These Reese’s Pieces Cookies are packed with peanut butter and studded with colorful Reese’s Pieces in every bite. They’re perfectly soft, quick to throw together and taste amazing with a cold glass of milk.
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Soft Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies
Calling all peanut butter lovers, have we got the recipe for you! These babies combine the best of both worlds - sweet and salty peanut butter cookies and crunchy Reese’s Pieces candy.
You can make these as is, or else toss in your favorite flavor of chocolate chips or chopped candy bar (Butterfingers anyone?). You really can’t go wrong when it comes to peanut butter and Reese’s Pieces.
What Is The Best Peanut Butter To Use For Cookies?
The best peanut butter to use for these Reese's Pieces Cookies are any of the ones you likely grew up with - Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan or a similar brand. Either creamy or chunky will work fine, it just depends on whether you want small chunks of peanuts in your cookies or not.
The oils in these brands are completely emulsified already and won’t seep out of your cookies while they bake as they will with a more “natural” kind that separates.
Ingredients in Reese’s Pieces Cookies
- Butter - you want your butter to be at room temperature
- Peanut Butter - either creamy or chunky, as long as you stick to one of the regular “no-stir” types.
- Brown Sugar - brown sugar keeps your cookies softer than granulated sugar, and adds a great flavor. It is also slightly acidic so it actually is the ingredient that activates the baking soda.
- Egg - it’s best if you pull this from the fridge ahead of time so it isn’t super chilled.
- Vanilla Extract - you can also use imitation vanilla if that’s all that you have.
- Salt - salt is extremely important in all baked goods. It provides a great balance to the sweetness.
- Milk - again, it’s best if your milk isn’t straight from the fridge, and slightly more room temp.
- All-Purpose Flour - any brand is fine.
- Baking Soda - this will help your cookies stay slightly fluffy.
- Reese’s Pieces Candy - you can also substitute chopped Reese’s cups, mini Reese’s cups and peanut butter M&Ms.
How to Make Reese’s Pieces Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, add the room temperature butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar. Using the paddle attachment, cream until light and fluffy, or about 3 minutes.
- Add in the egg, then mix on low to combine. Then add in the vanilla, salt and milk and mix on low to combine.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda, then add this to the butter mixture and mix on low, until almost combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure there are no lumps of butter in your dough, then add in your Reese's Pieces and stir in gently by hand until they are evenly incorporated.
- Once mixed, scoop and roll the cookie dough into 1 ¼" balls. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, or a Silpat and press them down gently to flatten slightly.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes, or until the bottoms and edges are very lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle a few more Reese's Pieces on the tops of each cookie if you would like. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack. Enjoy!
Tips For Making the Best Reese's Cookies
- It’s a good practice to chill your dough for at least 30 minutes prior to baking. This helps to prevent them from spreading in the oven.
- We highly recommend using a small cookie scoop to scoop and portion your cookies. It helps keep them all a uniform size.
- If you want to be able to see some of the full Reese's Pieces, you can carefully add a few to the top of each cookie immediately after removing them from the oven.
- Be sure to use the "normal" no-stir peanut butter, rather than the kind that separates.
Variations to Try
- Add ½ cup of butterscotch chips, semi sweet or white chocolate chips along with the Reese’s Pieces
- Use this recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies as your base, then stir in the Reese’s Pieces.
- For all of you salt-lovers out there, sprinkle a few flecks of Maldon salt over the top of each cookie just before baking.
- Use chunky peanut butter for an even more intense peanut flavor.
Can I Freeze Reese’s Pieces Cookies?
Absolutely! It’s always a good idea to have frozen cookie dough on hand. Our recommendation is that you make and scoop the dough, then freeze. You can store cookie dough this way, in freezer bags, or any other type of airtight container, for up to 3 months.
Once you are ready to bake, remove them from the freezer and transfer to a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper or a Silpat. You can let them thaw in the fridge overnight, or else bake them straight from the freezer.
If you are baking from frozen, add on another 1-2 minutes of baking time.
Reeses Pieces Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup Butter room tempreture
- ½ cup Peanut Butter creamy or chunky; Jif or similar brand
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ¾ cup Light Brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoon Milk
- 2 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 8 oz Reese's Pieces Candy plus a few extra to stick on top of each cookie
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, add the room temperature butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar. Using the paddle attachment, cream until light and fluffy, or about 2 minutes.
- Add in the eggs, then mix on low to combine. Then add in the vanilla, salt and milk and mix on low to combine.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda, then add this to the butter mixture and mix on low, until almost combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure there are no lumps of butter in your dough, then add in your Reese's Pieces and stir in gently by hand until they are evenly incorporated.
- Once mixed, scoop and roll the cookie dough into 1 ¼" balls. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, or a Silpat, and press them down gently to flatten slightly.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes, or until the bottoms and edges are very lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle a few more Reese's Pieces on the tops of each cookie if you would like. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack. Enjoy!
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Here are some other delicious and simple cookie recipes that we love!
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Soft Molasses Cookies
- Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars
- No Bake Nutella Cookies
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These Reese's Pieces Cookies combine the best of both worlds - sweet and salty peanut butter cookies and Reese’s Pieces in every delicious bite. They’re perfectly soft, quick to throw together and taste amazing with a cold glass of milk.
Tayler Ross
I loveeee peanut butter, and these cookies are the bomb! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
Renee Goerger
These cookies are always a huge hit at my house! I make them pretty often because they're so popular. Thanks for the great recipe.