Super soft and chewy, these whole wheat chocolate peanut butter cup cookies are packed with peanut butter flavor!
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You might have guessed by the number of peanut butter recipes I have on the blog that I LOVE peanut butter. And because of the lack of peanut butter candy products in Germany (and I think the rest of the world outside of the US), I brought home three containers of mini peanut butter cups from Trader Joe’s that I picked up during my US trip this summer. I made the mistake of opening one without having a purpose for it. That didn’t end so well! So I hid the other two containers so I could make something really, really special with them. And what could be more special than chewy chocolate peanut butter cup cookies? :D
I saw these gooey chocolate peanut butter cup cookies from SugarHero back in July and since then, I’ve been obsessed with creating a healthier version. I worked on my own whole wheat, coconut oil and sugar version of these cookies for ages! I made at least 8 different batches but I just couldn’t get them right. I wish I had a story about how I persevered, but nope. It wasn’t to be!
I was fed up with the whole situation and decided to try these soft and chewy double chocolate M&M cookies from Tracey’s Culinary Adventures. Tracey’s recipes never disappoint and this was no exception! These are so perfectly soft and chewy and don’t taste the least bit whole grain.
There’s quite a bit of peanut butter cups in there so I reduced the sugar a little and they were still plenty sweet. I’m afraid that reducing the sugar even more would result in a cakey cookie. If you don’t mind cakey cookies, go for it! But if you want them super soft and chewy, go with the 2/3 cup of sugar.
I normally don’t have a problem with downing an entire dozen of cookies (not exaggerating here) but with these? I felt content after just one. These chocolate peanut butter cup cookies are very, very, decadent. But what’s life without some ridiculously sinful cookies every now and then? :)
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Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
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- Yield: 16 - 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups (156 grams) whole wheat or whole spelt flour
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (30 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2/3 cup (133 grams) unrefined sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (2 1/3 dl) mini peanut butter cups, plus an additional 1/3 cup to press on top of the cookies, if desired
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or a piece of parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (flour through salt). Set this bowl aside.
- With an electric mixer or in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes or until fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla.
- With the mixer on low, gradually add in the dry ingredients and beat until the dough has just combined.
- With a spatula, gently stir in the 1 cup of mini peanut butter cups. It might be easier to do this with your hands.
- Roll the dough into 2" balls and place about 3" apart on the prepared cookie sheet.
- If desired, cut 1/3 cup of mini peanut butter cups into halves and press onto the tops of the cookies.
- Bake for 10 – 13 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are set. Do not overbake! The middle of the cookie might appear underdone, but it'll continue to cook even after you take the cookies out of the oven.
- Let the cookies cool for 3 minutes on the cookie sheets, and then, using a spatula, remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Adapted from Soft and Chewy Double Chocolate M&M Cookies from Tracey's Culinary Adventures
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These chewy chocolate peanut butter cup cookies recipe looks so amazing and yummy at the same time. Found your post so easy to follow along when preparing them yesterday. So mesmerized by this. Thanks, Erin for sharing!
You’re welcome! I’m really happy to hear that you enjoyed them and the directions were helpful. :) Thanks for your feedback!
These chewy chocolate peanut butter cup cookies look awesomeness! I’d love to make this for my family Christmas morning. Do you think it would be possible to make this the 23rd, let it cool and then seal up and then reheat Christmas morning?
You mean reheat the baked cookies? I think that’d work! I hope you’ll enjoy them. :)
I brought an iron pan from my trip to USA and it was definitely to heavy for my backpack, but totally worth it. Since I tried your chickpea cookies I have a big trust in each of your cookies recipe. Hugs from Barcelona.
Haha. How did the iron pan come up?! I need to reread my post. ;) And I’m happy that you have trust in my cookie recipes! I wish you were here so we could bake.
I’ve made several of your recipes and they have all been wonderful. I am looking forward to making these also! Merry Christmas!
I’m happy you’ve enjoyed the recipes! :) I hope you’ll like this one, too. Happy holidays to you and thanks for stopping by to say hi! :)
Oh Erin, these look amazing! I like to think I’d be satisfied with just one but I’m not so sure :) Love how thick they are!
Thanks, Anna! :) And yeah… the thickness is great!
What, no pb in Germany… For shame! You made one delicious investment while visiting the states. I love me some trader joes. These cookies are sexy. Pinned.
Hahaha. Yes. One delicious investment is right! Thanks for pinning. :)
Haha, a tip of the hat to you for working so hard on a healthier version of that cookie! Maybe gooey chocolate cookies just cannot be healthified. :) This recipe looks delicious, though, and I love that it includes whole wheat!
Yeah, I had had enough of them! Just making them whole wheat was good enough for me. ;)
These sure look good, but I wouldn’t want to use my more expensive unrefined sugar since this already has candy in it.
Very good point! Unrefined sugar is about the same price over here so I just use it in everything and never think about the price. The original recipe (which I linked to at the bottom of the recipe) uses a mix of white and brown sugar. You could try that! :)
Love chocolate and peanut butter, and these look so thick and chewy! I want a dozen of them, even if they are decadent :) Thanks for joining in the giveaway!
And thanks for organizing it! You did an amazing job. :)