These Easy Peanut Butter Buckeye Stuffed Cookies are the perfect combination of a sweet Buckeye Ball and fudgy chocolate chocolate cookie! Get the best of both worlds with this quick and easy peanut butter chocolate cookie recipe!
Why You’ll Love…
If you’ve never heard of a Buckeye, it’s a peanut butter ball that’s been dipped in chocolate. Usually the peanut butter ball is a mixture of powdered sugar, peanut butter, and some other delicious ingredients! They’re a pop-able dessert that makes them absolutely addicting! This Peanut Butter Buckeye Stuffed Cookie recipe makes them just that much easier to make! You’ll get a creamy peanut butter center to represent the peanut butter buckeyes and a rich and chewy chocolate cookie. It’s truly one of the most delicious flavor combinations!
Substitutions and Additions:
These Buckeye Cookies are pretty delicious all on their own, but here are a few ways to spice up this recipe!
Types of Chocolate: I prefer to use a semi-sweet chocolate with this recipe, as there’s already a decent amount of sugar in this recipe! However, you can use dark chocolate or even white chocolate chips would be delicious in this recipe! You can also use milk chocolate if you prefer!
Add Some Crunch: These cookies are soft and chewy with a creamy peanut butter middle, so if you want to add some crunch to these cookies, that would be delicious! You can add some chopped peanuts to the top of the melted chocolate or add a pinch of flaky sea salt!
Types of Nut Butters: You can also sub out the peanut butter for other types of natural peanut butters or even use other types of nut and seed butters in this recipe!
If you love the peanut butter and chocolate combination of these cookies, be sure to check out my Nutella and Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies. They are out of this world delicious!
Equipment Needed:
Mixing Bowls – I like to use a large bowl for mixing the cookie dough together, and then a medium bowl for melting the chocolate! Using glass mixing bowls makes everything easy!
Baking Sheets – I have a set of three cookie sheets that I use almost every day in my kitchen! Whether that’s roasting veggies, freezing peanut butter balls or baking cookies, they’re an absolute kitchen must-have!
Cookie Scoops – Having multiple cookie scoops is great especially for recipes like this, I have a set of three cookie scoops! I use the small cookie scoop of the peanut butter, and then the medium cookie scoop for the cookies! That way everything is the same size and bakes up at the same time!
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Ingredient List:
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Step by Step Instructions:
Step 1.On a piece of parchment paper, scoop out balls of peanut butter and place in the freezer.
Step 2. In a mixing bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Then mix in egg and vanilla extract.
Step 3: Add in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
Step 4. Scoop out the cookie dough and flatten in your hand, then add a frozen peanut butter ball in the center of each cookie. Wrap the cookie dough around the peanut butter filling and place cookie dough on a parchment lined baking sheet. Then, bake for about 15 minutes.
Storage Instructions:
Store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for about 4-5 days!
If you want to freeze these cookies, I recommend freezing them after stuffing them with the peanut butter! Then you can bake the cookies off like normal and add the melted chocolate.
Helpful Tips and Tricks
I prefer to use salted butter in all my baking recipes, however if you use unsalted butter, I recommend adding a 1/4 teaspoon of salt to your recipe! Basically, It just helps balance out the sweetness of the cookies!
These Peanut Butter Buckeye Stuffed Cookies are so easy to make and a total crowd-pleaser! They have a little bit of everything in each bite: crunchy chocolate topping, creamy peanut butter, and fudgy chocolate cookie! Yum!
Cheers!
-Holly Michelle
Easy Peanut Butter Buckeye Stuffed Cookies
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Mixing Bowl
- Cookie Scoop
Ingredients
- 1 stick Butter room temperature
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar packed
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips melted
Instructions
- On a piece of parchment paper, place little dollops of peanut butter. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.1/2 cup Peanut Butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar.1 stick Butter room temperature, 1/4 cup Sugar, 3/4 cup Brown Sugar packed
- Then mix in egg and vanilla.1 Egg, 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- Add in cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder. Mix everything together.1/2 cup Cocoa Powder, 1 cup Flour, 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Then scoop out a ball of cookie dough and flatten in your hand. Add one piece of the peanut butter balls in the middle. Then wrap the cookie dough around it.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes.
- After the cookies cool slightly, pour the melted chocolate over the tops of the cookies and let harden.1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
- Serve and enjoy!
