Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
These little beauties are a HUGE hit with my kids and husband. What’s better than chocolate and peanut butter? Throw in some sprinkles, and these cookies are extra fun! For this week’s school lunch treat, I made my kids these chocolate-dipped peanut butter cookies. My kids (and husband) were very excited to see what I was making this afternoon and even more excited to be the taste testers. Everyone gave the cookies two thumbs up and deemed them blog-worthy.
Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies:
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar + 3 tbsp for rolling cookies, divided
- 1Â large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dipping Chocolate:
- 1 cup dark chocolate melting wafers (semi-sweet chocolate chips will work too)
- ½ tsp coconut oil
- Sprinkles
How to Make Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silpat mat.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and mix well.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and peanut butter with a hand mixer until combined.
Add ½ cup of the white sugar and the brown sugar, then beat until creamy and smooth.
Add the egg and vanilla. Beat until combined.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
Take about 2 tablespoons of dough and form it into a ball.
Roll in the remaining 3 tablespoons of white sugar.
Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
Bake the cookies for 9-10 minutes, or until they are golden at the edges and just set. Don’t overbake!
Remove from the oven and let the cookies set on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
Melt the dark chocolate wafers with ½ teaspoon of coconut oil, according to package directions.
Dip half of each cookie into the melted dark chocolate, tapping off the excess, and place on a piece of parchment paper.
Sprinkle each cookie immediately with sprinkles (so it will stick before the chocolate hardens). Serve with ice-cold milk. Enjoy!
Store in a sealed container with parchment paper between layers.
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookies:
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar + 3 tbsp for rolling cookies divided
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dipping Chocolate:
- 1 cup dark chocolate melting wafers semi-sweet chocolate chips will work too
- ½ tsp coconut oil
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silpat mat.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; mix well.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and peanut butter with a hand mixer until combined. Add ½ cup white sugar and the brown sugar, then beat until creamy and smooth. Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients and mix with a spoon until just combined.
- Take about 2 tablespoons of dough and form it into a ball.
- Roll in the remaining 3 tablespoons of white sugar.
- Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 9 - 10 minutes, or until golden at the edges and just set. Don’t overbake!
- Remove from the oven and let the cookies set on the baking sheet for 5Â minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Once the cookies have cooled and hardened, melt the dark chocolate with ½ teaspoon of coconut oil, according to package directions.
- Dip half of each cookie into the melted dark chocolate, tapping off the excess, and place on a piece of parchment paper.
- Sprinkle each cookie immediately with sprinkles (so it will stick before the chocolate hardens).
- Store in a sealed container with parchment paper between layers.
- Serve with ice-cold milk. Enjoy!
I can never resist a peanut butter cookie! These look beautiful and festive with chocolate glaze and sprinkles.
I used to love peanut butter cookies but can’t remember the last time I had one. Dipping in chocolate can only make them better. When I’m craving a sweet treat and we have nothing, I will get a spoonful of peanut butter and stick it in a bag of chocolate chips for a quick fix.
These are beauties Pam. Look so good.
I love my peanut butter cookies plain, but yours look really festive! I’m sure the other kids in school envy your kids’ lunches!
Peanut butter cookies are my favorite!! Especially when there’s chocolate and sprinkles involved 🙂
You really can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter, especially in cookie form!
killer combo! this is somehow so much better than adding chocolate chips to the dough.