Reese's Cookies Recipe - Simply Bakings (2024)

These Reese's Cookies Recipe are soft, gooey, and rich in chocolate and peanut butter flavor in every bite! You will love the combination of flavors plus the sumptuous texture that the m&m's and peanut butter cups have.

If you want more Reese-flavored recipes like this, try my Reese's Peanut Butter Cake and 3-ingredients Peanut Butter Fudge Condensed Milk recipe on this site.

Ingredients

These are the ingredients that you will need:

• butter softened
• white sugar
• brown sugar
• large egg
• vanilla extract
• creamy peanut butter
• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• peanut butter M&M's
• chopped Reese's cups

See the recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet; use parchment paper or a baking mat.

In a large bowl, add butter, white and brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, peanut butter, and cream with a beater:

In a medium-sized bowl, add all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, then mix with a whisk:

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined:

Add M&M's and Reese's cups and mix with a wooden spoon:

Flatten each cookie using something that has a flat surface. I used my handy-dandy mason jar to do this. Place in the oven for 12–15 minutes, or until golden brown:

And, tadaaahhh! These are freshly baked Reese's cookies. Simply Bakers, I tell you, these cookies smell so good!

You can find every flavor you love when it comes to sweet candies, peanut butter, and chocolate!

So, what are you waiting for? Get your baking tools and ingredients and make your own Reese's cookies at home. I am sure your family will love it!

Substitutions

• Peanut Butter Flavor: Instead of chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, you can substitute peanut butter chips for the peanut butter flavor in another form.
• Chocolate Flavor: You can substitute Nutella for the chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to create a different chocolate and nut flavor. Swirl it into the batter before baking for a rich, hazelnut flavor.
• Dried Fruit: If you want a healthier or alternative flavor profile, you can replace the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups with chopped dried fruit, such as cranberries, cherries, or apricots. This gives the cookies a chewy texture and hints of natural sweetness.

Variations

• Oatmeal Reese's Cookies: For more texture and flavor, add 1 cup of old-fashioned oats to the dough. You can also use a little less flour to compensate for the oats.
• Double Chocolate Reese's Cookies: For an extra chocolatey treat, mix in 1 cup of chocolate chips and chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
• Chunky Reese's Cookies: Instead of chopping Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, use Reese's Miniatures or Reese's Pieces to create larger, chunkier peanut butter pockets.

Equipment

In making this easy and delicious Reese's Cookies recipe, you'll need the following things:

• oven
• large bowl
• medium-sized bowl
• parchment paper or baking mat
• beater
• wooden spoon

Feel free to use whatever is available in your kitchen as a substitute for some of the items listed above.

Storage

• After the cookies have cooled, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 2-3 days, depending on the weather where you are.
• Place a piece of parchment paper between each layer of cookies to maintain their texture and flavor.
• Avoid storing them in direct sunlight or near heat sources, as this might cause them to spoil or melt.

Top Tip

• Before mixing the dry ingredients, like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar, sift them individually. This easy but very important step would make your cookies nice and evenly textured. It wouldn't be fun biting into a lump of flour in between 🙂
• Make sure not to put the raw cookie dough balls too close to each other. By spacing them out properly, it will prevent the cookies from sticking together after baking.

FAQs

More delicious and easy cookie recipes:

• Peanut Butter Sprinkle Cookies
• Easy Sugar Cookies
• Red Velvet Cookies
• Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies
• S’mores Cookies
• Peanut Butter Cookies (Flourless)

I am actually a big fan of peanut butter, especially peanut butter M&M's! In addition, my favorite thing about this recipe was that I added all the wet ingredients to the bowl and creamed them all at once! I'm all about quick and easy recipes, so this would be the recipe if you are looking to make and bake in under 20 minutes!