Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies

If you love peanut butter, you will love these soft and chewy flourless Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies. Loaded with rich, creamy peanut butter, contain no flour or dairy, and are made with 7 simple ingredients. SO easy to make and absolutely yummy.

Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

This cookie is chewy and full of peanut butter flavor. And dipping them in chocolate and a sprinkle of sea salt gives them a Reese’s peanut butter cup taste.

One of the things I love about these cookies, besides the chocolate and peanut butter of course, is the texture.

The cookies is soft and chewy with slightly crispy edges. I prefer a chewy cookie but my aunt prefers crispy ones. This way you get the best of both worlds.

And to make them even better, they are naturally gluten and dairy free, but honestly, you’d never know!

A perfect dessert and so yummy straight out of the oven! The hardest part is waiting the for them to cool and set-up.

If you are a cookie lover like me, you will love my white chocolate chip cookies, these Biscoff butter cookies, and these sprinkle cookies.

Ingredients Needed

Peanut butter – Creamy peanut butter is best for this recipe. If you want some extra texture I recommend adding chopped nuts to the recipe, not using chunky peanut butter. And avoid “natural” nut butters because they separate and don’t mix well.

Sugar – This recipe uses a combination of white and brown sugars. I recommend the light brown sugar but dark brown will work. The cookies will be slightly darker in color once baked.

Chocolate chips – Semi-sweet chips give a nice balance of sweetness to the cookie but feel free to use milk chocolate or even dark chocolate.

Pantry staples – Eggs, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, Kosher salt or sea salt.

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How to Make Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies

First: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla. Mix until cookie dough is formed.

Second: Using a medium sized cookie scoop, place cookie dough balls onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Flatten cookie with bottom of glass or measuring cup to approximately ½ inch thickness. 

Third: Bake 10-12 minutes. Cookies will appear lightly browned and slightly underdone but will set up as they cool. Repeat with additional dough.

Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring to cooking rack. Cool completely before moving on to step 4.

Fourth: Line cooled cookie sheet with parchment or waxed paper. In a microwave safe bowl or pyrex measuring cup, add chocolate chips and vegetable oil and heat for 30 seconds, stir, then continue to the melt the chocolate in 15 second intervals until melted and smooth.

Fifth: Dip cookie into the melted chocolate until ⅓ of it is coated. Scrape off excess chocolate from bottom of cookie and place on lined cookie sheet.

Sprinkle with small amount of salt. Repeat with all cookies and chill until chocolate has hardened.

For the full recipe and detailed baking instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post.

How long do they last?

Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to a week. If it’s a little on the warm side in your house you might want to keep them in the fridge. The chocolate can get a little soft.

Can I freeze them?

These cookies are freezer-friendly. Once cooked, place in an airtight container or freezer ziplock bag with parchment paper between the layers for 1-2 months.

How do you know when they are done?

Peanut butter cookies are done when their edges are a light brown. However; due to the natural light brown color of peanut butter, it can be difficult to tell when the edges reach this point.

I recommend turning on the oven light or even briefly removing from the oven to get a quick closer look.

Why are there fork marks on peanut butter cookies?

Peanut butter cookie dough is extremely dense, and without being pressed, the cookies will not cook evenly.

Another potential benefit of the fork marks is to warn people with a peanut allergy to stay clear of these cookies.

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• Andes Mint Cookies
• Peanut clusters
• Basic Sugar Cookies
• Cornflake candy

Substitutions

• Feel free to use coconut oil instead of the vegetable oil when melting the chocolate.
• Milk chocolate or dark chocolate can substitute for the semi sweet chips.
• I have not tested this recipe with different sugars or egg substitutes
• Since this recipe doesn’t use flour, you won’t have to worry about switching it for a gluten free version.
• Flaky sea salt or kosher salt works best for these cookies. I do not recommend using regular table salt because it will be too salty.

Tips for No Leftovers

• I used creamy peanut butter (Jiff brand) for this recipe. If you like some extra texture I recommend sprinkling some chopped peanuts on the chocolate with the salt.
• I don’t recommend using natural peanut butter for this recipe. It tends to separate and not mix well with the other ingredients.
• You can use a scoop or spoon to portion before you roll the dough into a ball and place on the prepared baking sheets.
• You can use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat if you prefer but I would not use waxed paper.
• To speed up cooling process, chill cookies in refrigerator after cooling at room temperature for 10 minutes. You can also chill for several hours or overnight and dip later or the next day.
• Chocolate candy coating can be used in place of chocolate chips, just follow directions on package to melt. If chocolate is thick, add more oil to thin if needed. Chocolate should easily drip off spoon.
• Once chocolate gets low, tilt the container to coat the cookies.
• Cookies should be stored in refrigerator in airtight container. When stored at room temperature, chocolate may soften and become sightly melted.
• Use within 3 days for best freshness.

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These gluten-free chocolate dipped cookies are easy-to-make and taste like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in cookie form. Enjoy them with a cup of ice cold milk or make them into an ice cream sandwich!

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