Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese’s Cups
Slightly chewy, slightly crispy, and no butter, oil, or flour – just pure peanut butter and chocolate in every bite. Plus, you need one bowl and one whisk and these warm cookies are ready in less than 20 minutes.
The texture of these cookies is amazing. I used both white and brown sugar because brown sugar adds chewiness and granulated sugar provides crispness. The sugars work together to create a magical textural experience.
I used good-quality, all natural peanut butter, so the cookies actually taste like peanut butter, not sugar. I encourage you to do the same.
The Reese’s Cups on top are so fun! Like thumbprint cookies, the candy is nestled into the dough just before baking. As you bite in, the chocolate melts in your mouth and melds with the candy’s peanut butter filling and the peanut butter cookie… You can’t stop at one. Nor should you.
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese’s Cups
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup peanut butter, preferably all natural
- 24-30 mini Reese’s Cups
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper (this recipe makes 24-30 cookies).
- In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and baking soda. Whisk until blended and smooth. Whisk in the peanut butter until smooth.
- Using your hands, shape the dough into 24 to 30 balls (you can’t go wrong here so don’t go crazy counting…). Arrange the balls on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart, and press down slightly (just a little, not enough to squish the ball, just about 1/8-inch of a “press”).
- Press a mini Reese’s Cup into the center of each cookie, about halfway inserted.
- Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, until the edges of the cookies just start to turn golden brown.
- Cool the cookies, on the baking sheets, on wire racks. Serve warm, room temperature, cold, whatever. They’re amazing no matter what. Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.