Peanut butter and chocolate is one of the best flavor combinations. These peanut Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies come together very quickly and can be in your hands in 20 minutes. Don’t you love a cookie when it’s warm and fresh out of the oven?

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies cooling on a wire rack with mini bottles of milk

There are fewer sweet flavor combinations better than peanut butter and chocolate (chocolate and mint is also a good one).  Now, when I went to make this recipe, I accidentally bought crunchy peanut butter. As I was grabbing my wallet to zip back to the store, my husband suggested that I try the recipe with the crunchy.

 

I did and we loved it. In fact, we loved all the cookies, each and every one.  You don’t really notice that there is crunchy peanut butter aside from some of the cookies had tiny chunks of peanuts on the top. I liked it and I liked it even more that I was saved from another trip to the store.

 

A closeup of a cookie showing the perfectly chocolate chips

 

Why do you have refrigerate cookie dough before baking?

These really are easy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies because the dough needs no refrigeration . Recipes call for refrigerating the cookie dough before baking to solidify the solids in the dough. The chilled fat takes longer to melt and in turn prevents the cookies spreading too much. These cookies don’t spread, so no refrigeration necessary which equals getting to eat the cookies sooner!

Baking notes

The dough will be sticky. Try not to handle it too much or it will be messy. I used a 2 tablespoon measuring spoon to spoon the dough onto the baking sheet. You could also use an ice cream scoop.

 

2 bottles of milk served with a stack of cookies

 

So what are you waiting for? You know you want to whip up a batch. But don’t forget the milk.

 

A cookie and bottle of milk from overhead ready to enjoy

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Yield: 20

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

A side shot of a stack of cookies with milk

Peanut butter and chocolate is a delicious combination and it is perfect in these cookies

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 16 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup/1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup (120 grams) peanut butter
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (150 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a mixing bowl using a hand mixer or stand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter and both sugars until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet.
  4. Drop 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie, evenly spaced onto the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes until you see edges start to brown.
  5. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Information

Yield

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 184Saturated Fat 5gCholesterol 20mgSodium 120mgCarbohydrates 17gProtein 3g