Decadent, almost brownie like, chocolate cookies are studded with peanut butter chips before being stuffed with a rich, cheesecake filling. These Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are sure to disappear from your cookie jar at record speed.
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If there’s one thing I love doing on a Sunday afternoon after church and while the menagerie is resting or taking naps, it’s filling our cookie jar for the week with a new batch of cookies. Sure there’s the usual chocolate chip variety and I’ll also take requests from the rest of the family, but sometimes I just want to make what I’m craving. Because what mama wants has to count for something sometimes, right? And that’s exactly what happened when I created these indulgent Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.
I’m not one for high maintenance cookies. I don’t want to wait while the batter chills, I don’t want to use cutters, I don’t want to get out my rolling pin. You see, I’m all about instant gratification. Mix batter, slide it into the oven and then into my belly it goes. That’s the way I like my cookies! Although these cookies require a few minutes of extra effort, the end result is absolutely worth it. These Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies will likely have those that give them a try look at you in awe as well wondering just how you got that cheesecake into each cookie. There’s no need to tell them just how easy it is!
Decadent, almost brownie like, chocolate cookies are studded with peanut butter chips before being stuffed with a rich, cheesecake filling. These Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are sure to disappear from your cookie jar at record speed.
They’re also the perfect additional to your holiday cookie spread alongside my Mocha Peppermint Crunch Cookies, Double Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies and Soft and Chewy Pumpkin Ginger Cookies.
Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
Cheesecake Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2-1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cheesecake Filling
- In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together shortening, brown sugar and sugar.
- Add eggs, water and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda and mix until just combined. Stir in peanut butter chips.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, fill 1/3 full of cookie batter. Place a teaspoon sized ball of cheesecake filling in the center and cover and fill scoop with additional cookie batter.
- Place dough on parchment or silicone lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes or until just set. Allow to cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes prior to moving to cooling racks to cool completely.
Nutrition
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