Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are perfect for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. Mini peanut butter cups nestled into a soft cookie shell. Delish!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies on a plate.
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Peanut Butter Cup cookies are the perfect bite-sized treat to make when you want something sweet RIGHT NOW and don’t want to slave away over a dessert. Sweet little mini peanut butter cups are nestled into a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie for delightful little bites that disappear about as fast as you can take them out of the oven. We make these for Christmas to add to our goodie plates, but they’re also our go to for Sunday nights when we’re playing games with the family and need a quick dessert. This recipe is terrific to get the kids involved with too; make them unwrap all the candy for you!

Ingredients in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

  • Butter – unsalted butter or salted, softened to room temperature.
  • Creamy Peanut Butter – any brand you like, but try to use the full fat stuff. Makes the cookies taste better.
  • Sugar – white, granulated sugar
  • Brown Sugar – make sure to pack the brown sugar tightly in the measuring cup.
  • Large Egg
  • Vanilla Extract
  • All Purpose Flour
  • Baking Soda
  • Salt
  • Reese’s Miniature Peanut Butter Cups – make sure to unwrap the mini Reese’s peanut butter cup candies before using them.
  • Mix the dry ingredients together first, then add slowly to the wet ingredients in a standing mixer. The dough can be popped in the freezer for later or use immediately.
Ingredients to make Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies including Reese's miniature cups, flour, brown sugar, sugar, peanut butter, salt, baking soda, butter, egg, vanilla and mini muffin liners.


This may seem like a complicated process, but there is absolutely no secret. Here’s what you do to get perfect peanut butter cookie cups:

  1. Roll dough into small balls and place in a mini muffin pan. You can also use a cookie scoop to make sure the balls are all the same size.
  2. Bake the cookie dough as directed in the recipe card below (don’t overbake!)
  3. As soon as they’re out of the oven, gently press a Reese’s cup into the soft., warm cookie.
  4. The peanut butter cookie then forms around the miniature Reese’s peanut butter cup!
  5. The cookies will cool around the candy, without melting the chocolate on the top. It’s like magic!
Bite out of stacked Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of peanut butter is in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?

Reese’s contain creamy peanut butter mixed with powdered sugar.

How do you keep cookies from getting hard?

Make sure to not over-bake the cookies and store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.

Can you freeze Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies?

Yes you can! Freeze them in a ziplock bag for up to 3 months.

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies arranged on a plate.

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How to Make Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies on a plate.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

5 from 14 votes
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are perfect for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. Mini peanut butter cups nestled into a soft cookie shell. Delish!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 6 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 24

Equipment

  • Miniature muffin tin

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line mini muffin tins with mini cupcake liners.
    Miniature muffin plan lined with paper cups.
  • Cream butter, peanut butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together in a large bowl.  
    Mixing bowl with Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies batter. Mixing paddle on the side.
  • Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together.  Blend flour mixture into creamed mixture.
    Cookie dough batter for Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies in a mixing bowl.
  • Roll peanut butter cookie dough into balls about nickel-size in diameter. Place dough balls into cupcake liners.
    Balls of cookie dough in miniature muffin liners.
  • Bake for 10 minutes (now is a good time to unwrap the Reese’s miniature peanut butter cups).
    Cutting board with unwrapped Reese's Peanut Butter Cup chocolates.
  • Remove from oven and let cool for only 1 minute.
    Miniature muffin pan with baked peanut butter cookies.
  • Press a Reese’s miniature peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie.
    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in baked peanut butter cookies in miniature muffin pan.
  • Allow cookies to cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the muffin tin. Let them cool the rest of the way on a cooling rack.  
    Cooling Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies on a rack.

Notes

Cupcake liners are not necessary.  Spray the mini muffin tin well with cooking spray before adding cookie dough balls.  After cookies have cooled 5 minutes, run a knife around the edge of each cookie before removing them from the muffin tin.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 198kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 171mgPotassium: 98mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 135IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 0.6mg

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  1. 5 stars
    These were soooo delicious! One recipe made me 24 mini cookies in the mini muffin tins and I also made 6 big plain cookies on a regular cookie sheet with the leftover dough. So in case anyone is wondering – This dough makes a fantastic stand-alone peanut butter cookie as well! I LOVE reeses so these are even yummier than the ones I’ve made in the past with the Hershey’s kiss in the middle. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!!

  2. 5 stars
    Growing up, my mom always made these and they were definitely one of my favorite treats! Have to make them ASAP!

  3. Thank you for sharing .. can you share some snacks and dessert ideas that peanut-free? My son just started going to school in peanut-free facility, so sadly we can’t bring anything with peanut.

    1. Yes, we have many treats and desserts without peanut butter. If you go to “recipes” you can filter through our recipes and find what you are looking for. Hope this helps!

  4. The Reeses aren't supposed to be chopped up. You can kind of flatten out the ball if needs be. The cookies are supposed to be pretty big, if you are worried about the cookies being too big you can just use the mini ones like in the picture. Good luck!!

  5. I am confused with the instructions on the regular sized Reese's Peanut Butter cups. Are they supposed to be chopped up? or is this recipe only supposed to make 8-9 cookies with 1 regular sized PB cup pressed into it? That brings up my next question – how big of balls are the cookies supposed to be?

  6. These ARE yummy! My Mother-in-law makes them in mini-muffin tins and they look so cute!

  7. these cookies are really fun when you make them in a mini muffin tin, it really concentrates the peanut butter cookie around the reese’s cup.

  8. 5 stars
    I have tried this cookie recipe and it is sooo good! My kids couldn’t stop eating them and my two year old ate 7 COOKIES at one time! Do you have any other cookie recipes?