Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Two long-time reviewers told me, “These are the best cookies you’ve ever made.” And as much as I would like to be humble, they’re right. These dark chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies are fire and their success is partly due to a snafu with the pantry.

If you’ve been following us for a minute, you’ll know how much I love peanut butter. These peanut butter cookies are one of my favorites and I frequently make them with dark chocolate. But I thought, let’s switch it up. Let’s make dark chocolate chip cookies and add in peanut butter chips. Sometimes you don’t want the whole peanut butter flavor and just want a little pocket of peanut butter flavor.

Making these dark chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies

The only peanut butter chips I can find (and trust) is Reese’s. Trust, not an ad. Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut cups are a close second, but those Reese’s are number one in my heart.

While I was making these for the second time (because you only use a half bag of the ‘chips’), I realized too late I did not have any more vanilla. My heart stopped because I had just gone grocery shopping and I really wanted to make cookies.

I turned to my friend, Google, and searched for what could be a good substitute. There were a few options, but nothing stuck out as being in my pantry. Then I saw it. Maple syrup. This is a like a 50/50 pantry staple for some folks. For a kid from New England, there’s always a bottle of maple syrup hanging around.

I needed to vet this. Maple syrup was one of the highest rated substitutions for vanilla in baked goods. The warm and mellow notes of the maple syrup mimic vanilla’s once baked. And to be honest, I really don’t taste any maple flavor in the cookies. For the vanilla substitution, all you need to do is replace it with maple syrup, same quantity. If the recipe calls for one teaspoon of vanilla, replace with one teaspoon of maple syrup.

I was shocked these didn’t taste like maple cookies. They were really good. In last two months, I’ve made these four times! Please let me know if you make these!

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Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

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Dessert

By Lilies and Loafers – Serves: 10-12 Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 10 minutes – Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 6oz dark chocolate chips (1/2 bag)
• 6oz peanut butter chips (1/2 bag)
• 1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 6 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp maple syrup

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2

In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips.

3

In a large bowl or Kitchen Aid stand, beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until smooth (2 minutes).

4

Add the egg and maple syrup. Continue to stir until blended.

5

Gradually add the flour/chocolate chip mixture and mix just until incorporated.

6

Using a large ice cream scoop, drop the dough onto the baking sheets. We can fit about 6 large cookies on one sheet.

7

Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes (+/-). The edges should be slightly browned.

8

Once you take the cookies out of the oven, let cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Every oven is different. My last oven baked cookies in about 8 minutes. My current oven is more like 10-12 minutes. Just watch the cookies and as soon as you see some golden brown tops, take them out!