These are soft-baked and super thick peanut butter cookies topped with Reese’s peanut butter cups. They’re exactly like peanut butter blossoms but with a peanut butter cup!
Using my absolute favorite peanut butter cookies recipe as the base, go ahead and stick a peanut butter cup inside after baking. You won’t regret it. 🙂
Today’s peanut butter cup cookies are complete with sparkly sugar. And like these peanut butter blossoms, they’re guaranteed to be the thickest peanut butter cookies you ever taste!
Have you ever tried my recipe for super soft peanut butter cookies? It’s lived on my website for years and I have many cookie recipes using the same dough:
- Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
- Peanut Butter Valentine’s Day Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossoms
- PB&J Thumbprints
- Reese’s Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
Today’s peanut butter cup cookies are my personal take on traditional peanut butter blossoms, which are typically made with chocolate kiss candies. I simply used peanut butter cups instead. Whenever there’s an opportunity for more peanut butter, just say yes.
How to Make Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
They’re snap to make! Simply mix up the peanut butter cookie dough, chill for about 1 hour, then roll into balls.
- Baking tip: Roll the cookie dough balls in a little granulated sugar. This gives the finished peanut butter cup cookies a little sparkle.
Bake the cookies for only about 10 minutes.
- Baking tip: The trick to their softness is slightly underbaking, so make sure you don’t keep them in the oven for too long. The cookies will be very puffy and soft-looking, but they’ll set as they cool.
Cool the cookies for about 5 minutes, then press a peanut butter cup on top.
- Baking tip: Quickly transfer the cookies to a plate and freeze for about 10 minutes or until the peanut butter cup has set. Some peanut butter cups will melt into the cookies, but that’s completely fine.
You will LOVE how thick these peanut butter cup cookies are! If you have any cookies left by day 4 or 5, you’ll be pleasantly surprised that they remain just as soft. In fact, these cookies get softer as the days go by! They completely defy cookie science. And I love it.
If you…
- Have a peanut butter lover in your life, you have to make these cookies.
- Love peanut butter as much as I do, you have to make these cookies.
- Have any taste buds at all, you have to make these cookies. Case closed.
And while I have you… if you love these flavors plus the added texture from oatmeal-based cookies, these peanut butter cup oatmeal cookies are for you, too!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Recipe
Ingredients You’ll Need
Instructions
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl using a handheld mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together on medium speed until combined. On low speed, beat in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract. Turn the mixer up to high and beat until light in color and smooth, about 1-2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. On low speed, slowly pour in the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Cover tightly and chill the cookie dough for at least 1 hour and up to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. (Always recommended for cookies.) Set aside.
- Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Measure cookies to be 1.5 Tablespoons each. I recommend this medium cookie scoop. Pour extra 1/2 cup granulated sugar for the topping in a bowl. Roll each cookie dough ball in the granulated sugar and arrange 3 inches apart on the baking sheets.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes. Cookies will look very soft. Remove from the oven and allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Working quickly, press 1 peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie. Quickly transfer the cookies to a freezer-safe dish (I use a plate) and freeze for 10-15 minutes or until the peanut butter cup has set. Some of the peanut butter cups will melt slightly—that’s ok.
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