Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Piece Cookies

These delicious dark chocolate peanut butter piece cookies are delicious and filled with spooky Halloween fun. With the black cocoa and the orange and yellow peanut butter pieces, you will feel right in the spirit of the season.

These cookies are fudgy and have just the right amount of chocolate. I mean honestly, is there a wrong amount of chocolate other than none? Make these cookies and get the season started off right.

Ingredients you will need

• Softened butter – using any butter alternative would be ok, the flavor may change depending on what you use.
• Brown sugar – adds sweetness and chewiness to the cookie
• Granulated sugar – adds sweet to the cookie
• Eggs – brings the ingredients together
• Vanilla – adds flavor
• Flour – is the bulk of the cookie, you could possible use flour alternatives. if you do please comment and let me know how it goes.
• Black cocoa powder – also known as Dutch process cocoa, very dark and adds the black color and dark chocolate taste to the cookie.
• Baking soda – added to help the cookie rise
• Baking powder – adds a light airiness to the cookie
• Kosher salt – always add salt to your baked goods, brings out the flavor of everything.
• Chocolate chips – I used semi sweet but you can use any kind you wish.
• Peanut butter pieces – or any candy coated chocolate.

How to make dark chocolate peanut butter piece cookies

1. Pre heat oven

Pre heat oven to 350°f. Do not bake cookies in an oven that is not yet at the right temperature.

2. Cream

In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Make sure your butter is at room temperature to make the creaming process a lot easier.

whip in eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix dry ingredients

add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder to a separate bowl and whisk until everything is all combined. You can use regular cocoa powder but you wont get the dark chocolate taste and it wont get as dark in color but it will taste just as good.

add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the stand mixer and begin on a slow speed to combine. keep mixing until everything is well combined.

4. Add chips

add chocolate chips and peanut butter pieces and mix just until combined do not over mix or you risk breaking the pieces too much.

5. Scoop the cookies

spoon cookies on a prepared baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat. using a cookie scoop or a spoon. drop cookies with enough space for spreading. Add some extra peanut butter pieces to the top to ensure you can see the color after baking.

6. Bake

bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until the cookie is no longer shiny in the middle and is fully matt.

7. Chill

Cool on the baking pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. Allowing them to cool on the tray lets them cook just a bit more and helps make an extra chewy cookie.