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Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies are cute and delicious! The soft peanut butter cookie is rolled in sugar and the middle is filled with a chocolate filling you will love! #ChocolateGanache #PeanutButterCookies #ChocolatePeanutButterCookies #ThumbprintCookies #PeanutButterBlossoms

Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

A simple and delicious peanut butter cookie with a chocolate filling.

Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword Filled Cookies, Peanut Butter Blossoms, Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 36 Cookies
Author Sweeter With Sugar

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar for rolling
  • water bottle with lid or similar for creating a hole in cookies

Ganache Ingredients:

  • 4 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions

Cookie Instructions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 375°

  2. Place 3 tablespoon of sugar in a shallow bowl and set aside.

  3. In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine creamy peanut butter, softened butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, egg and milk. Mix until well combined and fluffy.

  4. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and mix.

  5. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until blended.

  6. Roll cookie dough into 36 equal sized balls-about 1 1/2 tablespoons each.

  7. Roll each cookie ball into the bowl with the 3 tablespoons of sugar.

  8. Place cookies on a large greased baking sheet or on a parchment paper covered baking sheet, about two inches apart.

  9. Bake in a 375° oven for about 8 minutes. Do not over bake. (ovens vary)

  10. Remove from the oven and press a hole/cavity into the middle of each cookie with the top of a water bottle. Allow 2-3 minutes to cool on the pan and then move to a cooling rack.

  11. When ganache and cookies have cooled, fill the center of each cookie with the ganache. Enjoy!

Ganache Instructions:

  1. While the cookies cool, place heavy whipping cream into a medium sized microwave safe bowl and heat until heavy whipping cream is hot and steamy but not boiling. Do not boil!

  2. Add chocolate chips to another heat safe bowl.

  3. When heavy whipping cream is steamy, slowly pour cream over chocolate chips to cover. Then, allow the chocolate chips and heavy cream to sit for 4 minutes.

  4. After the 4 minutes, stir cream and chocolate with a whisk. Stir slowly, in one direction, until chocolate has melted and is smooth, creamy and well blended.