Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
These chocolate and peanut butter cookies and Oreos are perfect for snacking sharing or traveling, and can be enjoyed as a dessert or as a quick snack too.
From road trips and school lunches to easy snacks to enjoy at home, you can never go wrong with these delicious cookies.
They’re a unique spin on the cookies you’ve always loved, and transforming them in a format, making them supremely dunkable and enjoying with cold milk.
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What I Love About the Recipe
The best part about these chocolate peanut butter Oreos, in my opinion, is that they don’t just make great sweet snacks for school, but are also perfect for dessert at house parties.
The Oreo cookies you’ve always loved get a nice twist and turn into these heavenly peanut butter cookies that are crunchy and delicious.
You can batch make these too, and store them for later if you want to. They can make for a great sweet treat to make for a party too!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos Cooking Times
- Yield: 8 servings
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Bake Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 40 min
Ingredients For the Peanut Butter Oreos
You’ll need three sets of ingredients to make these chocolate peanut butter Oreos.
Chocolate Oreo Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter – cold and sliced thin
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar – packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs – at room temperature
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cup cake flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Oreo crumbs – divided, about 20 or so cookies finely crushed, cream removed
Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese – softened
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
Peanut Butter Ganache
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate melting wafers
- 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
How to Make the Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Once you have everything ready, here’s what you’ll need to do to make the chocolate peanut butter Oreos.
Step 1: Prepare Cream Cheese Mixture
In a small bowl add the cream cheese, cocoa powder, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Mix to combine. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Step 2: Heat Cream
In a small pan add the heavy cream and heat over medium heat. Bring the cream almost to a boil, then reduce the heat.
Stir the heavy cream and remove from the heat.
Step 3: Prepare Peanut Butter Mixture
In a medium sized bowl add the chocolate, peanut butter, white chocolate and vanilla extract.
Pour the cream over the peanut butter, white chocolate and vanilla extract.
Step 4: Make Peanut Butter Ganache
Allow it to sit for 30 seconds, it will begin to melt the chocolate. Whisk the cocoa and peanut butter mixture until smooth.
Set the peanut butter ganache to the side to harden.
Step 5: Combine the Chocolate Cream Cheese Mixture
In a small bowl add the peanut butter ganache to the chocolate cream cheese mixture. Lightly fold the two together.
Do NOT mix fully. Place back in the refrigerator until needed.
Step 6: Preheat Oven
Preheat the oven to 410°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Set aside.
Step 7: Prepare Wet Mixture
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream butter and sugars on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Step 8: Prepare Dry Mixture
In a large bowl add flour, cocoa, Oreo crumbs, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix to combine.
Step 9: Make Cookie Dough Balls
Use a large cookie scoop and scoop 3.5oz dough balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Use the palm of your hand to press down on the cookie slightly, so that the cookie dough ball creates a thin disk.
Step 10: Add Peanut Butter Mixture in the Center
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a chocolate peanut butter mixture and place one ball on half of the cookies.
Take the dough ball filled with the Peanut butter mixture and add a second attended dough ball on top.
Step 11: Make a Ball and Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Roll the dough together to form a ball. Place the dough ball on the baking sheet.
Bake for 14-15 minutes or until the dough ball is just barely set and no longer shiny.
Step 12: Cool Completely and Serve
Remove from the oven and set to the side to let chocolate peanut butter Oreos cool.
Tips & Tricks to Nail the Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos Recipe
Think you’re ready to give the recipe a try? Wait up! Don’t forget to take note of these tips and tricks.
- Make sure you use the best quality peanut butter for this recipe. You can use creamy or chunky peanut butter- it all depends on your personal preference.
- If you don’t have baking powder, you can also choose to use baking soda instead.
- You can store your leftover chocolate peanut butter Oreos in an airtight container at room temperature. These cookies won’t stay as good as regular cookies, simply because they are filled with peanut butter and many other creamy ingredients.
- Love Oreos? You can experiment with many other delicious flavor combinations, using different Oreo cookies of your choice.
How Can I Serve these Cookies?
The best way to serve these chocolate peanut butter Oreos is to team them up with a glass of cold milk to dunk them in.
And of course, you can also enjoy them as is.
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Easy Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter - cold and sliced thin
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar - packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs - at room temperature
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cup cake flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Oreo crumbs - divided, about 20 or so cookies finely crushed, cream removed
- Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese - softened
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- Peanut Butter Ganache:
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate melting wafers
- 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Step 1: Prepare Cream Cheese Mixture
In a small bowl add the cream cheese, cocoa powder, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Mix to combine. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Step 2: Heat Cream
In a small pan add the heavy cream and heat over medium heat. Bring the cream almost to a boil, then reduce the heat.
Stir the heavy cream and remove from the heat.
Step 3: Prepare Peanut Butter Mixture
In a medium sized bowl add the chocolate, peanut butter, white chocolate and vanilla extract.
Pour the cream over the peanut butter, white chocolate and vanilla extract.
Step 4: Make Peanut Butter Ganache
Allow it to sit for 30 seconds, it will begin to melt the chocolate. Whisk the cocoa and peanut butter mixture until smooth.
Set the peanut butter ganache to the side to harden.
Step 5: Combine the Chocolate Cream Cheese Mixture
In a small bowl add the peanut butter ganache to the chocolate cream cheese mixture. Lightly fold the two together.
Do NOT mix fully. Place back in the refrigerator until needed.
Step 6: Preheat Oven
Preheat the oven to 410°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Set aside.
Step 7: Prepare Wet Mixture
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream butter and sugars on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Step 8: Prepare Dry Mixture
In a large bowl add flour, cocoa, Oreo crumbs, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix to combine.
Step 9: Make Cookie Dough Balls
Use a large cookie scoop and scoop 3.5oz dough balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Use the palm of your hand to press down on the cookie slightly, so that the cookie dough ball creates a thin disk.
Step 10: Add Peanut Butter Mixture in the Center
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a chocolate peanut butter mixture and place one ball on half of the cookies.
Take the dough ball filled with the Peanut butter mixture and add a second attended dough ball on top.
Step 11: Make a Ball and Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Roll the dough together to form a ball. Place the dough ball on the baking sheet.
Bake for 14-15 minutes or until the dough ball is just barely set and no longer shiny.
Step 12: Cool Completely and Serve
Remove from the oven and set to the side to let chocolate peanut butter Oreos cool.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1786Total Fat: 85gSaturated Fat: 42gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 35gCholesterol: 191mgSodium: 818mgCarbohydrates: 234gFiber: 8gSugar: 109gProtein: 25g
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