Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload Sandwich Cookies, soft chocolate cookies with peanut butter frosting and peanut butter cups!

You’ve guessed it, this is one heck of a cookie! Super moist chocolate cookies are loaded with mini peanut butter cups, chocolate chips and peanut butter chips!

But, that’s not all, oh no. I made these cookies into a cookie sandwich. Sandwiched in the middle is a peanut butter cup and peanut butter frosting, oh my! (How many times will I say peanut butter in this post?? Take your bets!)

Ugh, I made the cookies themselves oversized to get all the goodies inside.

They are moist, chewy and bursting with chocolate-y peanut buttery goodness!

The peanut butter frosting is super fluffy and not overly sweet. A perfect combo.

Chocolate and peanut butter just happen to be one of my favorite flavor combinations of all time. AND, peanut butter cups are my favorite chocolate treat.

They might look difficult…. they aren’t. You can even make the cookies in advance and sandwich them the next day. Super easy.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload Sandwich Cookies

Cook Time12 mins

Total Time12 mins

Servings: 10 cookie sandwiches

Author: Dana at ThisSillyGirlsLife.com

Ingredients

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

• ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup dark brown sugar packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup + 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 3/4 Cup chocolate and peanut butter chips mixed
• 3/4 Cup mini peanut butter cups
• 10 regular sized peanut butter cups used for stuffing the cookies at assembly

Peanut Butter Frosting

• 1 stick 1/2 Cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1/2 Cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
• 2 Cups powdered sugar
• 3 1/2 Tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350. In the bowl of an electric mixer (or hand mixer) cream the butter and sugars, 2-3 minutes until fluffy. Blend in the egg and vanilla, scraping the sides of the bowl if needed.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add in the dry mix to the wet a little at a time until fully combined, scraping the sides.
• Slowly add in the milk, fold in the chocolate peanut butter chips and cups.
• Roll dough into 10 equal sized balls, place on a parchment lined baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake 9-12 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheet.

Peanut Butter Frosting

• In a large bowl, cream the butter with a hand mixer. Add the peanut butter and vanilla, mix well. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, alternating with the heavy cream.
• Beat for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.

Sandwich Cookie Assembly

• Take one cookie and pipe frosting in a circle around the outside edge, place a peanut butter cup in the center. Top with another cookie, serve and enjoy!

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The recipe for the cookies is adapted from Love to be in the Kitchen and the frosting is adapted from my friend Rebecca at Sugar & Soul!

The cookies by themselves are to die for, but add in that frosting and it just takes them to the next level!

So, what do you think? Is chocolate and peanut butter one of your favorite combos as well??

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'Til Next time!

 

About Dana DeVolk

Dana is a professional Chef turned blogger, recipe developer, food photographer, and more! Her passion is writing about food and posting recipes while offering tips and tricks of the trade. She lives in Florida with her Hubby and four fur babies.

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