This peanut butter chocolate sandwich cookies recipe combines the best of two worlds: a soft peanut butter cookie and a fudgy filling.
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Ingredients
The peanut butter cookie dough is a fairly standard recipe. You will need the following ingredients:
- Unsalted butter at room temperature. This recipe uses the 'creaming' method to create the dough. Room temperature butter will enable the creaming process to work its magic!
- Granulated and brown sugar: light or dark brown sugar will work fine.
- Large egg: room temperature
- Peanut butter: creamy or chunky peanut butter will both work well in this recipe. Personally I prefer chunky to add a little texture to the cookie.
- All-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt (eliminate the salt if using salted butter).
The fudgy icing used for the filling in the peanut butter sandwich cookie is my favorite icing recipe! It isn't overly sweet and has a rich chocolate taste and color. This icing will take about an hour to set up to a spreadable consistency. To make the icing you will need the following ingredients:
- Bittersweet chocolate: 72% chocolate works nicely. Chop the chocolate into small pieces before pouring the hot cream over it. You may also use bittersweet chocolate chips in this recipe.
- Heavy cream
- Light corn syrup
- Unsalted butter: softened to room temperature
Cookie Sandwich Assembly
To assemble the peanut butter chocolate sandwich cookies simply follow the recipe below to make the cookies. Once the cookies are cool and the fudge icing has set to a spreadable consistency, you may fill the cookies.
Arrange half of the cookies on a sheet pan and place a tablespoon of fudge icing on the flat side of the cookie. Then place another cookie on top of the icing and press lightly.
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📋 Recipe
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- 2 Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
- Cookie Scoop or spoon for scooping cookies
- Bowls, measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookies
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- ½ Cup Light brown sugar
- ½ Cup Granulated sugar
- ½ Cup Creamy peanut butter
- 1 Large Egg, room temperature
- 1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
- ¾ teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
Fudge Filling
- 1 Cup Heavy cream
- ¼ Cup Light corn syrup
- 12 Ounces Bittersweet chocolate
- 6 Tablespoons Unsalted butter, room temperature
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃)
- Prepare 2 baking sheets by lining with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, begin creaming the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy (2 - 4 minutes on medium speed). Scrape the bowl as needed.
- Add the egg to the bowl and mix on medium speed until incorporated. Scrape the bowl as needed.
- Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until combined.
- Scoop 1 ½ tablespoon of the dough using a cookie scoop or spoon.
- Place onto prepared baking pans leaving approximately 2 inches of space between each cookie.
- Using your palm or the bottom of a round drinking glass, flatten the cookie slightly.
- Bake cookies for 10 - 12 minutes.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Fudge Filling
- Combine chocolate and butter in a heat-proof bowl.
- Bring heavy cream and corn syrup to a simmer and pour over chocolate and butter. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- Stir mixture until chocolate and butter are melted. If not melted completely, heat for 15 second bursts in microwave, stirring between each heating.
- Set bowl aside until fudge filling sets up (approximately 1 hour at room temperature)
Assembling Cookies
- Arrange the cookies in pairs by matching up similar sized cookies.
- Pipe or spoon approximately 1 tablespoon fudge filling onto the flat side of half of the cookies.
- Sandwich with the remaining cookies and gently press until the filling reaches the edges.
Video
Maryanne says
These peanut butter chocolate sandwich cookies are to die for. Anything with peanut butter wins me over very easily. Thank you for the easy to follow recipe and, as always, excellent video.
dessertswithstephanie says
Thank you, Maryanne, for stopping by and leaving your thoughts on the recipe!
Sharonda says
My husband loves peanut butter cookies, but we can never find the "perfect" one in the stores, thanks so much for this recipe.
TAYLER ROSS says
This was such a fun way to enjoy a peanut butter cookie! I made these over the weekend for a party and everyone loved them!
dessertswithstephanie says
So happy to hear this! Thank you for the feedback.
Amy says
Chocolate and peanut butter is such a winning combination and that filling is just to die for!
Seema Sriram says
the is the best scrumptious peanut butter cookie sandwich i have ever made, so tasty and with chocolate in between yumm.
Lesa says
I can't get enough of this recipe. So mouthwatering
dessertswithstephanie says
LOL - I feel the same way about these cookies. Thanks for letting me know.
Fransic verso says
These are great cookies, love the idea of stuffing it with chocolate to make it a sandwich. Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe.
dessertswithstephanie says
Fransic, Thank you for your review. These cookies are a fav in my household.
Stephanie says
My peanut butter-loving husband devoured these! He said the mix of chocolate and pb was perfect.
dessertswithstephanie says
LOL - sounds like my husband is related to yours! Thank you for the review.
Beth says
Chocolate and peanut butter come together in these decadent, chocolate-dipped Sandwich Cookies!
dessertswithstephanie says
Thank you for stopping by and leaving some feedback on the cookies.
Debbie says
This peanut butter chocolate sandwich cookie recipe is everything I love - combined into once delicious cookie! The rich fudge sandwich filling takes this recipe to the next level! Great instructions on making this treat!