Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are the ultimate Reeses Cup Cookies! Soft and chewy with a crisp outer edge- the perfect peanut butter cup cookie!
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Mini Reese Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
This Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are what peanut butter lovers' dreams are made of.
These cookies are made with peanut butter cookie dough, Reese's minis, and chocolate chips! Soft, moist, and chewy, you'll love these cookies especially when they are warm and fresh out of the oven.
Using up leftover candy in desserts is always a hit at our house. I loved making these Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownies, Snickers Cookies, and M&M Brownies - and they are easily well-loved by everyone!
You'll Love these Mini Reese Cup Cookies!
- Delicious: Some of the best recipes are simple and still have a ton of flavor. Peanut butter and chocolate are one of the best combinations!
- Cheap: With grocery store costs on the rise, this is a delicious, budget-friendly dessert!
- Total Comfort Food: Peanut butter and chocolate cookies are one of those combinations that are sure to comfort you.
Reese Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Ingredients
For these cookies you'll need
- Creamy peanut butter
- Salted butter
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- White flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Reese’s minis
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese's Cups in the Middle
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the peanut butter and butter until creamy and smooth.
- Add your eggs and vanilla and mix again until the eggs are fully incorporated.
- Once eggs are incorporated, add your sugars and mix until the dough is smooth.
- Combine your flour, baking powder, and baking soda, and add the mixture to your dough. Mix until well combined.
- Add the chocolate chips and fold in gently.
- Scoop tablespoons-sized balls of dough onto a cookie sheet and use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on each cookie, flattening the dough balls into a cookie shape.
- Add a Reese’s mini to the middle of each cookie and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the top of the cookies becomes golden brown.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Recipe Substitutions
Salted Butter: Butter is essential to this recipe. We haven't tried it with dairy free butter but it might work!
Creamy Peanut Butter: For that authentic Reeses flavor we don't recommend substituting Peanut Butter in this recipe.
White Sugar: We don't recommend substituting white sugar unless you have to, but White sugar can be used interchangeably with brown sugar. You can add 1 teaspoon of molasses to white sugar to make brown sugar. Check out this post on Sugar Substitutes for Baking for other ideas.
Brown Sugar: You can add 1 teaspoon of molasses to white sugar to make brown sugar. Check out this post on Sugar Substitutes for Baking for other ideas.
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on Egg Substitutions for Baking if you need to substitute. Try it at your own risk!
Vanilla Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting.
All Purpose Flour: We don't recommend substituting the flour, but you can check out this article on Cake Flour vs. All-Purpose Flour or Substitutions for All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder: Baking powder is essential for this recipe. Do NOT substitute with baking soda.
Baking Soda: Baking soda is essential for this recipe. Do not substitute with baking powder.
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips: Use your favorite brand of semi-sweet chocolate chips or peanut butter chips for extra peanut butter flavor.
Reese's Minis: Small reese's can replace the mini's if you don't have those.
Add-Ins - Add pumpkin to your Reese's cookies! Try these Pumpkin Reeses Cookies!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookie storage
Storing: Store baked Reese's cup cookies in an airtight container and room temperature for up to a week.
Freezing: Freeze baked Reese's cup cookies in an airtight container or freezer bag for up to three months.
Freezing Cookie Dough: You can freeze this cookie dough. Scoop into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet or use these cookie dough freezing trays.
Check out this post for How to Freeze Cookie Dough for tips on saving cookie dough for later.
If you love cookie dough, try this Edible Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe.
Tips for making Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Stuffed: Stuff your mini Reeses cups into your cookie dough before baking for a sweet center surprise.
- Reeses M&Ms: Sprinkle Reeses mini M&MS on top before baking!
- More Flavor! In combination with semi-sweet chocolate chips, use peanut butter chips as well.
Cookie with Reese Cup in the Middle FAQs
Peanut butter cups taste like a perfect mix of milk chocolate and creamy peanut butter.
Reese's peanut butter is made with fresh roasted peanuts, the peanut butter and chocolate is then dropped into moulds and pressed together in a tasty reeses cup.
Butter and brown sugar are the biggest contributors to cookie softness. This is because of the moisture contained in these two ingredients. Another way to make a cookie more chewy is to use a quicker cook time at a higher temperature. This will not only cut down on the time you have to wait for your cookies, it will also help prevent moisture in the cookie from evaporating.
It may be slightly drier than other cookie doughs, but your peanut butter cookie dough shouldn't be overly dry. If it is, you likely overmixed your dough.
When you are mixing the cookie dough, be sure to not overmix the dough. If it's too dry, some people say to try adding a tiny amount of water or milk.
More like these Mini Reese Cup Cookies:
- White Chocolate Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Nutella Cookies
- Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
Mini Reese Cup Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup salted butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups white flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Reese’s minis
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the peanut butter and butter until creamy and smooth.
- Add your eggs and vanilla and mix again until the eggs are fully incorporated.
- Once eggs are incorporated, add your sugars and mix until the dough is smooth.
- Combine your flour, baking powder, and baking soda and add the mixture to your dough. Mix until well combined.
- Add the chocolate chips and fold in gently.
- Scoop tablespoons sized balls of dough onto a cookie sheet and use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on each cookie, flattening the doughs of ball into a cookie shape.
- Add a Reese’s mini to the middle of each cookie and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the top of the cookies becomes golden brown.
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