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These Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches are moist, chewy chocolate pudding cookies full of chopped mini Reese’s. They are sandwiched around a delicious peanut butter cream cheese icing to make a wonderful cookie sandwich.
If you enjoy these cookie sandwiches, you should also try my Strawberry Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches or Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookies.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches
So my gym has a pretty sweet little media room. I know, a media room at a gym? What’s that like?
Well, they have a weekly schedule posted outside of the room that tells you which movie will be playing each day of the week. It’s one movie a day and it plays on repeat. The room is mostly dark, but you can still see what you’re doing. There’s bike machines, treadmills and ellipticals.
I have been excited to use that room ever since I joined the gym – a year ago. I finally used it for the first time last night.
Why did it take me so long? Well, partly because they don’t always play a movie that I really feel like watching. Also partly because I don’t just do cardio during my workout. I also use weights and machines. And often, I forget about the media room since it’s kind of in the back of the gym. I usually remember it when I’m going to do weights and by then my cardio is done.
But when I went to the gym earlier this week, I saw that Thursday was the movie Divergent. I knew at that moment that it would be the first time I used that room.
I did not want to go to the gym yesterday. One side of me tried so hard to give the other side a good reason to not bother. It’s so cold (like 18 degrees!)! I have things to do, things to bake. I have to walk the dogs (we are dog sitting my brother’s dog so there’s 2 of them right now). So many good reasons to drive right on by it on my way home. I literally drive RIGHT by it.
But I didn’t. I went. I needed to get more Fitbit steps. Then I got there and remembered Divergent! And I was so glad I didn’t drive past! I own the movie, but whatever.
I was pretty sore from my workout on Wednesday with lots of weight, so I planned on just doing cardio. So the cardio media room was just perfect for last night. And I walked into the room right around the part that starts to get interesting (capture the flag) and left when it started being less about Tris and Four and more about other things (the serum and taking down Abnegation).
Perfect. Just me, a treadmill and Four. Plus, like 6 or 7 other people. Bring it.
Of course then I came home and did another round of brownie baking and taste testing (recipe soon!) and the workout was a wash, but it’s gotta be done! Taste testing is a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
My small group was more than happy to be the taste testers of these chocolate cookie sandwiches. They were a big hit, but of course when is chocolate and peanut butter not a hit? I’ve had a few people ask when this recipe would finally be up on the blog so they could make them, so here it finally is.
The cookies are soft and chewy, with the help of a dry pudding mix. The chopped mini Reese’s are totally necessary, obviously. And the best way to make a peanut butter icing is with cream cheese. No joke, the icing was most peoples’ favorite part. Cream cheese + peanut butter = winning.
You know what else equals winning? Cookies + icing. They are just meant to be. Do it!!
More Reese’s Desserts You Might Like:
Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecakes
Reese’s Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies
Mini Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Trifles
Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Icebox Cake
Reese’s Chocolate Cookie Cups
Peanut Butter Reese’s Pieces Shortcake Bars
Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 7
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 18-20 Cookie Sandwiches
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches are moist, chewy chocolate pudding cookies full of chopped mini Reese’s. They are sandwiched around a delicious peanut butter cream cheese icing to make a wonderful cookie sandwich.
Ingredients
REESES CHOCOLATE COOKIES
- 3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3.4 oz package dry instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup mini Reeses, chopped
- 2–3 tsp milk
PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE ICING
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1–2 tbsp water or milk, if needed
Instructions
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 325
- Sugar: 35.8 g
- Sodium: 267.6 mg
- Fat: 12.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 51.5 g
- Protein: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 33.9 mg
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Enjoy!
I made these instead of frosting I used ice cream game changer 🙂
Glad you enjoyed them!
was going to make these for christmas, can make them and keep refrigerated? or should I freeze them? thanks
They should do just fine frozen.
Can these be made ahead of time?
Sure! They should be good for 3-4 days.
Hi Lindsay! These were AMAZING! I made them this weekend as a thank you gift for some friends and they absolutely loved them. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes…I have made several of your cookie/cupcake recipes with my 7 yr old niece (an aspiring baker) and every recipe has been AWESOME😊
So glad to hear that! Thanks Stacey!
I am in a high altitude area. Should I adjust for amounts/temp or time?
Possibly. I’m not really familiar with high altitude baking. I’m sorry.
I love peanut butter combination icing, but I have someone who is everything chocolate. How would you make a chocolate icing for these! Please?
I’d recommend this chocolate buttercream. https://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/chocolate-buttercream-frosting-recipe/
OH MY GOODNESS! These cookies are absolutely amazing and quite possibly the BEST cookie I have ever had! The cookie is moist and the peanut butter cream is sooo good!! I wasn’t excited at the thought of having to refrigerate them because I thought it might make the cookies hard but let me
tell ya, they are just as amazing straight out of the fridge! Thank you so much! It doesn’t get much better than this cookie right here.
Can I substitute peanut butter powder for the creamy peanut butter in the icing?
I haven’t tried it but I think that would be fine.
hey can you freeze these?!
That should be fine. Just wrap them well and thaw in the fridge.
Hello. We just made these. The directions don’t tell how to store them. With cream cheese….I’m feeling like put into the fridge….but then they will get hard!? :/
What do I do???
You can refrigerate them and then bring them to room temperature before serving.