Chocolate Reese's Pieces Cookies are big chewy chocolate cookies loaded with mini peanut butter Reese's pieces. This recipe requires no chilling and is easy to create. The perfect chocolate and peanut butter cookie combination.
They are a year round type of cookie but I love how they almost look Halloween themed thanks to the chocolate cookie and colours of the Reese's Pieces.
Why You'll Love These Cookies
Easy to make. This recipe comes together in 10 minutes and there is no chilling required.
Chewy texture. These are some BIG cookies and they have that perfect chewy cookie texture mixed with the crunchiness of the reese's pieces candies.
Taste amazing. If you have chocolate and peanut butter these cookies are for you! I love the combination of these two flavours.
INGREDIENTS
- Butter- The recipes uses salted butter.
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Eggs- The recipe uses one whole large egg and 1 large egg yolk.
- Vanilla extract
- Cocoa powder- I used black coca powder.
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Flour- All purpose flour works best.
- Reese's Pieces Candies- I use the mini version.
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Start by preheating the oven to 350 F and lining baking trays with parchment paper.
In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. You want to do this for a good 5 minutes.
Add in vanilla, egg, and egg yolk. Beat until mixture is well combined.
In a second bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Add dry ingredients into wet and mix until just combined.
Fold in the Reese's Pieces candies.
Scoop 3 tbsp sized balls of cookie dough and place on the lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
Top cookie dough balls with extra Reeses Pieces candies.
Bake cookies for 11 minutes or until the tops no longer look wet. The cookies will look a little underdone.
Let fully cool on the baking pan before moving and the residual heat will continue to cook the cookies.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
STORING THE COOKIES
These cookies should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container. Cookies keep well up to 5 days after baking.
WHERE CAN I GET BLACK COCOA POWDER?
I live in Ontario, Canada and I got mine for the Bulk Barn store. I believe it can also be purchased on Amazon.
CAN I MAKE THE COOKIES SMALLER?
Yes you can. For smaller cookies scoop 1.5 tbsp worth of dough. Bake for around 8 minutes or until the tops no longer look wet.
WHAT DOES SPOONED AND LEVELLED FLOUR MEAN?
Spooned and levelled flour refers to the way of measuring flour. To properly measure flour you should scoop spoonfuls of flour into your measuring cup and then scrape with a knife to level off the access.
Scooping the measuring cup directly into your flour cause the flour to compress and getting more than the recipe calls for.
HOW TO GET PERFECTLY ROUND COOKIES
As soon as the baked cookies are pulled from the oven place a round cookie cutter (a little bit large than the cookies) around the cookies and gently swirl it around. This will give your cookie a round shape. If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can use a glass or a jar lid.
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Chocolate Reese's Pieces Cookies
Equipment
- large and medium mixing bowls
- baking sheets
Ingredients
- 1/2 C salted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/2 C white sugar
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 & 1/4 C all purpose flour spooned and levelled*
- 1/4 C cocoa powder I used black cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C mini Reeses Pieces candies
- 1/4 C mini Reeses Pieces candies for decorating the top of the cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. You want to do this for a good 5 minutes.1/2 C salted butter, 1/2 C brown sugar, 1/2 C white sugar
- Add in vanilla, egg, and egg yolk. Beat until mixture is well combined.1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- In a second bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.1 & 1/4 C all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 C cocoa powder
- Add dry ingredients into wet and mix until just combined.
- Fold in the mini Reeses Pieces candies.1 C mini Reeses Pieces candies
- Scoop 3 tbsp sized balls of cookie dough and place on the lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Top cookie dough balls with extra Reeses Pieces candies.1/4 C mini Reeses Pieces candies
- Bake cookies for 11 minutes or until the tops no longer look wet. The cookies will look a little underdone. Let fully cool on the baking pan before moving and the residual heat will continue to cook the cookies.
Notes
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