Reese's Sandwich Cookies

Reese's Sandwich Cookies a real indulgence. Cookies filled to the brim with tasty ingredients and then sandwiched with a peanut butter frosting and a Reese's peanut butter cup center.

Course Baked Good, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Reese's Sandwich Cookies, Sandwich Cookies

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 32 minutes

Servings

Calories 737kcal

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 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon milk
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup peanut butter chips
3/4 cup mini peanut butter cups
10 regular sized peanut butter cups used for stuffing the cookies at assembly

Peanut Butter Frosting

1/2 cup unsalted butter room temp
1/2 Cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ups powdered sugar
3 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

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.
Mix in the milk. Add the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and peanut butter cups, and mix until just combined.
Roll dough into 2 tablespoons sized balls, and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake 9-12 minutes until they appear dry on the tops. 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!

Notes

This recipe can be doubled to serve more people or to sell at bake sales, etc.
Use Reese's Pieces in the cookies instead of chocolate and peanut butter chips.
You can use the Peanut Butter Cup in the center or leave it out, if you do I would suggest making some more frosting to ensure that they are filled.
Switch things up by changing the frosting in the center try a chocolate buttercream instead.
These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

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