Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies On A Stick

There are so many things you can make on a stick! When choosing what my Instructable would be, I thought about what everyone's favorite flavor combination is. Chocolate and peanut butter came to my mind! I thought I could make a big crispy peanut butter cookie that would hold up on a stick. I wanted to fill it with chocolate to create a surprise inside! And how about drizzling it like a caramel apple? Yes! I had my idea. Here is how to make my Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies On A Stick!!!!

stand mixer

mini chopper

cereal size bowl

popsicle sticks

silicone scraper

tablespoon scoop

spoon

2 baking sheets

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened to room temperature

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 large egg, room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup roasted peanuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat softened butter and peanut butter until fluffy.

Hint:

If you forget to leave your butter out to soften, cut the butter into small pieces and it will soften in the bowl very quickly.

Add granulated sugar and light brown sugar; beat to combine.

Mix in egg and vanilla followed by the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Mix until blended. It comes together nicely.

Form a rough ball of cookie dough and place on a work surface.

Now cut the dough into 8 portions.

Roll each portion into a ball and then flatten. Place about a tablespoon chocolate chips in each center.

Enclose and cover the chips with dough, forming balls.

Use 2 silicone baking sheets or two rimmed baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Place 4 balls of dough onto each cookie sheet.

Center and push a stick into the bottom edge of each cookie.

Flatten each cookie so they are about 1/2-inch thick.

Bake the cookies at 325 degrees F. for 15 minutes. Rotate pans. Bake 10 minutes longer.

Remove from the oven. Let cookies cool completely on the pans.

Meanwhile, roughly chop the peanuts. I have a mini chopper which makes it very easy to do. Place the top on the chopper and hit the top over and over until the peanuts are finely chopped. You could also place the peanuts on a work surface and cut them up using a sharp knife.

When the cookies are completely cooled, place remaining chocolate chips in a microwaveable bowl. Microwave the chocolate at 100% power, stirring every 20 seconds, until it stirs smooth.

Using a spoon, drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooled cookies.

Sprinkle with the chopped peanuts.

Here are the finished cookies!

This recipe makes 8 large yummy cookies. If you would like, you can easily double the recipe. Your family and friends will love everything about these unique peanut butter cookies. They have a crispy texture, a chocolaty surprise inside and the chocolate drizzle with the peanuts on the outside make them very pretty and so very tasty! Plus the sticks stay firmly in the cookies while you eat them! So fun to serve and fun to eat, everyone will enjoy them!!!!