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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches

Who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate? The best cookie sandwiches you'll ever eat!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 15 cookies
Calories: 362 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cookies:
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup peanut butter chips
Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting:
  • 6 tablespoons butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter heaping
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

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  1. For cookies:
  2. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 
  3. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with electric hand mixer, cream butter with sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Blend until smooth.
  4. Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture. , will be dark and thick.
  5. By hand, fold in peanut butter chips. If you do this with the electric mixer, the chips with break into smaller pieces because the dough is so dense. 
  6. Divide dough in half. Form each half into a log about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Roll in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. 
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove cookie dough from plastic wrap and slice into 1/2 inch thick medallions. Place on am insulted cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. 
  8. Bake for 10 minutes. They might look slightly undercooked, but will harden up while cooling. 
  9. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough.
  10. Allow cookies to fully cool. 
  11. For Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting:
  12. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with electric hand mixer whip butter until pale and fluffy. Add peanut butter, incorporating fully. 
  13. Add powdered sugar. Mixture will be dry and grainy. 
  14. Add milk and vanilla, beating until smooth. 
  15. Place heaping tablespoons of creamy peanut butter frosting on the inside of one cookie and top with another to form a cookie sandwich. 
  16. If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was! 

Nutrition Information

Calories 362kcal (18%) Carbohydrates 45g (15%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 19g (29%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Cholesterol 41mg (14%) Sodium 221mg (9%) Potassium 139mg (4%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 33g (66%) Vitamin A 345IU (7%) Calcium 19mg (2%) Iron 1.5mg (8%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 15cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 362

% Daily Value*

Calories 362kcal 18%
Carbohydrates 45g 15%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Cholesterol 41mg 14%
Sodium 221mg 9%
Potassium 139mg 3%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 33g 66%
Vitamin A 345IU 7%
Calcium 19mg 2%
Iron 1.5mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.