaspoons milk , as needed
For the filling:
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter (don't use natural)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners and set aside.
- To make the filling, cream together the peanut butter and powdered sugar until well blended. Refrigerate the mixture while you mix up the dough to make it easier to handle.
- To make the cookie dough, in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the sugar, brown sugar, butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda and mix until a thick dough forms. If the dough is crumbly, add 1-2 teaspoons milk.
- Divide the dough into twenty pieces that are roughly equal in size. I did this by dividing the dough into halves, then fourths, then dividing each fourth into five equal sized pieces (they don’t have to be exact, but try to make them as close as possible). Remove the chilled filling from the fridge and divide it into 20 equally sized pieces, then roll them into balls and set aside.
- Place a piece of dough in the palm of your hand and flatten it out. Place a filling ball in the middle of the dough and wrap the dough around it, rolling it into a ball to seal it. Dip the top of the ball into sugar, place it on the baking sheet, and flatten it lightly with your hand. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing it out on the cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookies are set and slightly cracked around the edges. Remove to cooling rack. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Originally written by Alicia from The Baker Upstairs for I Heart Naptime. Adapted from Betty Crocker.
Categorized as: American, Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies, Cookies, Desserts
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Love those cookies. I will double recipe and add to my Christmas cookie boxes this year.
So glad to hear you enjoy them!!
Wow these are fantastic. I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfectly. Only exception is I fit them all on one cookie sheet! They are bigger than I expected but they are so delicious particularly when they are still warm. Yum!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for leaving a comment and review Sarah! :)
Made this (and posted it on my blog) and it turned out GREAT! Thank you! I’ve been searching for this recipe since a friend made it back in high school….that was over 10 years ago! So thank you!
Hi from the UK. Is the flour in the recipe, plain flour or self raising?
Many thanks in advance.
Plain flour! :)
Do you know the nutritional value for these cookies. I am trying to do weight watchers and would like to know the amounts of calories, fat and so on.
These cookies are amazing. I have made them many times and everyone loves them.
Hi Molly! I typed the recipe into a recipe calorie counter and this is what I found: https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594. Hope that helps. I’m glad you like this recipe. It’s a keeper! :)
Yes it does. thank you for doing that. They really are good cookies..you just cant eat one…
Delicious!!! We can’t stop eating them and no one can get enough
Easy but a little time consuming. Totally worth it!
I’m glad these were a hit! Thanks for your comment. :)
Hey Alicia
I make a cookie similar to these. Instead of stuffing them with peanut butter my recipe fulls them with mini Rollo candy. Now with this recipe I just might have to combine the two and make the cookies larger.
Delicious! What a nice dessert!
Hey! Can I make these without the parchment paper?
Hi Alyssa! Yes you can. You can put them on a silicone mat or just spray the pan with cooking spray! :)
Wow, these sound awesome! Another recipe added to the list to try :-)
They turnend out really yummy. Making them wasn’t as you described though. The peanutbutter filling was so gooey that I couldn’t roll. I just cut each dough thingy in half and made two patties. Then I spooned a little of the filling on one patty and put the other one on top. Worked well for me. :-)
seem it’s quite easy to make, i will try my best to do, thank you vert much for the recipe
These are gorgeous! The best combo ever, and I love the dense dollop of peanut butter in the middle. Perfect!
Yummy!!
Hello Alicia,
I want to ask you ,can I use Nutella for the filling?
Peanut butter and chocolate is definitely my favorite combination! I can’t wait to try these! :)
These look so great. I love peanut butter filled chocolate cookies. Pinned!
PS – Your pin it button is so cool!
Renea – http://cupcake-n-bake.blogspot.com
Thanks Renea! Hope you have a wonderful week. :)
So yummy, I’ll take one please :) Have a wonderful day! Pinning!!