Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Rich, chewy and loaded with chocolate chips and peanut butter cups. These peanut butter cup cookies are perfect to add to your cookie jar!
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 115kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 7 oz. bag mini peanut butter cups chopped in halves and quarters
Instructions
- Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Mix (using electric or hand mixer) melted butter and sugars together. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix until just combined. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, drop cookie dough balls on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Fill entire sheet with cookie dough balls. Press chopped peanut butter cups into cookie dough balls (2 halves and 2 or 3 quarter pieces).Cover cookie sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate cookies 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake cookies (6-9 cookies to a sheet) for 12-13 minutes.Optional: press a few extra chocolate chips into hot cookies after they come out of the oven.Cool 2-3 minutes on cookie sheet and transfer to a wire rack.
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Notes
Store in airtight container or cookie jar at room temperature for up to 3 days on the counter. Can also store in freeze in ziplock bags for several months.
Nutrition
Calories: 115kcal