peanut butter cup cookies

These peanut butter cup cookies are stuffed with mini Reese’s peanut butter cups and topped with a few M&Ms for a cookie that is rich, chewy and crunchy. They’re perfect for birthday parties, Christmas cookie swaps, or a fun baking day with the family.

Let's make peanut butter cookie cups together! Gather your ingredients.

In a medium bowl, add together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

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Whisk to combine.

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In a separate large bowl, add the room temperature butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.

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Cream together until light and fluffy.

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Add the egg and vanilla extract.

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Mix until smooth.

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Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.

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Mix until just combined, until no more streaks of flour remain.

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Add the mini chocolate chips to the cookie dough.

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Mix until evenly distributed.

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Use a cookie scoop to uniformly scoop the cookie dough.

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Place the cookie dough balls into a mini muffin tin lined with paper liners.

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Bake the cookie cups in the oven until lightly browned. Do not overbake.

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Immediately press the mini peanut butter cups into the cookie cups.

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The chocolate will start to melt from the heat of the cookies.

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Once the chocolate is melted, add a few M&Ms to the top of each cookie cup.

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Let the cookies cool completely before removing from the muffin pan.

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Serve and enjoy!

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peanut butter cup cookies

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These peanut butter cup cookies are stuffed with mini Reese’s peanut butter cups and topped with a few M&Ms for a cookie that is rich, chewy and crunchy. They’re perfect for birthday parties, Christmas cookie swaps, or a fun baking day with the family.

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Let's make peanut butter cookie cups together! Gather your ingredients.

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In a medium bowl, add together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

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Whisk to combine.

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In a separate large bowl, add the room temperature butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.

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Cream together until light and fluffy.

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Add the egg and vanilla extract.

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Mix until smooth.

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Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.

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Mix until just combined, until no more streaks of flour remain.

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Add the mini chocolate chips to the cookie dough.

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Mix until evenly distributed.

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Use a cookie scoop to uniformly scoop the cookie dough.

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Place the cookie dough balls into a mini muffin tin lined with paper liners.

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Bake the cookie cups in the oven until lightly browned. Do not overbake.

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Immediately press the mini peanut butter cups into the cookie cups.

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The chocolate will start to melt from the heat of the cookies.

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Once the chocolate is melted, add a few M&Ms to the top of each cookie cup.

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Let the cookies cool completely before removing from the muffin pan.

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Serve and enjoy!

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Grab the full recipe at the link below!

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