The best Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies ever! Thick, buttery and loaded with chocolate, you’ll love this easy one-bowl recipe. There’s no need to chill the dough, so these pb cookies are ready to eat in under one hour.
Calling all peanut butter fans! Lip-smacking, thick and chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are on the menu.
These soft and buttery cookies will leave you wanting more, with their sweet and salty peanut butter flavour and gooey puddles of melty chocolate.
Best of all, this is an easy, one-bowl recipe. And with no chilling the dough, these Peanut Butter Cookies are ready to eat in under one hour.
Why you will love this recipe
- You can expect thick, soft and chewy cookies
- You only need a handful of everyday ingredients
- They’re quick and easy to make
- No need to chill the cookie dough
These are the best cookie I have ever made. I’m 58 so that’s saying something.
– Patti
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I have a confession. I only really discovered the wonder of peanut butter in the last couple of years. Not really one for a slice of bread with spread, I liked peanut butter but I never really had much use for it.
However, once I realised that peanut butter was a heavenly match for desserts, I soon scrambled onboard the peanut butter bandwagon. One piece of my Peanut Butter Brownies or Peanut Butter Cake and you’ll soon realise what all the peanut butter fuss is about.
So a good solid Peanut Butter Cookie with oodles of chocolate chunks? I’m there!
Just like my favourite Levain Bakery Cookies, these cookies use only brown sugar for flavour and moisture. A little extra flour ensures they’re nice and thick, but plenty of peanut butter makes them buttery and chewy.
And the chocolate? For this recipe, I love to use a block of chocolate, that I’ve chopped by hand. The irregular sizes mean extra gooey pockets of chocolate. But you can use chocolate chips, like we do in my White Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, if you prefer.
ingredients you will need
You only need a handful of easy-to-find ingredients to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Here’s a quick breakdown:
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Peanut butter: I recommend using full-fat, processed creamy peanut butter, rather than natural peanut butter. I prefer smooth peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter works too.
- Plain flour: Or all purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Chocolate: I like to use a block of chocolate that I’ve chopped by hand. But you can use chocolate chips if you prefer. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate – I’ve used dark chocolate in the cookies pictured here.
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how to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s very easy to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from scratch. You’ll need an electric mixer, but the dough takes only minutes to come together.
- Start by mixing together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix briefly to combine. Then add peanut butter.
- Finally, add flour, baking soda and salt. Then stir through chocolate chips.
There’s no need to chill the cookie dough, so now it’s time to scoop and roll!
get ready to roll
Once you’ve made your cookie dough, it’s time to roll. Scoop the cookie dough – using a cookie scoop or a dessert spoon – and roll it into smooth balls using your hands. I usually use about 1.5 tablespoons of dough per cookie.
My secret for extra gooey cookies
Chocolate chips are designed to keep their shape when baked, but regular chocolate melts and creates gooey chocolate pockets. I recommend using a block of your favourite chocolate and chopping it by hand.
If you want to make your cookies look like mine, with extra gooey chocolate on top, I recommend adding a few extra chocolate chunks to each cookie dough ball before baking.
Frequently asked questions
I recommend using a full-fat processed peanut butter, rather than a natural-style one. I like to use smooth peanut butter, but crunchy works too.
I prefer to use a block of chocolate that I’ve chopped by hand. It ensures each cookie has those gooey chocolate puddles. But you can definitely use chocolate chips if you like.
Yes. You can make the cookie dough ahead of time and keep it covered in the fridge. You’ll need to bring the cookie dough back to room temperature when you are ready to bake it. You can also roll the cookie dough into balls and freeze them. Then just thaw them before baking.
You’ve added too much flour. These cookies should be buttery, chewy and moist. A dry cookie suggests too much flour, which is very easy to do if using cup measurements. I highly recommend using a baking scale for best results. Also, try not to over-bake your cookies – this will also cause them to be dry and crunchy instead of soft and chewy.
more peanut butter recipes
- NYC Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
- Peanut Butter Brownie Bars
- No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
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Let’s Bake
Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thick and chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with chunks of chocolate.
