Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cookies
These Peanut Butter Cup-Stuffed Cookies are magical! Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies stuffed with a tasty hidden Reese's peanut butter cup inside each bite!
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks OR 16 Tbsp) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 3.4 oz (1 small box) INSTANT dry vanilla pudding mix powder just the dry powdered mix; do not prepare the pudding
- 1¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 16-18 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars with the paddle attachment until creamy and smooth, about 1 minute. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, followed by the vanilla extract. Add in the baking soda, salt, all-purpose flour and dry instant vanilla pudding mix and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a Tablespoon-size cookie dough scoop, portion out 2 separate rounded Tablespoons of cookie dough balls. Place a Reese's peanut butter cup in between the two dough balls and use your fingers to manipulate the cookie dough so it completely envelops the peanut butter cup and creates one giant cookie, covering the peanut butter cup completely. Place on the prepared baking sheets at least 3" apart. Repeat with remaining dough and peanut butter cups. You should have around 16-18 cookies.
- Bake for approximately 10-14 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through the baking time to ensure even cooking. Remove from the heat and allow the cookies to finish cooling on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.