Dark Chocolate Chunk and Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies — Soft and chewy chocolate cookies packed with peanut butter and oozing with dark chocolate chips AND peanut butter chips! 

stack of four chocolate peanut butter chip cookies

Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Chips 

If you think the world’s most perfect food pairing is chocolate and peanut butter, you’re in for a real treat. These cookies combine chocolate and peanut butter, twice. You can never have too much.

There’s dark chocolate chunks and cocoa powder, with peanut butter chips and peanut butter. They’re soft, chewy, gooey, and oh yes, full of chocolate and peanut butter.

I’ve used cornstarch in these cookies, and in about 20 other cookie recipes. It helps create softbatch-style cookies that are soft, moist, and supple, without turning cakey.

a chocolate peanut butter cookie with melted chocolate on top

They’re soft and chewy chocolate cookies, more so than they are peanut butter cookies. They’re dark, rich, and aren’t overly sweet.

They’re loaded with add-ins and texture in every bite. The glistening dark chocolate chunks, along with the chocolate-peanut butter dough, make for a very intense chocolate experience.

The peanut butter chips amplify the peanut butter flavor, and add a pop of sweetness, balancing the robust chocolate flavor.

Peanut butter and chocolate lovers, you’ve met your match.

stack of four chocolate peanut butter chip cookies. a cookie half rests on top.

What’s in Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies? 

To make these chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips and chocolate chunks, you’ll need: 

  • Egg
  • Peanut butter
  • Unsalted butter
  • Light brown sugar
  • Granulated sugar
  • Vanilla extract
  • All-purpose flour
  • Cocoa powder
  • Cornstarch
  • Baking soda
  • Salt
  • Dark chocolate
  • Peanut butter chips 

two peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies 

These peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies are easy to make by creaming together peanut butter, butter, sugars, an egg, and vanilla. Fold in flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and baking soda, before folding in the add-ins.

Scoop the cookie dough into balls, then chill for at least 2 hours before baking. 

Once the dough has chilled, bake until the edges have set and the tops are just beginning to set, even if cookies appear undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center.

stack of four chocolate peanut butter chip cookies

Do I Have to Chill Cookie Dough? 

For this recipe, yes! Do not bake with warm dough because cookies will spread and bake thinner and flatter.

Can I Use Natural Peanut Butter?

No, do not use homemade or natural peanut butter. Both are too runny and the cookies could spread.

overhead view of chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips surrounded by chocolate chunks

How to Store These Cookies 

These chocolate peanut butter chip cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.

top view of a stack of peanut butter chip and chocolate chip cookies

Tips for Making Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies 

I chopped and used a Trader Joe’s 72% Pound Plus Bar. A tip before you start chopping is to put a piece of parchment on your cutting board and chop on that.

You can easily slide the chopped chocolate right into the mixing bowl, and there’s no ground-in chocolate on your cutting board, making cleanup a breeze. I recycle the parchment and tuck it in with the remainder of the chocolate bar, and I’m already set up for next time.

If you you want to use semi-sweet chocolate chips you can, but they don’t melt and ooze as much as chopped chocolate does.

Don’t overbake, which is easy to do with dark cookies. They’ll fool you and will look raw, all the way up to the point they’re overdone and crunchy. They’ll look glossy, shiny, and not appear done when you pull them, but firm up, dry out, and de-gloss as they cool, even more so than non-chocolate cookies.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies — Soft and chewy chocolate cookies packed with peanut butter and oozing with dark chocolate chips AND peanut butter chips! 

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Dark Chocolate Chunk and Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies

By Averie Sunshine
Soft and chewy chocolate cookies packed with peanut butter and oozing with dark chocolate chips AND peanut butter chips! 
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Chill Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 23 minutes
Servings: 17
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Ingredients  

  • 1 large egg
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter*
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened natural or Dutch-process cocoa powder, I used Trader Joe’s
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch salt, optional and to taste
  • 4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped (1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips may be substituted)
  • ½ cup peanut butter chips

Instructions 

  • To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large bowl and electric hand mixer), cream together the first 6 ingredients (through vanilla) on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  • Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda, optional salt, and mix on low speed until just incorporated, about 1 minute; don’t overmix.
  • Add the chocolate, peanut butter chips, and blend until just incorporated.
  • Using a medium 2-inch cookie scoop or your hands, form heaping two-tablespoon mounds (I made 17). After scooping the dough into mounds, I lightly rolled the dough mounds in my hands to make sure they were compacted. Dough may be slightly crumbly but holds together when squeezed. Place mounds on a large plate, and flatten them slightly.
  • Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to 5 days, before baking. Do not bake with warm dough because cookies will spread and bake thinner and flatter.
  • Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
  • Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are just beginning to set, even if cookies appear undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center. They firm up as they cool. (The cookies shown in the photos were baked with dough that had been chilled overnight, allowed to come to room temp for 15 minutes, and were baked for 8 minutes. They have slightly chewy edges with soft, pillowy centers).
  • Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing and transferring to a rack to finish cooling.

Notes

*Peanut butter: Do not use homemade or natural peanut butter; it’s too runny and the cookies could spread.
Storage: Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 4 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 269kcal, Carbohydrates: 28g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 26mg, Sodium: 157mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 14g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. 5 stars
    Was wondering if I could use a semi sweet bar of baking chocolate? Like Baker’s Brand? Instead of chocolate chips? TIA

  2. 5 stars
    Was wondering if I could use a semi sweet bar of baking chocolate? Like Baker’s Brand? Instead of chocolate chips? TIA

    1. I wrote this in the ingredients so yes you can do that with a dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate bar: “4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped (1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips may be substituted”

  3. I’ve been making my husband a variety of cookies the past month, and these have been his favorite! We can’t get over the flavor and texture. He rarely asks for repeat recipes, but he has asked for this one multiple times! Love it! Can’t wait to try the quadruple chocolate recipe you just posted and compare.

    1. Thanks for trying these & glad your hubs loves them enough to have a repeat recipe! That’s a high compliment! And yes, try the new choc ones I made. They are incredible!!! I think I even like those better, but it’s a hard call b/c these have PB :)

      LMK what you guys think!