Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Introducing a match made in dessert heaven: Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting. A delightful combination of chocolate cookies and a velvety peanut butter cream cheese frosting, these will make your taste buds sing.
These cookies are a delightful treat that strikes the perfect balance between rich chocolatey goodness and the creamy sweetness of peanut butter. With each bite, you’ll experience a harmony of flavors that will leave you wanting more. Get ready to indulge in the sheer deliciousness of these delightful cookies guaranteed to satisfy your cravings and make your taste buds smile.
Why You’ll Love These Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
In just about 30 minutes, you’ll have the absolute best chocolate cookies you can imagine! These are perfect for a party, event or just to indulge in by yourself (I won’t tell)! Here are some of the main reasons you’re going to love this recipe:
- Quick and easy to prep. This recipe only takes about 15 minutes to prep!
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter. If you’re a Reese’s fan, you’re going to LOVE these cookies! They combine the best of chocolate and peanut butter and create a flavor that you’ll be intensely addicted to in all the best ways.
Ingredients You Need To Make Chocolate Cookies
It’s time to get the cookie sheets out!
Cookies
- Butter. The butter helps make everything moist and drool-worthy.
- Sugar. You need that sweetness, don’t you!?
- Eggs.
- Vanilla.
- Baking Soda. This helps the cookies become soft and airy.
- Baking Powder. This helps the cookies rise!
- Arrowroot.
- Kosher Salt.
- Gluten Free 1.1 Flour.
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder. This is where we get the chocolate flavor from, so don’t leave it out!
- Chocolate Chips. Who said more chocolate was bad? Not me!
Frosting
- Cream Cheese.
- Vanilla.
- Powdered Sugar. This helps the frosting get light and fluffy.
- Peanut Butter.
How To Make Chocolate Cookies
These chocolate cookies use a lot of ingredients that you may already have on hand and comes together pretty quickly… let’s get started!
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Add the sugar and butter to a mixing bowl and mix for 5
minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla extract. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until incorporated.
3. Place in the fridge for 1 hr.
4. Remove and scoop equal size cookies onto the parchment paper. I used a 1 1/2 tbsp scoop, Space 2″ apart.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
6. Remove and let cool on the pan. Add the frosting on top and sere
How To Make Chocolate Cookies Dairy Free
Grab dairy free chocolate chips, and a dairy free butter alternative and you should be good to go!
Commonly Asked Questions
How long do Chocolate Cookies stay good for?
These can last in an airtight container for about a week. But, never fear, they won’t last that long!
How do you make Chocolate Cookies chewy?
This really boils down to how you bake your cookies! If you overcook them, they will be dried out so be sure to cook just enough so they are done, but not dry!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Whether you’re looking for a quick and easy treat or a crowd-pleasing dessert, these Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and leave a lasting impression on you and friends alike. With a simple list of ingredients you likely already have at home, these come together in a flash.
Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Equipment
- measuring spoon/cups
- 2 Cookie sheets
- Oven
Ingredients
Ingredients: Cookies
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp arrowroot sub cornstarch
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 2 cups Gluten Free 1.1 flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Ingredients : Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
Cookie Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Add the sugar and butter to a mixing bowl and mix for 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla extract.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until incorporated.
- Place in the fridge for 1 hr.
- Remove and scoop equal size cookies onto the parchment paper. I used a 1 1/2 tbsp scoop, Space 2″ apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove and let cool on the pan.
Frosting Instructions:
- Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix until smooth.
- Top cookies and sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Enjoy!