Lately I’ve been pretty much in love with dipping cookies in chocolate. Or maybe just chocolate in general.
Did you guys see this recipe over on Cup of Jo the other day? I was so excited to contribute to her chocolate series because I knew exactly what I was going to bake up. I mean what could be better than incredibly soft and chewy peanut butter cookies dunked in chocolate and topped with salty pretzels and sweet toffee pieces?
I think I’m going to bake them again today for a Christmas party I’ll be attending. Cookies count as presents you know. They’re baked with love.
Something you should probably know: They’re downright addicting. In fact, they’re unlike any other peanut butter cookie you’ve ever tasted. If the instructions are followed correctly, you’ll end up with soft and chewy peanut butter cookies. And they’ll continue to stay soft for days (like they’ll even last that long anyway)!
A few secret ingredients help the peanut butter cookies bake up beautifully: dark brown sugar, honey and sour cream. The dark brown sugar adds an essential chew to the cookies, the honey provides just a slight bit of unique flavor and helps the cookies react to the baking soda and lastly, the sour cream provides additional moisture to keep the cookies soft.
But, why stop there? Dip these babies in a little melted chocolate then adore them with a sprinkle of salty pretzels and sweet toffee. Come on, I know I have some peanut butter lovers out there. I made this one just for you!
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More holiday cookies recipes to try:
Chocolate Dipped Brown Butter Tahini Cookies
Old Fashioned Iced Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies
The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ll Ever Eat
White Chocolate-Dipped Brown Butter Ginger Cookies with Pistachios
Soft Almond Flour Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Buttercream
Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies with Toffee & Crushed Pretzels
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup all natural creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar (light will also work just fine)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 tablespoon sour cream or plain greek yogurt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- ½ cup crushed pretzel
- ½ cup toffee pieces
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, add in peanut butter, softened butter and brown sugar; mix on medium low until well combined.
- Switch mixer to low speed; add in egg, vanilla extract, honey and sour cream and beat 1 minute or until well combined, smooth and creamy. Slowly add in dry ingredients, increasing speed to medium low; mix until just combined.
- Grab a tablespoonful of dough and roll into a ball with your hands. You can also use a small cookie scoop if you have this available. Place dough on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving 2 inches apart between each dough ball. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack. This allows them to set up a bit and harden slightly around the edges. Repeat with remaining dough.
In a small bowl, mix crushed pretzels and toffee pieces. Once cookies are completely cooled, you can prepare the chocolate.
First line two baking sheets with wax paper. Next, add chocolate chips and coconut oil to small pot and place over low heat. Watch carefully and stir often until chocolate is completely melted.
- Dip each peanut butter cookie in chocolate then sprinkle with toffee-preztel mixture; place on wax paper and repeat with remaining cookies. The chocolate should set up within 30 minutes, but if you want to speed up the process, just place the baking sheet in the fridge for about 5 minutes
- Cookies will keep for 3-5 days if stored in an airtight container.
27 comments
Dipping cookies in chocolate makes everything better. I love these!
Loving these shots. I think we should make these when I come to town 🙂
Monique!! You never cease to amaze me with your amazing cookie creations! Peanut butter & toffee?! You are so speaking my language here 🙂 And I am SO adding this to my holiday baking list. P.S. These photos are gorgeous!
Absolutely awesome cookies, Monique, wow!
These sound delicious! I love the sweet + salty combo!
Okay, so I absolutely love this recipe…it’s everything I like. I’m definitely going to bake these.
I just rediscovered my love for pretzels a few weeks ago, dipped in hummus. But pairing them with a sweet cookie? Ohhh yes. So much yum going on!! Love the addition of molasses to.. that’s one of my favorite ingredients!
Hi Leigha! There isn’t any molasses in these cookies, just didn’t want to confuse you! But there is honey! 🙂
These are my kind of cookie!!! Adding the salty pretzels is genius!
oh heavens to betsy—these cookies are unbelievably AMAZING!!!
These are delicious! Love the crunch and the salty, nutty taste. These are perfect. Just made them for a family dinner at my house tonight. Can’t wait to hear their reactions 🙂
I need a whole batch of these STAT!
These look incredible!
These cookies look insanely awesome! What a great flavor and texture combination!
This is definitely a cookie that pleases the masses! Made them for my coworkers and they devoured them. I happened to have a bourbon toffee that made them extra special. My cookies were just a bit soft to hold the toppings, but I made note to bake for the higher time and those were perfect! Recipe is wonderful as is, thank you (from me and my coworkers)!!!
Incase this helps anyone… I forgot to get sour cream or greek yogurt so I substituted the same amount of cream cheese and they came out great!
Hi! These cookies are perfect for my SO- but he HATES coconut – any substitution for the coconut oil??
You can use butter!
Thank you!!
Do you think these will freeze well? I’m making things ahead for a Christmas party. 😊
I haven’t tried it but I think they should!
These are so delicious! One question, is it normal that my dough was super sticky, like not firm at all? I added a bit more flour and then still refrigerated for just a bit…they turned out great still I’m just wondering if I did something wrong?
It was probably due to the peanut butter brand you were using, it could have just been more oily! Good call on adding a little more flour 🙂 My dough is never overly sticky, so I’m guessing the PB was the problem.
Made these for Thanksgiving. My family loved them!
Love it!!
So hubby seemed to have a hankering for something sweet in cookie form, and I was out of chocolate chips. I decided I’d do a peanut butter cookie instead, and when I saw these remembered we have some amazing toffee hiding out in the freezer. Instead of dipping the cookies, I just crushed up the toffee with my rolling pin and added it into the dough in the last step before rolling/baking. I used a medium cookie scoop and just watched them until they started to brown since my cookies were a bit bigger than the recipe called for. Holy smokes, they are AMAZING! The perfect texture and flavor, and the melted, chewy toffee put them over the top delish. Thank you for so many incredible recipes, I’ve yet to find one I haven’t loved!
Love it! That sounds amazing! Hope you keep finding recipes here that you love 🙂