Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

"These cookies sound great. They have my two favorites chocolate and peanut butter, along with Reese's pieces, yum!"
 
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Ready In:
19mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
42 cookies
Serves:
21
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ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) package duncan hines moist deluxe devil's food cake mix
  • 34 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 cup Reese's pieces
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease baking sheets.
  • Combine, cake mix, peanut butter, eggs, and milk in a large bowl.
  • Beat at low speed with an electric mixer until blended.
  • Stir in Reese's pieces.
  • Drop dough by slightly rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake for 7-9 minutes, or until lightly browned.
  • Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets, then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.

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  1. Mmmmmmm these are yummy cookies! Packed full of peanut butter flavor but still get the taste of the chocolate. I did have to increase the milk by 1 tbls to make the batter soft enough before mixing in the chips. I mis-read your instructions and used Reeses Peanut Butter Chips instead of candies in the cookies and they are a great addition - still get the PB flavor! They do not spread (most cake mix cookies do not) but are soft in the center. Took 9 minutes for each batch to bake. Received 45 cookies from this batch. Made for the 8th Annual Photo Swap event in the Photo Forum. Thanks MM for a great keeper!
     
  2. This recipe has so much potential, as the flavor is great. Perfect balance of chocolate and peanut butter! I followed this recipe exact and the dough is extremely dry and crumbly. I actually had to knead in the candy with my hands and the dough still wouldn't hold together. I used a cookie scoop and the cookies didn't spread at all, so I ended up flattening the dough before baking subsequent sheets. I think this recipe needs additional moisture, whether that comes from more peanut butter and/or milk or adding oil or butter, I don't know. The end result was a dry but kind-of spongy cake-like texture that wasn't bad but wasn't what I expected. I love the small amount of ingredients and I would love to make these again with some modifications. Thanks for posting!
     
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  1. Mmmmmmm these are yummy cookies! Packed full of peanut butter flavor but still get the taste of the chocolate. I did have to increase the milk by 1 tbls to make the batter soft enough before mixing in the chips. I mis-read your instructions and used Reeses Peanut Butter Chips instead of candies in the cookies and they are a great addition - still get the PB flavor! They do not spread (most cake mix cookies do not) but are soft in the center. Took 9 minutes for each batch to bake. Received 45 cookies from this batch. Made for the 8th Annual Photo Swap event in the Photo Forum. Thanks MM for a great keeper!
     

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