Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
Easy chocolate peanut butter chunk cookies made with chocolate cake mix, a healthy dose of peanut butter, and studded with peanut butter chips.

Great things about these chocolate peanut butter chunk cookies:

  • I love that these cookies come together quickly and easily in one bowl with one spoon.  You can whip up a batch when you have unexpected guess or you for got you were supposed to bring treats to work tomorrow.
  • There are only 5 ingredients, because we use the chocolate cake mix to provide us with the flour and sugar and cocoa powder in one convenient package.
  • Because of the cake mix, they are moist and chewy cookies, a little bit like a cross between a cupcake and a traditional cookie.
  • They are sort of an inside out version of these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

Notes about chocolate cookies:

In my experience, it’s tricky to tell when a chocolate cookie is finished baking.  I typically rely on the browning of the bottom of the cookies to help determine when they are done, but that does not work for a chocolate cookie.  

For chocolate cookies, I rely on the look of the top, you want the top of the cookie to look mostly dry and a little bit cracked.  You don’t want it to be shiny on top.

 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 7 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 bag peanut butter chips

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheet with parchment.
  • In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, milk, peanut butter and eggs.  Stir until batter is thoroughly combined.  Fold in chocolate chips. 
  • Scoop by the tablespoonful onto a parchment lined/greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes. 
  • Allow to cool and enjoy. Preferably with a glass of milk.

I clearly have a deep passion for the chocolate and peanut butter combination.  If you’re as obsessed as I am, you might want to try my chocolate peanut butter buttercream, peanut butter pizza, and chocolate peanut butter mini cupcakes