Just 4 ingredients and 15 minutes are all you need to make these Reese’s peanut butter cup cookies. They’re stuffed with a peanut butter cup, soft and chewy, completely flourless, and packed with peanut butter flavor. If you love peanut butter, you’ll love these!
I don’t know about you, but Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are one of my favorite treats—and they’re fantastic to bake with.
Today we’re turning that classic flavor into cookies: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies taste like a peanut butter cup in cookie form. They’ve become a favorite for several reasons:
- They’re flourless peanut butter cookies.
- They require only 4 ingredients.
- Only 3 ingredients if you don’t count the peanut butter cups.
- They take about 15 minutes to make.
- Each cookie is stuffed with a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
I was skeptical when I first saw three-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipes, but they’re surprisingly good. With just peanut butter, sugar, and an egg, you get soft, chewy cookies with big peanut butter flavor.
To take them up a notch, add miniature peanut butter cups—turning the recipe into a four-ingredient cookie. When the cookies come out of the oven, press an unwrapped mini Reese’s into the top of each one. It’s similar to a peanut butter blossom, but with even more peanut butter.
These are some of the easiest cookies to make, and they disappear fast. I usually have peanut butter, sugar, and an egg on hand, so it’s quick to grab a bag of mini Reese’s and bake them right away.
In about 15 minutes you’ll have warm, peanut butter bliss. These Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are irresistible for peanut butter fans.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
5 mins
8 mins
15 mins
16 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter, not natural
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 16 miniature peanut butter cups, unwrapped
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
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In a medium bowl, beat together the peanut butter, sugar, and egg until smooth and combined.
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Form the dough into balls about 1 to 1.5 tablespoons in size. Place them on a lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
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Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until the tops look almost set. Remove from the oven and gently press an unwrapped miniature peanut butter cup into the top of each cookie. Let cool slightly before serving.
Nutrition
If you love peanut butter cookies, try these other favorites:
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Chocolate Frosting