Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies are a chewy peanut butter cookie cup with a chocolatey fudge filling. They are like a reverse Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup!
Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies
These Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies never last long in our family, due to the fact that everyone keeps sneaking into the kitchen to steal just one more. If you like peanut butter and chocolate you have got to try these. I am a big fan of peanut butter cookies but add some chocolate and I am in heaven. See for yourself! Try them once, and you’ll be hooked. They are the perfect blend of peanut butter and melt-in-your-mouth fudge. Plus, they look so cute! They make great little treats for parties or baby/bridal showers. Your guests will go crazy over them! Add some pizzazz by adding sprinkles or cookie crumbles to the top. They are the perfect little bite-sized treat!
More than one way to enjoy Fudge Cookies
This recipe for a peanut butter cookie is amazing in itself, but add the chocolate fudge center and it is over-the-top good. If you want to try some variations you can try substituting the chocolate fudge center for some different fillings like frosting in the center or a chewy caramel. We have also added chocolate candy in the center, like little peanut butter cups or Rolos.
Cookie Recipes
We have so many cookie recipes that we love in our family, it’s always hard to decide which one to make! If you are looking for more yummy cookie ideas be sure to check out our full list of cookies and cookie bars HERE.
Christmas Treats
I love all the yummy treats that our family makes around the Holidays. These Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies are just one of our favorite Christmas treats. Another favorite is the Super Easy See’s Fudge. You can find the list of all our favorite treats for Christmas HERE. It has some amazing sweets that are perfect for neighbor gifts and Holiday parties, like homemade caramels, peanut clusters, cinnamon almonds, german chocolate fudge, and peppermint bark brownies!
How to make Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Fudge Filling
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well.
- Chill for 1 hour. Shape into small balls. Place in lightly greased mini muffin tins. Bake at 325 for 14 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and immediately make "wells" in the center of each cookie (sometimes this will happen automatically) Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then carefully remove to wire rack.
Fudge Filling
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave by heating the chips in a microwaveable bowl for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue heating in 30 second increments until the chips are all melted.
- Stir in milk and vanilla. Mix well. Warm thoroughly.
- Put filling in zip-lock bag, cut the corner, and squeeze fill each cookie with fudge.
rookie cookie says
May 19, 2009 at 2:07 amSomeone submitted this recipe for my Cookie Makes a Comeback recipe blitz. Looks delightful!
Erica says
May 19, 2009 at 2:13 amHey Rookie Cookie! I love your website!!!! Thanks for the comment!
Jessica Menster says
September 27, 2014 at 3:19 pmThese look amazing- my son wants them for his birthday party! How many does this recipe make?
Emily says
October 2, 2014 at 9:18 amThis makes a pretty small batch. If you have more than 10 people coming I would double it.
Hattie says
November 17, 2015 at 4:53 pmCould you use Nutella to fill these instead of the choc. chip/condensed milk mixture?
Shelley says
December 14, 2016 at 12:52 amThat sounds like a great idea!
Susan Lambrix says
December 13, 2016 at 12:34 pmI have the same question as Hattie…………..the comment before mine. These look amazing!
Echo says
December 14, 2016 at 9:53 amYou could definitely fill them with Nutella. The consistency and taste of the filling will be obviously different, but they will taste great. I love Nutella!
Mary says
December 17, 2016 at 1:55 amI would love to buy a mixer like what you have. Can you tell me what brand of your mixer?
Echo says
December 17, 2016 at 12:24 pmIt is a Bosch mixer. I love it! You can sometimes find them at Costco. Bosch has stores throughout the United States or you can go to there website, bosch.com.
Beth Anne says
March 11, 2017 at 7:58 amSo glad u posted this. I have had mine for 33 yrs and need some replacements
Sandra says
December 17, 2016 at 9:42 pmMade these today and they turned out delicious.
Echo says
December 19, 2016 at 3:00 pmYay! So glad it was a successful recipe for you! 🙂
Amber says
December 18, 2016 at 3:30 pmHow many cookies are there in this one batch?