Ingredients
- 115 grams (1 stick or 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 135 grams (3/4 cup) brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 125 grams (1/2 cup) smooth peanut butter
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cup) plain flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 150 grams (1 cup) milk or dark chocolate, roughly chopped, plus extra for decorating
Instructions
- Line two large baking trays with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and combined. Add egg and vanilla and mix briefly. Then add peanut butter and mix until combined.
- Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt and gently mix until a soft dough forms. Stir in chocolate chunks.
- Use a cookie scoop or your hands to roll 1.5 tablespoons of cookie dough in balls. If desired, add extra chunks of chocolate on top.
- Place cookie dough balls on prepared trays, leaving room for the cookies to spread as they bake.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden brown. Let them sit for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Peanut butter: I recommend using a full fat, processed peanut butter, rather than a natural-style one. I prefer a smooth peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter works too.
Chocolate: I prefer to use a block of chocolate that I’ve chopped by hand. But you can use chocolate chips if you prefer. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate – I’ve used dark chocolate in the cookies pictured here.
Make-ahead: You can make the cookie dough ahead of time and keep it covered in the fridge. You’ll need to bring the cookie dough back to room temperature when you are ready to bake it. You can also roll the cookie dough into balls and freeze them. Then just thaw them before baking.
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Naomi says
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. I made these for my family and being peanut butter/chocolate fans, they loved them!
Jessica Holmes says
That’s so lovely to hear Naomi! So glad they loved them.
Martine says
I wonder why to choose unsalted butter than add salt instead of just using salted butter
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Martine, using unsalted butter just allows more control on the salt content – salted butters can vary in salt content. However, you can definitely use salted butter if you prefer and you omit the salt included in the recipe.
Verity says
I made these today with my son and they were delicious. I didn’t have brown sugar so used caster sugar. I also extended the cooking time, as they looked really pale after the time stayed in the recipe. I also pushed down on them with a spoon to squash them a little, before extending the cooking time by 8 minutes, as they hadn’t spread as much as I thought they would, but I liked how they came out.
Jessica Holmes says
I’m glad you enjoyed them Verity! If they didn’t spread, you may have added too much flour. Be sure to measure the flour using a baking scale for best results, or you can add a tablespoon less flour next time. They’ll also be more pale if you only used caster sugar.
Lee says
How would you advise making a smaller batch of these (as I’m just baking for myself and don’t have the space to make large batches and freeze most of them)? Would it be ok to just cut all the ingredients by 1/3 or 1/4 to make around 6 cookies, or do you have an adaptation to your *perrrrfect* small batch 6 chocolate chip cookies recipe to incorporate peanut butter in the dough? It’s so so difficult to find recipes for nice big & thick choc chip PB cookies that aren’t huge batches! TIA x
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Lee, great question. I’ll need to get working on a small batch version. For now, you should be fine to do a 1/2 batch, perhaps use 1 egg yolk or beat 1 egg and just split it into two. I can’t recommend any other changes without trying it myself.
Roma Agtarap says
Hi,
Is this an updated recipe? As the picture is different from the one I tried before which I cannot find it in your website.
Thank you.
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Roma, yes it is! Updated post and photos but the recipe is the same. Hope you enjoy it!
Najwa says
Thank you so much for this recipe! Followed this quite faithfully except added some chopped pecans and only had crunchy peanut butter on hand. Easy to make and my family loved it!
Jessica Holmes says
So glad you enjoyed them! Thank you for the lovely feedback.
Jennifer says
All I know is I this recipe is the best although there was no peanut butter taste in it but other then that I know this recipe works it makes the best cookies and I have to say I will try this again
Aya says
The dough is crumble alil bit whats the reason maybe 1and 1/2 flour is too much ?
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Aya, it sounds like you might have over measured your flour which is very easy to do when using cup measurements. I highly recommend weighing out your flour using a baking scale if you can.
Zenobia says
Too good.. Thanku for the amazing recipe
Jessica Holmes says
So welcome!
Brianna says
Cookies are very moist and taste so good. Great recipe as I love peanut butter! Thank you.
Jessica Holmes says
Yay! Love hearing that Brianna!
HoneyBunny20 says
Delicious! I am not a big fan of peanut butter and even I liked these. The addition of chocolate made these great.
Jessica Holmes says
So glad you enjoyed them!