Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies
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Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies are soft with a chewy texture loaded with peanut butter candies, 15-minute prep time, and no chilling required!
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Reese's Pieces cookies are definitely the next level up and a favorite with peanut butter lovers from my 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies. Enjoy them warm from the oven for a delicious treat!
Why this recipe works
These cookies are easy to make loaded with peanut butter flavor and no chill time is required, just mix, roll balls, and bake like my Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Ingredients needed
Notes
- Butter: Room temperature butter.
- Sugar: Uses both white sugar and brown sugar
- Peanut Butter: Use a creamy peanut butter like Skippy or JIF!
- Flour: All-purpose flour
- Reese's Pieces: I used mini Reeses Pieces but sometimes they are hard to find the regular size will work just fine.
How to make these chewy peanut butter cookies
- Step 1: In a medium bowl add the dry ingredients and whisk together.
Step 2: In a large bowl add the softened butter, and sugars and mix together with an electric mixer.
- Step 3: Add in the peanut butter until mixed.
- Step 4: Add in the eggs and vanilla until mixed.
- Step 5: Scoop up the cookie dough balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place some extra Reese's pieces on top of the cookies and gently press them down a bit.
- Step 6: Bake the cookies in a preheated oven until golden brown.
Recipe tips
- Spoon and level the flour into the measuring cup. Scooping it directly compresses the flour into the cups and the dough will be dry.
- Don't overbake! They will continue to bake on the baking sheet as they cool.
- Make sure you use creamy peanut butter, not natural peanut butter.
- Add in some peanut butter chips for an extra yummy treat!
Recipe Faq's
Nope, no need to chill the dough, just roll into balls and bake!
Yes, you can. Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator until ready to bake. Bring the cookie dough to room temperature for 15-20 minutes, then bake.
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Place a slice of bread in the container to improve the freshness of the cookies.
Place your dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place in the freezer to flash freeze for 1-2 hours. Then place the balls of dough in a large ziplock freezer bag or freezer-safe container. To bake, place the cookie dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let it set while the oven is preheating, then bake.
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Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Spooned and levelled see notes
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups Reese's pieces divided
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.
- In a large bowl add the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar, and using a hand mixer beat them together until combined.
- Add in the peanut butter and mix.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Fold in 1 cup of the Reese's pieces candies until conbimed.
- Scoop 3 tablespoons of cookie dough up and roll them into balls and place them on the baking sheet. Add a few extra candies on top and gently press down on the cookie.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes, remove from the oven and let cool for 2-3 minutes. They will continue to bake while they cool.
I do not bake cookies often, and I have never made peanut butter cookies previously. While the recipe itself is quite easy, the preparation does take a bit of time and organization. I also ended up using a 2 Tbsp size scooper, which resulted in 38 cookies. But that size was good for me. I also partially pressed down the dough balls with the bottom of a drinking glass or the palm of my hand, which helped in the placement of the Reese's Pieces. Finally, I found that my bake time was closer to 10.5 min, which could be due to my oven. I used the appearance of the crevices in the top of the cookies, typical of peanut butter cookies, as a guide for judging doneness.
Yay Maggie, we love those cookies too! Thanks for the great review 🙂
Just finished baking these and omg are they delicious! Not overly sweet and the perfect peanut butter taste, with the subtle crunch from the Reese’s. I used salted butter and didn’t add any extra salt. Also I made them half the size, 1.5 tbs, opted out of the extra candy pieces on top and instead pressed them down with a fork before baking for 7 minutes. Turned out perfectly! Definitely saving this recipe, thank you for sharing!
Fantastic Kim so happy they were a hit. I love keeping the dough balls in the freezer 🙂
I tried this recipe last weekend. I had been buying cookies from Walmart with Reese‘s pieces in it and they were addicting, but then they stopped making them - I found your recipe and they came out. Awesome I’m making another batch this weekend even took some to work with me and everyone loved them!!! our oven is weird. Doesn’t keep temperature, but I cooked them about 11 minutes but as soon as they started to brown a little bit I took them out and it was perfect.
Did you make each cookie about 3 tablespoons? And bake for 8-9 minutes? If they aren't chewy and soft then they were more then likely baked to long or were much smaller then the recipe calls for.
They didn't turn out the best for me. They're edible, but they aren't chewy and soft. I'd rate it a 6/10.
Yay, glad you enjoyed them thanks for the great review 🙂
Amazing recipe !! Sometimes PB cookies can come out to dry and hard once they cool but these stayed moist and soft even days later!
These peanut butter cookies turned out so delicious! I couldn't find mini candies so I used the regular Reese's pieces and they turned out fine. Definitely adding these to my holiday baking.