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    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

    Published: Feb 21, 2013 / 24 Comments

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    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies - not overly sweet, stuffed with dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.

    Dark chocolate chip peanut butter cookies

    I've been craving for some homemade peanut butter cookies, and I've found this easy recipe that produced 32 most wonderful, no-fuss peanut butter cookies stuffed with dark chocolate chips. I would describe them as peanut butter cookies for adults: they are not overly sweet, and I use dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips. I've been enjoying them all day today. It's just me at home tonight, and I am afraid I will eat too many of them. Maybe, I will even skip dinner.

    Dark chocolate chip peanut butter cookies

    I've made a few adjustments to the original recipe. The recipe calls for vegetable oil, and I used all butter instead for added richness and flavor. I also adjusted some measurements to suit my tastes, most importantly reducing the amount of sugar, which seemed humongous to me: the recipe calls for almost 1 ½ cup of sugar and 1 ¾ cup of flour, which would've resulted in overly sweet cookies. So I reduced sugar to the total of 1 cup, and I also used only 1 cup of chocolate chips vs. 1 ½ cups that it called for. I am using dark chocolate chips vs. milk chocolate chips.

    In the end, my Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies have a moderate amount of sugar and a lot of dark chocolate - exactly what I like!

    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

    How to make dark chocolate peanut butter cookies

    Below are some helpful step-by-step photos and instructions. For complete recipe, scroll down below the photos.

    1) Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

    2) In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat powdered sugar, brown sugar, and butter until creamy. I like to use butter that's at room temperature but still holds its "stick" shape pretty well.
    Add peanut butter, vanilla extract, and egg, continue blending until creamy.

    3) Add dry ingredients from step 1 into peanut butter mixture, and mix just until well-combined. Stir in dark chocolate chips. Your cookie dough should be somewhat tough to stir, because you used room temperature butter, and it should look like this:

    cookie dough

    4) Place spoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheet, spacing about 1 ½ inches apart. You can either leave a cookie in a shape of the ball like this:

    cookie dough round

    or you can flatten them like this:

    cookie dough flat

    5) Bake cookies for about 12 minutes, without browning them too much.

    dark chocolate chip peanut butter cookies
    4.78 from 9 votes

    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies - peanut butter cookies for adults: they are not overly sweet, thanks to dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 32 cookies
    Calories per serving 151 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup powdered sugar
    • ½ cup dark brown sugar
    • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temperature
    • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Instructions 

    • Preheat oven to 350°F. 
    • Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
    • In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat powdered sugar, brown sugar, and butter until creamy. I like to use butter that’s at room temperature but still holds its “stick” shape pretty well.  Add peanut butter, vanilla extract, and egg, continue blending until creamy.
    • Add dry ingredients from step 1 into peanut butter mixture, and mix just until well-combined. Stir in dark chocolate chips. Your cookie dough should be somewhat tough to stir, because you used room temperature butter. 
    • Place spoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheet, spacing about 1 ½ inches apart. You can either leave a cookie in a shape of the ball or you can flatten them.
    • Bake cookies for about 12 minutes, without browning them too much.

    Notes

    Inspired by Epicurious. 

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    151
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    9
    g
    14
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    5
    g
    31
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    20
    mg
    7
    %
    Sodium
     
    63
    mg
    3
    %
    Potassium
     
    89
    mg
    3
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    14
    g
    5
    %
    Sugar
     
    7
    g
    8
    %
    Protein
     
    2
    g
    4
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    185
    IU
    4
    %
    Calcium
     
    30
    mg
    3
    %
    Iron
     
    0.5
    mg
    3
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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    Comments

    1. Peggy Thomas

      March 12, 2022 at 10:59 pm

      Tasty but crumbly

      Reply
      • Julia

        March 21, 2022 at 11:11 pm

        Yes, they are quite crumbly.

        Reply
    2. Tracy

      August 14, 2021 at 5:39 pm

      Love!! I sprinkled a bit of kosher salt on top before popping these babies in the oven. The salty dark chocolate and delicate swap from granular sugar to powered makes these cookies melt in your mouth!

      Reply
      • Julia

        August 15, 2021 at 7:54 pm

        Tracy, I am so glad you liked this recipe! Love the addition of kosher salt - so good with dark chocolate! Thank you for the comment and the 5-star review! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Sue Linthicum

      December 17, 2019 at 1:33 pm

      Pretty crumbly but good flavor. Sifted flour; baked 13 min.

      Reply
      • Julia

        February 20, 2020 at 6:38 pm

        Glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for the feedback!

        Reply
    4. Sue Linthicum

      December 12, 2019 at 6:33 pm

      Can you use crunchy peanut butter?

      Reply
      • Julia

        February 20, 2020 at 7:05 pm

        I wouldn't use crunchy peanut butter in this recipe.

        Reply
    5. Ellen

      August 16, 2019 at 7:33 pm

      Very tasty but mine were very crumbly. Any suggestions?

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 28, 2019 at 7:59 pm

        It could be because the cookie dough had too much flour. Did you sift or aerate the flour before adding it?

        Reply
    6. Anne

      February 10, 2019 at 11:04 am

      I don't know if it is the use of powdered sugar instead of white sugar but my cookies are very soft and break apart easily. Great flavor though

      Reply
      • Julia

        February 10, 2019 at 9:12 pm

        I am glad you enjoyed the recipe!

        Reply
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