This Homemade cookie recipe is a chocolate cookie with an incredible peanut butter cup surprise inside. This chocolate cookie recipe is just a little chewy and crispy on the outside and has a chocolaty and peanut butter lava inside. Come to Mama…
The Best Chocolate Cookie Recipe
A Peanut Butter Cup inside a chocolaty chocolate chip cookie, ooey gooey goodness.
How to Make a Chocolate Lava Cookie
- You can use Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or any Generic brand
- I used whole, salted peanuts and then coarsely chopped them with a knife to sprinkle on top
- I used chocolate chips in the cookie batter and then saved a few for the tops of the cookies
- It’s tricky knowing when these cookies are done because you can’s see if they’re golden. As long as the middle of the cookie doesn’t look doughy, you’re good to take them out of the oven
- I like using the big Ghiradelli milk chocolate chips but it would be fun to have a mixture of semi-sweet, or chunks instead of chocolate chips.
- White chocolate chips would also work in these cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Butter (soft)
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 2 1/2 Cups Flour
- 1/4 Cups Coarsely chopped salted Peanuts
- 1 bag (24-36 pieces) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- 1 bag Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugars
- Add eggs and vanilla. Mix
- Combine baking soda, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder and flour and add to the butter and sugar mixture.
- Unwrap the reese's peanut butter cups. Roll the cookie dough into balls and then lightly press a peanut butter cup into the center of each dough ball. Cover the entire peanut butter cup with cookie dough and place on a greased cookie sheet.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes on 350 degrees. The center of the cookie should be baked and not doughy. After taking them out of the oven, let them sit on a baking sheet for 2 minutes to cool before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!
Nutrition
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie
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This Homemade cookie recipe is a chocolate cookie with an incredible peanut butter cup surprise inside. This chocolate cookie recipe is just a little chewy and crispy on the outside and has a chocolaty and peanut butter lava inside. Come to Mama…
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