Echo says
December 19, 2016 at 2:57 pmThanks for asking, Amber. I get 48 cookies – or 2 mini muffin tins – of cookies from one recipe.
mary says
December 19, 2016 at 1:41 amThank you very much. I am going to make fudge puddles .
Echo says
December 19, 2016 at 2:48 pmYou will love them!
Teresa says
December 19, 2016 at 8:13 pmDo you use plain or self rising flour?
Echo says
December 20, 2016 at 7:45 amWe use white unbleached flour, not self-rising. Thanks for asking!
Vivie Cox says
December 20, 2016 at 8:17 amDo these have to be refrigerated because of condensed milk? I’ve alsways wondered about anything that has this ingredient and whether to leave in cookie jar or refrigerate.
Echo says
December 21, 2016 at 9:40 pmI have not kept them in the fridge. I’ve always left them out, but covered in an airtight container.
Sharon says
December 20, 2016 at 5:14 pmCan you use store bought peanut butter cookie dough for this recipe?
Echo says
December 21, 2016 at 9:27 pmYes, using store bought cookie dough would be an easy shortcut on this recipe.
Joyce says
December 21, 2016 at 2:40 pmDo these have to be refrigerated?
Echo says
December 21, 2016 at 9:22 pmNo, they do not need to be refrigerated. I do keep them covered though so they don’t dry out. Thanks for asking!
Sandra says
December 23, 2016 at 7:29 amHello,
I really want to make this recipe.. But since i`m dutch, i have to recalculate the cups into grams. That is no problem.. but what is the amount of the condensed milk? It says 1 can, but how much is that ?
Echo says
December 23, 2016 at 8:41 amHi Sandra, one can of condensed milk is 14 ounces or 396 grams. Thanks for asking!
Georgette says
March 12, 2017 at 8:07 pmWhat kind of mixer were you using. Mine broke and looking for a good one
Echo says
March 17, 2017 at 9:48 pmIt is a Bosch mixer and I LOVE it! I’ve had it for years and it has had A LOT of use. I’ve never had a problem with it. You can sometimes find them in Costco. Bosch also has kitchen stores across the U.S. and an online store.
Mary rafey says
May 4, 2017 at 9:25 amWhat kind of mixer is that you used. What is the brand name? Thanks so much
Emily says
May 13, 2017 at 7:34 pmThat is a Bosch Mixer – the new ones look a little different but they are awesome!
Here is a link: http://amzn.to/2qerJle (copy and paste the link to view)
Kandee says
November 6, 2017 at 11:30 amMaking these today! They look so yummy! Hopefully I will get back & post how they turned out. Thank you for this recipe.
Sarah e says
December 17, 2017 at 1:13 amSo the chocolate siezed up on me when I added the vanilla and milk. How do you avoid this? I ended up melting it all on the stove but then it was very hot when I went to pour into the bag and it got worse from there…bag was too hot to handle it was a mess…but we salvaged it all and they are yummy but I want to know where I went wrong cause I’m making more! Thanks.
Favorite Family Recipes says
December 18, 2017 at 9:43 amOh no! What a disaster! My guess is that the chocolate spent too much time in the microwave and got way too hot. You want to microwave it on a lower heat for like 30 seconds at a time until it is JUST melted. It only should take a couple times in the microwave to get it smooth and melted down. Any time you melt chocolate you want to do it low and slow. Using a double boiler helps with this too. Sorry, we should have been better at explaining this in the recipe!
Luisa says
March 13, 2018 at 7:43 pmThese look great.. I was wondering how long after assembling the cookies do they last for? EG do they still taste and look great after a week? I’d like to make ahead for a large party and didn’t really want to freeze them.
Favorite Family Recipes says
March 14, 2018 at 9:53 amThey usually taste best for up to 2-3 days. Freezing them does work but if you are against it, you can just make them a few days ahead. Hope this helps!
Gale says
October 30, 2018 at 7:57 amThere was a recipe similar to this one on Martha Stewarts show several years ago. However, she used a roll.pf peanut butter cookie dough and quartered the slices. Baked them in mini muffin tins and made an indention for the fudge when the cookies came out. Was a much needed time saver