Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

My kids wanted either cookies or brownies for this week’s school lunch treat, and after looking through the baking pantry, I made this easy chocolate peanut butter cookie cups recipe. My kids came home with big smiles when they saw these chocolate peanut butter cookie cups on the counter. My kids absolutely love them, and they’ve been a big hit with their friends over for a playdate.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ cup butter, softened (4 tbsp)
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 1 egg
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• 20 Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures, unwrapped

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat 2 mini muffin pans with cooking spray.

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside.

In another bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter with a hand mixer until creamy.

Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well combined.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until combined.

Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until the dough is easier to handle.

Shape dough into 20 same-sized balls and place one in each muffin cup. Don’t flatten!

Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until puffed up and lightly browned.

Meanwhile, remove the wrappers from the miniature peanut butter cups.

Remove the mini muffin pans from the oven and immediately press the peanut butter cups into the center of each cookie.

Cool completely in the muffin pan. Enjoy!