Reese’s Pieces Cookies
Reese’s Pieces add a wonderful peanut butter flavor to cookies. The cookie recipe is super easy to make, is decadent, and quite addictive. And, they turn out chewy on the inside and a tad crunchy on the inside for the perfect cookie.
Sweet Halloween Cookies
It’s always fun to add candy to cookies and these are great Halloween colors.
The chewy cookies are perfect for any party and are packed full of flavor. They are so good, in fact, you will have a hard time putting them down.
DISCLAIMER: This post is sponsored by Dixie Crystals for #HalloweenTreatsWeek. As always, the opinions are honest and are all my own.
I have to admit, I was quite a little piggy with these cookies. I honestly could not stop eating them because they were so good.
The combination of chocolate, peanut butter, and sugar cookies was pretty amazing.
And, the best part? They are super easy to make.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Softened butter
- Dixie Crystals sugar
- Brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Reese’s Pieces Candies
Full printable recipe with measurements and instructions listed at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Grab a bowl and add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and whisk. Set the bowl aside for a few minutes.
Add the softened butter to the bowl. Pour the sugar into the bowl and cream the two ingredients with a hand mixer.
If you have a stand mixer, that will work, as well.
If you didn’t leave your butter out to soften, that is fine. Just mix it a little longer. I forget all the time and mix it a little longer.
For this recipe, I used Dixie Crystals sugar. It’s delicious and you can find it in most grocery stores.
Next, add the packed brown sugar to the bowl and mix.
I always like cookies that have a combination of granulated white sugar and brown sugar. It gives them a rich taste.
Pour the vanilla extract into the bowl with an egg and mix the ingredients together.
Now, add the flour mixture to the bowl and mix well.
Finally, add the Reese’s Pieces to the bowl and mix with a spatula.
If you want to add a few candies to the top of the cookies before they bake, save a handful for that step. But, it’s optional.
You can use a hand mixer, but it will beat up the candy a little bit if you do. I always use a spatula for this last step so the candy stays intact (not that I won’t eat it either way-ha!).
Place the cookie dough into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
The refrigerator step is optional, but it will keep your cookies from spreading too much while baking.
After 30 minutes in the refrigerator, scoop the cookie dough into about one-inch dough balls and place them on a cookie sheet.
I will add a few candies to the top to make them look a little prettier, but that is totally optional.
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until they are golden brown on the outside.
Once you take them out of the oven, let them rest on the cookie sheet for about five minutes. Once they rest, you can use a spatula and move them to a wire rack to cool.
Reese’s Pieces Cookies
Ingredients
- 2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup Dixie Crystals white granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 9 ounces Reese’s Pieces
Instructions
- Start by adding the flour, baking soda, and salt to a bowl and whisk and then set it aside.
- Add the softened butter and white sugar to a large mixing bowl and cream the two ingredients together with a hand mixer.
- Next, add the brown sugar, vanilla extract, and egg, and mix well.
- Pour the flour mixture into bowl and mix well.
- Finally, add the Reese’s Pieces and mix them in with a spatula.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375-degrees.
- Scoop the cookie dough into one-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Let the cookies rest on a cookie sheet for about five minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
