These buttery Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies filled with Peanut Butter are a match made in heaven! So easy to make and absolutely addictive!
So how’s your week going guys?! Happy it’s almost Friday? I thought last weekend blew by, but honestly I think this week cruised by even faster.
This week, I’ve been working on learning the basics of SnapChat. Do you guys do SnapChat? Or should I say “do you snap?” (My son Casey is rolling his eyes right now reading this) Let’s just say any new social media platform freaks me out. The learning curve is huge when you get to be “my age”. Take it from me… I’m too old for half of this crap. First, it was Instagram, then Twitter, then Facebook and now SnapChat. For God’s sake, stop the madness!
My friend’s daughter Megan and my son Sean have been helping me get the hang of it. Sean’s says I’m overthinking it. But that’s what I do. Overthink everything. Clearly, the only logical thing to do is disconnect for a bit and grab a few of these Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies and a nice cup of coffee glass of wine! Care to join me?
First of all, thumbprint cookies are like two treats for the price of one. And we all know there’s nothing better than the chocolate peanut butter combo right? These buttery chocolate thumbprints are stuffed with a creamy peanut butter filling that you’ll have a hard time not eating right from the bowl. These are incredibly easy to make and take less than 30 minutes from start to finish. Way easier than learning a new social media platform. And way tastier! Enjoy!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies
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Cookies
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 Tbsp. heavy cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Peanut Butter Filling
- 2 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
- 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar sifted
- 2 Tbsp. whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set Aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk, heavy cream and vanilla and mix until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl when necessary.
- Gradually add the flour mixture until blended. Shape dough into one-inch balls and place on prepared sheet two inches apart.Press thumb into center of each ball. Bake for 10 minutes, until set.
- Let cool for 5 minutes.
- While cookies cool, make peanut butter filling.
- In a small bowl, beat together peanut butter and butter until smooth. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar alternately with the 2 Tbsp. milk, starting with the sugar and beat until smooth. Spoon the filling into a small ziploc bag. Snip one corner and pipe filling into cooled cookies.
Yes, I will join you for some of this cookies and a glass of wine!! Woo hoo! You can’t beat chocolate and peanut butter, that’s for sure! Girl, I don’t have a clue about Snap Chat…this is coming from someone who only got Facebook less than a year ago……so……
All I know is that these cookies are delicious and I want a dozen in front of me right now! Pinning! Have a wonderful weekend. What time should I be by for the cookies and wine ;) ? xo
You’re always welcome Dawn! Believe me, there’s always extra cookies and wine on the ready for guests! Thanks for pinning and have an awesome weekend! XO
I am over here laughing so hard Mary Ann! No I do not snap. Err, I don’t do the snap chat. Whatever you want to call it, I don’t do it. Believe it or not, I’m too old for that nonsense too! There are just entirely too many forms of social media if you ask me. And people are WAY too comfortable sharing every detail of their lives on there. Honestly, it gives me anxiety. ;) But i was raised very “old school”. All this talk about social media makes me want cookies! And conveniently you are sharing some amazing ones today!! Love these, my dear! Such a delicious upgrade on a classic! You are a genius! Cheers friend and good luck with the snaps. XOXO
Believe me, I’m embarrassing the hell out of Case with this one! But hey that’s my job as mother! I do it and I do it well. Just like overthinking everything. Especially social media. Yes, way too much to keep up with! I’ll stick to cookies and wine for the most part! Lol! Happy weekend Chey!
I was laughing so hard now Mary Ann. I’m so over all the different social media things we as bloggers need to do. I’m on Snapchat but I haven’t posted in months, it’s just too much. I’ve figured I’d rather focus on one or two SM channels and make them the best I can. These cookies though, damn! They look awesome!!
When you get to be my age Alida, everything gets tougher! I feel like I’m totally out of the loop! My boys try to help me, but I can imagine how frustrating I must be as a student trying to learn “their stuff”! Oh well, nothing a few cookies and wine can’t help!! Hope you enjoy these! Happy weekend!
Lol! No, I don’t snap. I do eat cookies though and I need these cookies :) Such a classic combination of flavours. I’ll take a dozen!
