Reese's Peanut Butter Candy Chocolate Cookies
Reese's Peanut Butter Candy Chocolate Cookies are the ultimate in a Reese's cookie experience. These chocolate cookies are loaded with Reese's Peanut Butter Candies. Chocolate and peanut butter just explode in this superb cookie. This is an excellent way to use up leftover Halloween candy. Plus, these cookies are perfect for holiday baking or Christmas Cookie Exchanges.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 3 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens cookies and cakes
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 15 oz. pkg. Reese’s peanut butter candies or miniature peanut butter candies divided use
Instructions
- Measure out about 1/3 cup Reese’s pieces. Set aside.
- Cream butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- Stir in UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour and Reese’s peanut butter candies.
- Scoop dough with a ¼ cup ice cream scoop and drop onto cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
- Place about 4-6 Reese’s candies into the top of each cookie.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until cookies test done.
- Cool in cookie sheets for a few minutes before removing to wire racks.
Notes
NOTE: Be sure you do NOT use a dark pan to make these cookies or the reflection causes them to scorch on the bottoms, yet not be baked thoroughly.
Recipe inspired from the back of a Reese's peanut butter chip package.
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