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Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Caramel Candy, Rolos. Top these with colorful sprinkles and you have festive Christmas cookies! These cookies also work well for special occasions, such as Birthdays, Anniversaries, and parties.
And the recipes for Christmas cookies continue! This is my second holiday cookie recipe of the season: peanut butter cookies with chocolate caramel candy, Rolos, decorated with sprinkles for a more festive look! My other favorite chocolate cookies for Christmas are chocolate dipped pecan shortbread cookies and chocolate covered hazelnut cookies.
This is a more festive version of Martha Stewart's peanut butter surprise cookies, and in my version I am using Rolos instead of peanut butter cups. It's really been my most favorite peanut butter cookie recipe for the longest time, because these tasty cookies have such a great brownie-like texture and are very easy to make! I make them A LOT!
But, a Christmas cookie is not a Christmas cookie if it doesn't have a lot of color to it, don't you think? Generously sprinkling these cookies with colorful sprinkles accomplishes the purpose of making them look more festive and appropriate for the Holidays! You can add sprinkles to the Rolos only:
Or you can generously cover the whole cookie with sprinkles:
Peanut butter cookies with chocolate caramel candy, Rolos
Ingredients
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter , room temperature (let the butter from refrigerator sit on the counter for about an hour or so)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour , sifted or aerated (see important note below!)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (for coating)
- 18 Rolos (chewy caramels in milk chocolate)
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Using an electric mixer, cream peanut butter and butter in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar; beat until combined. Add eggs and vanilla, and continue beating until creamy.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients from step 2 to wet ingredients in step 1, beating on low speed.
- Prepare baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or lightly greased aluminum foil. Place granulated sugar on a plate. Roll spoonfuls of cookie dough into balls, rolling each ball between your hands. Roll balls in sugar to coat them completely.
- Place cookie balls 2 inches apart on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 7 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Press one Rolo candy in center of each cookie. Return to oven; continue baking for about 5 more minutes, until cookies just turn golden brown and chocolate begins to melt.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle the melted Rolos with sprinkles, and let the cookies cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely.
Notes
The proper way to measure flour using measuring cups is to aerate it first. This is done either by sifting flour, or aerating it by fluffing it up and whisking it well, then spooning it into the measuring cup, then carefully removing any excess flour with a knife. If you just stick that measuring cup in the bag of flour and scoop some out, you will get a lot more flour than what the recipe calls for. Do aerate the flour, or you will end up with dry dough!
Nutrition
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I haven't had rolos in ages! And combining them with peanut butter? Terrific idea! Wonderful looking cookies - thanks.
Love this twist on your other recipe with the oozing Rolos with caramel goodness...but, this time, with festive sprinkles for the holidays! Lovely photography as always, my friend. The perfect cookie for Christmas trays for peeps who love chocolate, peanut butter and caramel. Pinning!
Stacy, my friend, thank you! Yes, good memory - you remember my other, less decorated cookie - it's the same recipe, these are just more "dressed up". 🙂 Thanks for pinning, as always! 🙂
These are just adorable Julia and so yummy looking. What a brilliant idea to use rolos, I just love it!
Yum! I <3 peanut butter cookies!
I could never turn down a peanut butter cookie! I love the sprinkles - such a festive touch. I honestly haven't had a rolo candy in years!! Which is crazy now that I think about it : )
Ashley, you need to urgently buy some rolos! 🙂
These look SO GOOD, Julia!! Those crinkly, puffy edges, and the melty rolo? Droooool.
oooh i love the sprinkles on these! sprinkles & chocolate, you can't go wrong 🙂
Peanut butter and chocolate...a classic combo that would never let you down. These look so inviting!
These are one of the pretties cookies I've ever seen! Love love love.
PS, just started following you on twitter. 🙂
sooooooooo pretty and I love all the delishum flavors! YAY COOKIES!
PB cookies are my all time favs! Throw in rolos and I see a serious addiction developing - love these Julia!
Christmas is such a special time! I am baking almost every day-)) You have wonderful ideas here for holiday cookies, they all look so yummy-) Wishing you a very happy day!
Thank you, Yelena! 🙂
Crazy YUM is what they are! I was so thrilled when I was able to find Rolos in England now just to clear my schedule for a day of cookie making. 🙂
What a splendid idea to top them with Rolos instead of Hershey Kisses. 🙂 I haven't found Rolo's here in Oz, but I will definitely look for something similar. 🙂
Oh my! These look amazing! PB and rolo? Where do I sign up?! And can I have a BIG glass of milk with my BIG plate of cookies? 😉 Lovely recipe, Julia. Pinned. Enjoy your week lady!