I’m actually so glad that most of the people commenting don’t snap! But I’m sure glad you all enjoy cookies!! Always extra for you Jennifer!
Wine and cookies – sign me up, Mary Ann! And you go girl with the snap chat. I get totally overwhelmed with new technology/social media – so I’m envious of you taking the leap. I would definitely need one of these gorgeous cookies to help me through it!
Believe me, I’ve had more than one Geraldine! Along with more than one glass of wine!
I’m with Geraldine… Wine and cookies? I’m in! I do snap, but only with my kids! I prefer the Instagram Story but even then, I only (remember) to use it every so often. I can’t keep track of it all! These cookies will help, though! Delicious!
It really is soooo much to keep track of isn’t it Annie?! I like the cookies and wine so much better! Enjoy these if you give them a go!
I seriously never got the hang of it and don’t plan to! So funny reading that! And these cookies? Two of my favs together, nothing beats that!
I feel like everybody gets the hang of it but me Matt! So good to see the comments today! I’m not the only one!
I’ve never seen chocolate and peanut butter thumbprint cookies before! Freaking brilliant!!! love!
They’re so good Alice! And sooo easy too!
I know it’s hard to get the perfect thumbprint cookie, sometimes they crack, sometimes they don’t bake up nice and round ~ it looks like you’ve hit on the perfect formula ~ and who can resist those little peanut butter peaks?? Not me :)
Thanks Sue! That peanut butter filling is addictive!
Fantastic. A perfect match!!
You would know! You ate enough of them!
Mary Ann, I will join you!! but of course! these cookies are so cute! and let me reassure you Mary Ann! you are not alone, I am too old for that crap too!, I deactivated my account, since the only importance of Snapchat was the stories videos, but now you have those in instagram and in facebook, so for me, there is no sense in getting myself crazy for nothing.There are too many social media platforms, I agree with Chey!
I have really been working hard on learning it Gaila! I think I may have it, but about 30 new gray hairs to go with it! And perhaps a few pounds from the cookies and wine! Ugh! The price of being current these days! Enjoy the cookies!
Thumbprints are my FAVORITE cookie in all the world. Love the middle filling part and these are pretty killer with that chocolate/pb combo. Can’t beat that classic!
I know Gina! That chocolate peanut butter combo is always everyone’s favorite!
Literally obsessed. LOVE pb chocolate!
Me too Jennifer!!
My one piece of advice is to stick to one channel and make it the best you can, then move on to facebook or snapchat. Although, I feel like snapchat is kind of fading away at this point – thanks Instagram stories!
Anyways, you can’t beat the classic chocolate and peanut butter combo. These cookies look delish.
Thanks Nicole! Hope you enjoy these cookies if you give them a try! That fPB filling is sooo yummy!
I don’t do snap chat, enough is enough. Maybe later but not now. But I will make your delicious looking cookies. I used to make regular thumbprint cookies with kids a long time ago and it was so much fun.
Yes, thumbprints are like double the treat Gerlinde! My fave! Happy weekend!
Oh man, I hear you. Enough with the new social media channels! ;)
I’d love to join you for a glass of wine and a few of these beautiful thumbprint cookies! I’ve only had vanilla thumbprints with jam – this is a genius spin.
You’d love these Marissa! I love the vanilla ones with jam, but this is a nice change up. Have a great weekend!
Ha, I’m in the overthink everything club too! ;) These thumbprints are perfection – love your creamy PB filling!
Lol! Glad to see I have some good company! I could eat the filling right out of the bowl Laura! Dangerous!! Happy Friday!
I’m with you, Mary Ann. I absolutely cannot take any more social media crap. No Snap Chatting for me, but I will absolutely join you for some wine and these cookies!
Thanks Rachelle! It’s always tough getting a handle on something new! I sometimes feel totally out of the loop, but after reading everyone’s comments, I’m not feeling alone! Hope you’re doing ok. I’ve been thinking out you!
These look like the perfect cookie! Sunday baking here I come!
Thanks Tieghan! Happy weekend baking!
I’m still a bit behind the times with all the social media. I’ll let you get Snap Chat all figured out and then let us know how it goes. In the meanwhile I’ll nibble on these cute little cookies! I think they’ll disappear quickly! :)
Lol Kathy! Enjoy the cookies!
