Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe – soft and thick peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips. Quick and easy cookie dough that requires no mixer and no chilling the dough!
The weekend is almost here so let’s make cookies! Whatever your plans are for the next two days, cookies are always a good idea. Visiting family, picnic at the park (because the Spring weather is finally here!), sleepovers, crafting sessions, game day, movie night – a batch of freshly baked peanut butter cookies that melt in your mouth and are packed with chocolate chips is recommended.
I am crazy about this recipe for so many reasons! It’s want-cookies-now kind of recipe because it takes 10 minutes to mix up the dough and another 10 to bake a batch. We are using melted butter which also means to mixer required. You can whip up the dough with a spatula. YES!
Peanut butter and chocolate combo is irresistible! I will never refuse a cookie with this combo. This recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies from Love From the Oven look crazy good and I know I could eat a whole dozen!
If that’s not selling you, let me tell you that these cookies are thick, perfectly peanut buttery and each bite literally melts in your mouth. SO GOOD!
Please, notice that the dough is more on the drier side, you do need to roll a scoop of it in your hands to make a ball. It is not a sticky dough at all.
If you are really short on time or don’t feel like scooping and rolling the dough – press it onto a 8″ square (for thick bars, like I did HERE) or 13″ x 9″ pan for more and thinner bars, bake and cut. It’s a win win either way!
To see how easy it is to whip up the dough, check out our YouTube video for the Reese’s Bars (it’s using the same cookie dough base)!
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt). Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk melted butter with peanut butter until smooth.
- Add both sugars and whisk until well mixed.
- Add vanilla and egg and mix well.
- Add dry ingredients and stir in with a spatula.
- Add chocolate chips and stir in (you can reserve some to press into each cookie dough ball for prettier cookies). The dough should be soft but not at all sticky.
- Scoop cookies with a medium (1 and 1/2 tablespoon) cookie scoop and roll in your hands. Place on prepared cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Cool on pan for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a rack to cool completely.
If you like this recipe and make it, snap a photo and share it on INSTAGRAM! Tag me @crunchycreamysweet so I can check it out!
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Krystal says
April 13, 2018 at 11:57 amHi. This is the second time I’ve made these. They do taste good but i need a little help to know if i should modify or what I’m doing wrong. The cook time seems wrong because it says cook kinky 10 minutes but mine, both times is nowhere near done. I added an egg this time and the cook time is still 20+ mins. Any ideas?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 15, 2018 at 11:36 amHi Krystal! Thank you for the comment. If it happened more than once, maybe it’s the oven? Did you check if the temperature is accurate? It should not take 20 minutes to bake cookies. So sorry you are having problems with this recipe.
Cynthia says
December 23, 2017 at 7:05 pmI made these cookies before i sae the reviews. So they are deffinately dry, but I followed the advice of another user and added 1 more egg. That seemed to do the trick. They taste very good and overall is a good recipe. I am a littke confused why cornstarch was needed but I did use it.
Becky says
April 9, 2017 at 6:34 pmThey were entire too dry; I doubled the recipe but only used 3 cups of flour instead of 4 cups. I liked the way the stayed puffed up and thick, but the amount of flour should be cut in half and the dough would still be stiff enough. I should have followed my gut and cut the flour in half. Not sure why there is cornstarch in the recipe; it really isn’t needed,
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 10, 2017 at 10:20 pmHi Becky! I am so sorry you didn’t like the cookies. I tried to explain in the post that the dough will be crumbly and the cookies thick and won’t spread. The cornstarch makes them thick too. – Anna
Cara says
February 22, 2017 at 5:07 pmJust made these and I had to add an extra egg the dough was so dry. They tasted great nonetheless.
I used 1/2 milk chocolate chips and 1/2 peanut butter chips and everyone loved them.
Thanks for the recipe!
Emily says
August 10, 2016 at 3:25 pmJust tried these and was a little disappointed. They taste great, but they didn’t go anywhere. They kept their exact shape and came out looking just like balls of cookie dough. They didn’t spread or puff up or anything 🙁
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
August 10, 2016 at 9:22 pmHi Emily! Thank you so much for the comment. I am so sorry the cookies were disappointing. They should have puffed up and and spread a little bit but stay quite thick. I am working on adjusting this recipe to make stickier dough and flatter cookies. I always appreciate feedback on my recipes as it helps me in creating recipes everyone will love. Thank you! -Anna
Colleen says
July 7, 2016 at 2:37 pmThese taste great but are so dry they didn’t even stay together. Using the rest of the dough in a brownie pan and hoping that works better!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
July 7, 2016 at 3:05 pmHi Colleen! Thank you for the comment and trying the recipe! This is definitely not a dough to scoop and drop on a sheet pan. I know that adding an additional egg will make the dough easier to handle. I am going to update my post with that option. I did make this dough into bars and it was fantastic! You can see the result here: https://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-reeses-bars-recipe/ Hope this helps! Let me know what you think about the bars! 😀
tishia says
April 14, 2016 at 1:00 pmI made this and the dough is really dry and crumbly not moist at all.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 14, 2016 at 3:49 pmHi Tishia! The dough should not be moist at all. It is definitely drier but easy to shape into balls before baking. It makes thick cookies that puff up but don’t spread much. If you like flatter cookies, you can add 1/4 cup of additional butter. Hope this helps!
Cyndi - My Kitchen Craze says
April 7, 2016 at 11:40 amI’ll take a dozen please. Those are some gorgeous looking cookies. I could eat a handful right now with my coffee. 🙂
Andi @ The Weary Chef says
April 6, 2016 at 3:02 pmCan I have a batch of those cookies right now? As in right now! I need those!
Jessica - The Novice Chef says
April 6, 2016 at 1:36 pmThese look so chewy and moist — my favorite kind of cookie. I totally have to try these!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 6, 2016 at 9:20 pmThanks, Jessica!
Joanie @ ZagLeft says
April 6, 2016 at 9:16 amYou’ve convinced me, I want to make these cookies right now. I love how thick and chewy they look.
Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie says
April 5, 2016 at 8:27 pmThese look so scrumptios
Amy Stafford says
April 5, 2016 at 4:52 pmLove how moist and chewy these look. A friend of mine told me the best way to eat a short chocolate chip cookie is to push it up on the roof of your mouth and let it melt. 🙂 I haven’t tried it yet, but these look perfect for giving it a go.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 6, 2016 at 9:19 pmOMG! Yes! That’s what my Hubby does too! Haha! Love it! 🙂
Justine | Cooking and Beer says
April 5, 2016 at 10:44 amYou are CONSTANTLY making me hungry!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 6, 2016 at 9:16 pmHaha! Thanks, Justine!! :)D
Medha says
April 3, 2016 at 10:17 amThese PB chip cookies look super moist and chewy- delicious 🙂
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 6, 2016 at 9:15 pmThank you, Medha!
Emily @ Life on Food says
April 2, 2016 at 4:45 amYou don’t have to sell me. Cookies are always a good thing.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
April 6, 2016 at 9:13 pmYess!!! Thanks, Emily! 😀