Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Peanut Butter Cookie Cups make great gifts for the holidays. We love these because they are mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups stuffed in peanut butter cookie cups. They are also great for all your holiday parties.

Do you love the salty sweet combo of peanut butter & chocolate? We sure do! Which is why these Peanut Butter Cookie Cups are one of our favorite family recipes.

You know, you really can’t beat these tiny peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with mini Reese’s peanut butter cups. We really love our Reese’s in this house & so it seems we are making these cookie cups quite often.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

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I love these because they are great for the holiday season. So easy to make in large quantities, which makes them fabulous for gifts for the neighbors or putting out on a platter before all the family comes over for a celebration.

You might want to make these for an awesome Halloween party too!!

Here are some commonly asked questions

What size pan do you use for these cookie cups?

I use this cute mini muffin tin to make these. I find that it makes the perfect size cookie cup to peanut butter cup ratio.

That being said, I have seen these made with a standard muffin tin. I have not tried that myself, so I couldn’t tell you what the baking time would change too.

Can these be made Gluten-Free?

I have never personally tried it. But I have seen some recipes floating around the internet, so it is possible if you pick up the right ingredients. I may give that a try next.

HOW DO YOU MAKE Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

1. Spray mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, & salt.
3. Cream together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar & peanut butter.
4. Add egg, vanilla & milk.
5. Add dry ingredients.
6. Roll dough & place in prepared pan. Bake.
7. Add peanut butter cups & cool before removing from pan.

Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

To make this recipe you will need…

• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• table salt
• butter
• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• creamy peanut butter
• egg
• vanilla extract
• milk
• mini peanut butter cups

These are the perfect treat for the chocolate & peanut butter lover.

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REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

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Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Peanut Butter Cookie Cups make great gifts for the holidays. We love these because they are mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups stuffed in peanut butter cookie cups. They are also great for all your holiday parties.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cookie cup, peanut butter

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Total Time 28 minutes

Servings 36

Ingredients

• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• 1/2 cup butter 1 stick - room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp milk I use 2% but any kind is fine
• 36-40 mini peanut butter cups unwrapped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Spray mini muffin tin with cooking spray & set aside.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, & salt.
4. In large mixer bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar & peanut butter until fluffy.
5. Beat in egg, vanilla & milk.
6. Slowly add dry ingredients. Mix well.
7. Roll dough into balls & place in prepared pan. Leave in ball form- do not flatten
8. Bake 7-8 minutes. They should look puffy, not browned on the sides.
9. Immediately after removing from the oven, place one peanut butter cups in the center of each cookie cup & press down into the cup.
10. Allow to fully cool before removing from pan as the peanut butter cups will be gooey and the cookie cups need to set to hold their shape.

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