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Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies

These triple chocolate cookies are perfectly rich and delicious, and the best part... they are packed with a surprise peanut butter filling! These are SO good that you would never guess that they are so simple to make. Give them a try today!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
  • cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted (2 ounces)
  • cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • cups white chocolate chips *reserve ½ cup for topping them after baking

For the Cookie Filling

  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter

Instructions
 

To prepare the peanut butter filling

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • Scoop 1-2 teaspoons of peanut butter and place on prepared cookie sheet (use your fingers or a spoon to shape it into a small round dollop).
  • Once you have created 24 dollops, place the cookie sheet in the freezer for at least 2 hours or until the peanut butter has frozen.

To make the cookies

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, shortening, butter and brown sugar on high for 1-2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
  • Add in milk, egg, vanilla extract and melted chocolate. Mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
  • In separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients together (flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt).
  • Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in 4 portions. Mix until combined
  • Using a wooden spoon, mix in the white chocolate chips. Reserve ½ cup of chocolate chips to top the cookies right after they come out of the oven.
  • Grease and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
  • Remove peanut butter dollops from the freezer.
  • Use a cookie dough scoop a spoon to scoop out a 1-inch dough ball. Then flatten the dough out and place a frozen peanut butter dollop in the center of the dough. Fold the dough over the peanut butter (ensure it is fully covered by cookie dough) and roll dough into a ball.
  • Place the dough balls on to baking sheet, leaving at least 1 inch in between each cookie.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies just begin to crack.
  • Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.