Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprises

Submitted by rbrynsaas

"Chewy chocolate cookie with peanut butter center. You definitely want to use the full 1 tsp of filling per cookie otherwise you won't be able to taste the "surprise". Prep time is chill time."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 17mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 doz

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup butter, room temp
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄4 cups brown sugar, divided
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter

directions

1. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda.
2. In separate bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and 1 cup of the brown sugar for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time until fully combined. Add vanilla and mix.
3. Gradually add in dry mix until fully combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Cover bowl and chill for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. In small bowl, stir together peanut butter and 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
6. Using 1 1/4" scoop, drop dough onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Make thumbprint in cookie and fill with 1 tsp of peanut butter mixture. Top with a second scoop of dough and mold over "surprise".
7. Bake until firm, about 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on sheet before removing.

Reviews

[Bri311]

These are some of my favorite cookies ever! I remember having them as a kid, and was excited to find the exact recipe online! If you are a choclate peanut butter fan, these cookies will make you drool while you make them. I love them for a treat for friends! The gooey peanut butter/brown sugar center is something I haven't seen in any other cookie! Yum!

 

[CarolAT]

Delicious cookies! I wanted to cut down on the calories a little bit so I used Splenda sugar blend and Splenda brown sugar blend in the recipe, and the cookies turned out great. Thanks for posting this tasty recipe. Adopted for PAC April 2008.

 

[jake ryleysmommy]

Made for PAC spring 2008. If you are a chocolate and peanut butter lover (like I am) then these cookies are for you!!!!! I absolutely love these cookies!! They are sinfully delicious, but don't look at the calories!!! They were a little more work then other cookies, but worth it. I followed the recipe, but did make a little extra peanut butter filling. They took about 14 minutes in my oven. These cookies are dessert worthy. I'm going to warm them up a bit and serve them with vanilla ice cream for dessert :) DELICIOUS!!