I totally like this cookie but actually I didn’t know how to make it good. Thank you for your recipe. They looks so delicious :S
Hope you enjoy them Emily!
You might be a cookie genius. These look absolutely amazing!!!
Lol! Thanks Sarah! Hope all is well!
I *kind* of do SnapChat, and only because my daughter does it and I love the silly pictures she sends. And personally, I love the filters. :) But not as much as I love these COOKIES!!!
I’m getting the hang of it! Just took over SnapChat at The Feed Feed to share my Marbled Easter Egg Sugar Cookies! I was a little nervous about doing it, but I pulled it off!
These cookies are a dream, Mary Ann! I would take these over “snapping” any day. ;) My students are always teaching me about this stuff and I’m like, “What?”. Haha. I definitely overthink as well! xoxo
Thanks so much Tessa! Kids these days are all dialed in, aren’t they?!
These cookies look sooooo delicious! I don’t know how many would go down in one seating lol! I started snapping, and it took me a little bit of time to get a hang of it, and then it was fine, but I am too overwhelmed with so much social media! I stopped snapchatting. I do view here and there like your Easter eggs :)
Thanks Amisha! I think I may finally have the hang of it, but it wasn’t easy. I love the days when I totally disconnect actually.
I say every time those kiddos roll their eyes at you, dock another cookie from their quota. And if they laugh and help you. . .they get an extra cookie. I used to hang out a bit on Snapchat. . .but when Instagram added stories, I abandoned ship. Are people really using both? I get way more views on Instagram stories and I can only tolerate so much social media.
Lol! Believe it or not I finally got the hang of it Lynn! My son said once I put together one story I’d just get it. He was right. Now it’s on to Instagram stories! Hope you enjoy these thumbprints if you give them a go!
Love these Mary Ann. PB and chocolate is one of my fave combos,but not really popular here in the UK. I’m on a one woman mission to change it with these cookies!
Wow! Not popular? Couldn’t imagine that! Enjoy these Debs.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t have to do it all when it comes to social media… and I can’t, I’ve realized (after plenty of wine!). I’ve not gone there, to Snap that is, but I’ve toyed with IG stories and while it’s fun, it still takes time. Time I don’t have! I’m reprioritizing as I type because I have to. YES to the cookies! They are two treats in one and I love the combo here! Delicious work my dear! xo
I’m with ya on the wine! I did a SnapChat takeover for The Feed Feed! I was so excited, but incredibly nervous I couldn’t pull it off. My boys were proud of their ancient mama! I had a few of these beauties and perhaps a few glasses of wine after! Thanks so much Traci!
OMG, aren’t you right…. Snapchat. Geeze. I can barely keep up with chatting, much less doing it in a snap. Sometimes, social media just kills me! HA. But, then again, it allows me to drool and dream about these delicious and beautiful chocolate peanut butter thumbprint cookies. YUMMY. All over these!
You’d love ’em Cindy! That filling tho…
Nope, no Snap Chat for me! Glad IG has Stories, that’s a s close as I get for now. BUT, I wish I were closer to these! Cookie Kryptonite. :)
These are a total winner Kevin! Nothing beats chocolate and peanut butter!
Hi Mary Ann. Dying to try this recipe. Wanted to make them a bit ehalthier. Was wondering if I can replace all purpose flour with whole wheat flour? What will the proportion of the flour be if I use whole wheat?
I have not tried using whole wheat flour Tania, but I did some research on it. The consensus is you may not want to replace more than 25 perfect of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour or you sacrifice the texture of your baked good, making it somewhat dense. I think it may be better when baking breads to substitute, but not so good when making cookies. Hope this helps.
Can I substitute the sugar (as a sweetener) with chocolate morsels?
Hey there. I’m not quite sure I understand your question?
Thank you for your quick response. I wanted to use chocolate morsels with the peanut butter filling But I don’t want it to be too sweet. If I remove some or all of the sugar will it change the texture or taste?
I think the mixture will be too runny if you don’t add the confectioner’s sugar. You need it to hold the filling together. Let me know if you try anything different.