Here’s a Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Cookies recipe 🍪🍫 — soft, rich, and great for baking with minimal fuss.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk)
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (unsweetened)
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make the base dough
- Cream butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients
- Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined.
- Create the chocolate swirl
- Divide dough in half.
- Mix cocoa powder and melted chocolate chips into one half.
- Swirl the doughs
- Take small scoops of each dough, gently twist together (don’t overmix).
- Bake
- Place dough balls on baking sheet, slightly flatten.
- Bake 9–11 minutes, until edges are set and centers are soft.
- Cool
- Let cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
Tips & Variations
- 🥜 Use chunky peanut butter for extra texture
- 🍫 Add chocolate chunks for gooier cookies
- 🧂 Sprinkle a little sea salt on top before baking
- ❄️ Dough freezes well for later baking
If you want, I can make this egg-free, gluten-free, or turn it into cookie bars instead.
