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If you’re a fan of chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter candy, these peanut butter cup stuffed cookies are going to be your new favorite treat. Each soft, golden cookie hides a mini peanut butter cup in the center, making every bite a gooey, chocolatey surprise. Whether you’re baking with leftover Halloween candy or just craving a sweet twist on a classic, these cookies are easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. They’re rich, satisfying and packed with flavor.
These peanut butter cup stuffed cookies are filled with a sweet surprise. Chocolate chip dough wrapped around mini peanut butter cups makes every bite amazing.
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Why You’ll Love It
Hidden candy surprise: Each cookie has a peanut butter cup baked right inside.
Soft and chewy: The texture is perfectly tender with a golden edge.
Kid-friendly: Fun to make and even more fun to eat.
No special equipment: Just a bowl, spoon and baking sheet.
Great for gifting: Perfect for cookie swaps, parties or care packages.
Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookie Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
All purpose flour: Gives the cookie dough its structure.
Salt: Balances the sweetness and enhances flavor.
Butter: Adds richness and helps create a soft texture.
Baking soda: Helps the cookies rise and stay chewy.
Granulated sugar: Sweetens and helps create golden edges.
Brown sugar: Adds moisture and a hint of molasses flavor.
Eggs: Bind the dough and add richness.
Vanilla extract: Enhances the overall flavor of the cookie.
Chocolate chips: Add extra bursts of chocolate throughout.
Peanut butter cups: Mini-sized candies make the perfect gooey center.
How to Make Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Mix the dry ingredients: Combine flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
Cream the butter and sugars: Beat until smooth and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla: Mix until combined.
Combine and fold: Add dry ingredients gradually, then stir in chocolate chips.
Assemble the cookies: Scoop dough, press in a peanut butter cup, and seal with more dough.
Bake and cool: Bake until golden, then let cool slightly on a rack.
Substitutions and Variations
Use different candy: Try caramel-filled chocolates or mini truffles instead.
Change the chips: Swap chocolate chips for white, dark or peanut butter chips.
Make it gluten free: Use a 1:1 gluten free flour substitute.
Add texture: Mix in chopped nuts or crushed pretzels for crunch.
Serving Suggestions
After dinner: Serve these cookies after any kind of meal from chicken fried rice with crispy ginger beef to spaghetti pie, baked salmon with Greek salsa, or buffalo burgers with sweet potato stacks.
With a drink: Enjoy your cookies with boozy whipped lemonade, an iced gingerbread latte or state fair lemonade.
How to Store Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies
Store: Keep the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature and eat within 2 to 3 days.
Freeze: You can freeze the dough before baking or freeze the finished cookies for up to a month.
Thaw: Defrost at room temperature.
Reheat: If you want to enjoy these warm, give them 10 seconds in the microwave.
Top Tips
Don’t skip chilling: If your dough is too soft, chill it briefly to make handling easier.
Seal the edges well: Fully cover the peanut butter cup to avoid leaks while baking.
Use mini cups: Regular-size ones won’t fit as neatly and may overflow.
Cookies Stuffed with Peanut Butter Cups FAQs
It helps with shaping, but isn’t required unless your kitchen is very warm.
Yes, assemble the cookies and freeze unbaked. Bake straight from frozen, adding a minute or 2 to the baking time.
Chocolate Chip Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies Recipe
Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ½ Cups all purpose flour
- 1 Pinch salt
- 1 Cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- ½ Cup brown sugar
- 2 egg
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ Cup chocolate chips
- 24 Reese's peanut butter cups, mini
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl mix flour and baking soda and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together until creamy with an electric mixer.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating in between. Add vanilla
- Add flour mixture ⅓ at a time, mixing as you add.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop small spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet and press a Reese cup into middle.
- Top with another small spoonful of dough and close so Reese. Up is totally covered. Top with a few more chocolate chips if you like.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until golden brown.
- Let cool 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Notes
Seal the edges well: Fully cover the peanut butter cup to avoid leaks while baking.
Use mini cups: Regular-size ones won’t fit as neatly and may overflow.
Nutrition
Peanut butter cup stuffed cookies are a fun twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie, combining rich dough with gooey peanut butter candy in the middle. These cookies are perfect for parties, sharing or just treating yourself to something sweet and indulgent. With simple ingredients and a surprise inside, they’re as fun to bake as they are to eat. Once you try these cookies with Reese’s in the middle, they will earn a permanent spot in your recipe collection.
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Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
Looks so yummy…. I am sure you cannot eat only one.
What a fabulous recipe for peanut butter cup stuffed cookies. These came out perfect and my family asked for them again!
These are my kind of cookies! Chocolate chip stuffed with reeses? Yes please.
I want to cry these look so tasty, I need to make them asap
Yum! These look so tasty.