These Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies will have you reaching for more than one!
Whether you call them yin-yang cookies, marble cookies, or chocolate swirl cookies, this is the best chocolate peanut butter cookie recipe ever. The ultimate flavour combination is so good, you will want to give these chocolate peanut bites a try too.
Irresistible, soft, unique peanut butter chocolate fusion cookies. Great for holidays or any day. The perfect blend of cocoa, peanut butter and two kinds of chips combine to create a decadent cookie that is sure to be a hit.
Are you a cookie lover? Do you like them crisp? How about chewy? Flat or a nice big fat dome? So many choices. So many flavours. Cookies can be complicated if you know what I mean.
Nothing beats a fresh, home-baked cookie. For me, the chewy cookies always topped the list. Combining ingredients like sea salt, caramel and espresso into cookies is so good. Give these chewy oatmeal cookies a try.
Ingredients For Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
If the combination of chocolate and peanut butter is up your alley, you really need to give these cookies a try. This tasty combination can be used in many recipes from breakfast to dessert, and snacks in between. Peanut butter and chocolate will get your taste buds watering. Have you tried my cupcakes? This flavour combination is so good on a toasted bagel.
- butter
- sugar (brown and granulated)
- eggs
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- milk
- salt
- peanut butter
- cocoa powder
- peanut butter extract (affiliate link in recipe card)
- chocolate extract (affiliate link in recipe card)
- peanut butter chips
- chocolate chips
Making Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
Now, when it comes to cookies, these are in a league all their own. A little labour-intensive, but so worth the effort. A cross between cookies and brownies. Thick, rich, chewy and oh-so addictive.
Full instructions are in the recipe card below, but here is a quick walk-through.
- Prepare the chocolate cookie dough.
- Prepare the peanut butter dough.
- Chill both kinds of dough for 2 hours (this is so important).
- Preheat the oven and prepare your baking trays.
- Remove the dough from the fridge.
- Roll 1 tablespoon of each kind of dough into a ball.
- Place the 2 balls together to form 1 large cookie ball.
- Place on a baking sheet, and continue until the tray is full.
- Bake according to recipe directions.
Suggestions/Recipe Tips
Okay, let’s talk about the labour-intensive part. I don’t want to scare you from making these addictive treats. Seriously these are so much easier than baking and frosting a cake.
When the batter is ready, roll each flavour into balls (like 36 of each kind). I find this is the fastest and easiest way to make these cookies. Then you take 1 ball of each flavour and create a larger (2 flavoured) ball. Look at the photos, you will see what I mean. Using a cookie scoop will help.
- Room temperature and butter and eggs are needed to make the perfect cookie dough.
- Smooth peanut butter can be replaced with crunchy if you like.
- Diary or non-dairy milk can be used.
- Do not forget to chill the dough, this is such an important step.
- Do not overbake the cookies. They will firm up as they cool.
If you want to impress your family and friends, I guarantee hands down these peanut butter and chocolate cookies will do it!
Looking for a healthy version of the wonderful chocolate and peanut butter combination? Give this chocolate pudding a try.
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Ultimate Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookie Dough:
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon (affiliate) peanut butter extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoons salt
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup peanut butter chips
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough:
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature butter)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- ¾ cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon (affiliate) chocolate extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
For the Chocolate Dough:
- Cream butter and sugars using a hand mixer.
- Beat in egg and peanut butter extract. Be sure to scrape down sides of the bowl when needed.
- In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly combine wet and dry ingredients. Dough will be thick.
- Using a spoon or spatula, mx in milk.
- Fold in peanut butter chips. Set dough aside.
For the Peanut Butter Dough:
- Cream butter and sugars using a hand or stand mixer.
- Add peanut butter, egg and chocolate extract. Be sure to scrap down the sides of the bowl when needed.
- In a bowl combine, flour, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly combine wet and dry ingredients.
- Fold in chocolate chips. Set dough aside.
- CHILL both doughs for 2 HOURS ***This is an important step***
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray or line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Remove doughs from fridge.
- Take approx. tablespoon of each dough (one at a time) and roll into a ball.
- Put the two balls together and make 1 large ball.
- Place on prepared cookie sheet, and bake for approx. 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, and transfer to cooling rack***Cookies will look under baked*** They will finish baking and firm up while cooling.
Sara Welch
Whipped up a batch of these for an afternoon treat and they do not disappoint! Nothing better than the combination of chocolate and peanut butter; delicious!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I agree, the combination of peanut butter and chocolate is so delicious.
Jenni LeBaron
This is the most delicious yin and yang style cookie! I love that the peanut butter side has chocolate chips and the chocolate side has peanut butter chips. These would be gobbled up at my house!
Gloria | Homemade & Yummy
These are SOOOO addictive. I need to make more now that you have me looking at the recipe.
Amy Nash
I made these for my family and they are so, so yummy! Seriously hard to resist and really not THAT much trouble to make. Totally worth the effort!
Homemade & Yummy
I KNOW…these are so addictive. The best part is you can make a HUGE batch and put some in the freezer.
Jodie Morgan
Cookies are my weakness. Probably even more than ice cream of cake. I love love love cookies. I also love peanut butter and chocolate so I do believe these cookies are in my near future.
Homemade & Yummy
Well I sure hope you give them a try…be warned…they are totally addictive.
Donna
Ha thats so funny you mention that your mom was happy to bake things up for the bake sale. It was my turn to bring the snack for preschool this week, and I brought some homemade zucchini and raisin mini muffins, my sons teacher (who has been teaching for 35 years no less), was super excited to have something in class that wasn’t out of a packet. How sad is that?? These cookies sound amazing, and I will definitely be whipping up a batch for the kids to enjoy after school at the end of the week 🙂 They will be so excited!!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes unfortunately we are in an age where “home baked” is a thing of the past. I agree it is sad.
Monica | Nourish & Fete
These look delicious, you’re right, it’s the perfect flavor combo! I bake ALL THE TIME, and can’t imagine my household any other way. 🙂 The only problem is having to give away so much so we don’t all overeat!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes well I try to tuck some away in the freezer for later. I understand the not over doing it part!!
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
What a fun idea! They look so cute, and the peanut butter and chocolate combination is such a classic. Yum!
Homemade & Yummy
These cookies are so addictive.
Sasha @ Eat Love Eat
Chocolate and peanut butter is one of the best flavour combos! These cookies look so, so good!
Homemade & Yummy
They are SOOOOO addictive. Hope you give them a try.
Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
I’ve never used those flavors of extract before – I didn’t even know they existed! This is such a classic flavor combo, and they’re *so* pretty!
Homemade & Yummy
These extracts are so good…and you only need to use a little.
Cheryl
Yum! Pb and chocolate is a classic combo. I love how you used both chocolate and pb chips too!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes these cookies really ROCK!
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
I was asking the grandkids the other day what they wanted me to make them for Halloween. I showed them your cookies and told them my thought for the variation. They were thrilled. Can’t wait to make them.
Homemade & Yummy
AWESOME….let me know how they turn out for you.
Kathryn @ FoodieGirlChicago
YUM! You can never go wrong with this flavor combo!!
Homemade & Yummy
The classic combo that never gets old.
Andrea
Cant go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter, they re just the perfect combo (especially in cookies)!
Homemade & Yummy
The classic flavour combo never gets old.
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)
Loves these cookies!!
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you give them a try…and are so delicious.
gunjan
The combination of peanut butter and chocolate in a cookie is to kill for. These cookies are seriously mouthwatering.
Homemade & Yummy
These cookies are seriously addictive…hope you give them a try.