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Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

January 11, 2019

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Who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate!? These peanut butter thumbprint cookies combine the two flavors perfectly!

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I love a good peanut butter and chocolate combo! These chocolate peanut butter thumbprint cookies are an old fashioned peanut butter cookie with a peanut butter filling and milk chocolate drizzle topping. I baked these last weekend for hub’s and my movie night snack. He loves peanut butter so, obviously, these were a definite hit!

stack of peanut butter chocolate cookies

These start with a regular peanut butter cookie. The dough is formed into balls, rolled in sugar, and then baked. Instead of flattening the cookies with a fork before baking, for these, I use a teaspoon or regular spoon to create a small indention in the center of the cookie as soon as they come out of the oven. This creates a place for the filling to go and creates the nice little cracks on the edges of the cookie. You can make the indention on each cookie as shallow or as deep as you want it depending on how much filling you want in your cookies.

close up of cookies

Peanut butter, powdered sugar, and milk are combined to make the filling. It comes out tasting just like the delicious filling in Reese’s peanut butter cups! Yum!

Finally, the cookies are topped with a milk chocolate drizzle! You could use a pastry bag to help with evenly drizzling the chocolate or you can do what I did and use a spoon. I like the big chunks of chocolate I get when using a spoon to do the drizzle. Either way, drizzle those cookies, y’all!

peanut butter thumbprint cookies stacked on plate

Check out some other cookie recipes here! Let me know if you make these cookies and what you think in the comments below!

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5 from 1 vote

Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

Who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate!? These cookies combine the two flavors perfectly!
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time13 mins
Total Time33 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 263kcal

Ingredients

For the Cookies

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter !114 grams)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (99 grams)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar (109 grams)
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter (83 grams)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (188 grams)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar, for rolling (50 grams)

For the Filling

  • 3/4 cup peanut butter (188 grams)
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar (60 grams)
  • 1/3 cup milk (83 mL)

For the Topping

  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips (88 grams)

Instructions

For the Cookies

  • In medium bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
  • Mix in egg, peanut butter, and vanilla extract.
  • In separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder.
  • Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients. Mix until combined.
  • Form dough into 1 tablespoon size balls and roll in sugar. Place on parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 13 minutes.
  • Remove cookies from oven and immediately make an indention in the center of each cookie using a teaspoon.

For the Filling

  • Mix together peanut butter, powdered sugar, and milk until combined.
  • Once cookies have cooled, fill each cookie with peanut butter filling.

For the Topping

  • Heat chocolate chips in microwave for about 15 seconds at a time until melted. Use a spoon to drizzle chocolate on top of each cookie.
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  1. Alisha Carey

    October 7, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    5 stars
    I love peanut butter and chocolate together! I can’t wait to bake these this weekend!

    Reply

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