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Chocolate Chunk and Peanut Butter Cookies on a white board with a little bowl filled with peanut butter next to it.

Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Cookies

Sarah Sears
Only a few ingredients are need to make these moorish chocolate chunk peanut butter cookies! I love how the mixture can be prepared ahead of time.
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course snacks
Servings 20 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g 1 cup Peanut Butter (smooth or crunchy)
  • 100 g ½ cup castor sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 60 g Chocolate chopped (or chocolate drops)
  • Optional: 2 teaspoons vanilla ¼ chopped peanuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 160C (325F) and line a tray with baking paper
  • Mix peanut butter, sugar and egg (and vanilla if using) until well blended. Stir in chocolate (and peanuts if using). Refrigerate for 30 minutes (optional).
  • Roll mixture into 20 balls and place on tray 2 inches apart. Flatten each ball by using a fork to make a criss-cross pattern.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Leave for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Keyword chocolate, cookies, peanut butter