The BEST Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies

Created September 24, 2024

Plate of cookies baked in a muffin tin stuffed with peanut butter cups.

Peanut butter and chocolate. The original ideal flavor pairing. Something about these two tastes coming together just works. And when you bring it to life in a batch of oven-fresh cookies? It doesn’t get much better than that. All the best chocolate peanut butter cookie recipes are right here!

Who actually was the first person to combine chocolate and peanut butter? Was it some kind of culinary mad scientist? Or some forward-thinking mastermind who knew without a doubt that this would be the way of the future when it comes to desserts. Maybe it truly was an accident as some of the lore says. However it happened, we'd like to give the person who came up with this all-time classic flavor combination a great big thank you note. Because it's truly stood the test of time. When you add cookies into the mix—there's just nothing better.

October is National Cookie month. As if we needed an excuse to share our favorite peanut butter and chocolate cookie recipes! Every one of these chocolate/peanut butter recipes puts its own spin on the mix of peanut butter and chocolate, but they all give you what you’re looking for.

Start Simple

You know you can always trust Pillsbury to make it so easy to make something amazing come together. Some of our best peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies are also our simplest. You can start with the all-time classic: Quick Peanut Butter Blossoms. Sugar-coated peanut butter cookie dough topped with a smooth, creamy chocolate Hershey’s® Kiss® has been a mainstay in recipe books around the country for years, and for good reason. It’s just a few steps, and the results are simply spectacular.

For an even more effortless spin on the peanut butter and chocolate cookie recipe, try our 3-Ingredient Sheet-Pan Peanut Blossoms! All it takes is three ingredients, three steps, and just 10 minutes of prep to put it together. It’s one of our most hands-off chocolate and peanut butter recipes, but it still gives you a huge amount of flavor and cookie crunch in every bite-sized cookie bar.

Cookies on Cookies

What’s better than a cookie? Two cookies! We’ve got a variety of cookie sandwich recipes to double the deliciousness. Try Fudgy Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies and give your guests a symphony of sweetness in every bite. Soft, chewy peanut butter cookies, sandwiched around a rich, creamy peanut butter fudge, topped with a chocolate ganache; this is definitely one of the best peanut butter and chocolate cookies you’ll ever have—or should we say two of the best!

If you’re looking for a peanut butter and chocolate cookie recipe with a little chill to it, you can go for Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches. It’s a simple twist on the classic ice cream sandwich, blending chocolate, peanut butter, and vanilla ice cream into a delicious summer treat that’s sure to become a go-to recipe.

When Is a Cookie Not Quite a Cookie?

Who made the rule that a cookie can only take one form? These recipes think beyond the basic and stretch the limits, finding the very best peanut butter and chocolate cookies can be. If you really want to wow your guests, show up with a tray of Peanut Butter-Chocolate Truffles. These craveable, poppable cookie balls are our take on buckeye candies, using Pillsbury peanut butter cookie dough instead of having to make your own peanut butter candy.

Or what about a cookie pizza? You read that right! Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Pizza! Perfect for a crowd, this sweet pizza only takes 15 minutes of prep, but it’ll leave you and your guests smiling for hours.

Whatever kind of cookie you’re craving, our chocolate peanut butter recipes deliver. So explore the collection and make these cookie recipes your own!