Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Cookies
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These double chocolate cookies are loaded with peanut butter, peanut butter chips, and chocolate chips. If that isn’t enough, they’re also stuffed with chocolate caramels. Your favorite DREYER’S Candy Ice Cream in cookie form. 🙂
If there’s one thing I like better than cookies, it’s cookies accompanied by a giant bowl of ice cream. Just keepin’ it real, guys. Cookies and ice cream go together better than cookies and milk, in my opinion (ice cream is just a thicker, creamier version of milk, right?? 😉 ).
Now, you learn a lot of things in college, like how to co-exist with 30 other girls in a dorm, or that waking up 21 minutes before class is enough time to get ready, grab a cup of coffee, and get to class on time, but waking up 20 minutes before is too late. Or, that when you’ve had a particularly rough day and you’re fresh out of clean spoons, cookies can scoop ice cream like nobody’s business.
These thick, rich, and chewy double chocolate peanut butter caramel stuffed cookies can moonlight as an ice cream scoop any day, in my book.
These chocolatey cookies are loosely based off of two DREYER’S Candy Ice Creams:
DREYER’S Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and DREYER’S BabyRuth Ice Cream.
Cookies and ice cream were made for summer celebrations, because, let’s be honest here, it’s always a celebration when cookies and ice cream are involved.
Plus, I’m always a sucker for fun, unique ice cream flavors. Don’t get me wrong, I love a basic, classic flavor as much as the next person, but, when DREYER’S offers Candy Ice Cream flavors like these, game over.
I’m on a mission to try them all. Who’s with me?! (Don’t make me go on this journey alone…)
Spoons and bowls optional. 😉
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp espresso powder
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup mini peanut butter cups
- 12-14 chocolate coated caramel candies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and peanut butter until well incorporated. Add in brown sugar and white sugar; cream. Beat in the egg, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Lastly, add in vanilla extract and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and espresso powder. Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Dough will be thick.
- Once combined, add in milk, beginning with 2 Tbsp. If the dough still seems extra thick, add in the last Tbsp.
- Add in 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup peanut butter cups; mix.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes (it makes it easier to handle when stuffing with the caramel candies).
- Place 1 Tbsp of dough in the palm of your hand, and flatten slightly (like pictured above). Place a caramel candy in the center, and cover with another 1 Tbsp of dough, and roll into a ball.
- Place the dough evenly on a cookie sheet, about 6 per tray.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes, or until the tops of the cookies look firm.
- Enjoy with DREYER'S Candy Ice Cream!
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
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I’m a self-taught baker who truly believes it’s impossible to be upset when eating dessert. It’s my life’s goal to bake everyone happy!
If I’m not baking, I’m probably reading a good book with a cup a coffee in hand.
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Love that cute bowl that your icecream is in! These cookies look delicious!
Wow, what delicious flavors!! Cookies are my weakness 🙂
Mmmm, yes. I love to sandwich a scoop of ice cream between two cookies still warm from the oven. Bliss!
You have hit my three favorites in this cookie, chocolate, peanut butter and caramel, YUM! Plus, the cookies themselves look perfect. Your picture capture them perfectly. Great job!
Wow! These cookies look incredible. I would sure love a few of them with my tea this afternoon.
A cookie as a spoon when eating ice-cream? You’re talking my language!!!
Had to laugh at your 21 minutes routine before class. College years do teach us a lot outside the class 🙂
These will seriously become a favorite at my house. Thanks for the recipe. Can’t wait to make them!
Oh man these cookies with a side of ice cream would make my summer dessert cravings!