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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

What goes together better than chocolate and peanut butter? This recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups is kind of a spin on those oh-so-famous cookies you make at Christmas, Peanut Butter Blossoms. But instead of chocolate kisses, this is peanut butter on peanut butter using Reese’s Peanut Butter cups set into peanut butter cookies. Sounds amazing, right?

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We’re using Reese’s Miniatures and they fit perfectly into a mini muffin pan. Unwrapping these takes more time than the entire recipe 🙂

Reese's Peanut Butter Miniatures

How to make Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

In the bowl of an electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), add the vegetable shortening, butter, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter and and egg. Blend until smooth.

I am using creamy peanut butter here. I think the chunky bits would make rolling these more challenging but you are welcome to try. Leave a comment below if you do! I’d love to know if this works!

Wet Ingredients for Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Next come all of the “dry” ingredients. They include: Flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Dry Ingredients for Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Using a small cookie scoop, scoop directly into a bowl of sugar.

Scooping the dough into a bowl of sugar

I am using a combination of granulated and sanding sugars to roll the dough in. This step is optional, but I love the added sweetness it gives.

Rolling the dough in the sugar

Place the sugared dough balls into a mini muffin pan lined with mini cupcake liners. If you are not using cupcake liners, spray the pan to ensure you can get them out!

Placing the dough balls into mini muffin pan lined with mini muffin liners

Immediately out of the oven, gently press a Reese’s Miniature into the center of the cookie. Then don’t touch!

Pressing Reese's Miniatures into the baked peanut butter cookies

The chocolate will melt and firm up again once fully cooled. If you try to remove them before then, you may have a mess on your hands.

Allowing the melty chocolates to cool

Once cooled, they are ready to enjoy. I mean, does it get any better than this? 🙂

Bite shot of Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Did you make this recipe for my version of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups? Leave a comment below and let me know what you thought!

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

What goes together better than chocolate and peanut butter? This recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups is kind of a spin on those oh-so-famous cookies you make at Christmas, Peanut Butter Blossoms. But instead of chocolate kisses, this is peanut butter on peanut butter using Reese’s Peanut Butter cups set into peanut butter cookies. Sounds amazing, right?
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookie cups

Equipment

  • Mini Muffin Pans
  • Mini Cupcake Liners
  • Small Cookie Scoop

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 c Granulated Sugar
  • 1/4 c Brown Sugar packed
  • 1/4 c Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable Shortening
  • 2 tbsp Butter softened
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/2 c All Purpose Flour PLUS 2 Tbsp
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/8 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and add mini cupcake liners to two mini muffin pans. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the butter, sugar, brown sugar, shortening, softened butter and egg.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • Using a small cookie scoop, scoop balls directly into a bowl of sugar and roll.
  • Place balls of dough into prepared cupcake liners. Do not press down.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes and place on a cooling rack. IMMEDIATELY press a Reese's Miniature into the hot cookies and allow to COMPLETELY before touching. The chocolate will melt and firm up again.

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