Description
Step up your baking game with these Creative Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus Ideas! Featuring jumbo cookies with gooey centers, peanut butter swirls, and endless custom mix-ins, these legendary cookies are soft, thick, and perfect for gifting or indulgent snacking. This Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus recipe will guide you to recreate those legendary cookies at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ¼ cups (280g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150g) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups (200g) semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup peanut butter chips (or swirls of peanut butter)
- Optional: ½ cup chocolate chunks or chopped dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a large bowl, beat softened butter with brown and white sugar until fluffy.
- Add Eggs and Vanilla: Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla extract.
- Combine: Slowly mix in the dry ingredients just until combined.
- Fold in Mix-ins: Stir in chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and optional chunks.
- Scoop and Shape: Use a large scoop to portion dough onto baking sheets. Press extra chips or peanut butter swirls on top.
- Chill (Optional): Chill dough balls for 30 minutes for extra thickness.
- Bake: Bake for 12–14 minutes until edges are golden and centers look slightly underbaked.
- Cool: Cool on trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps prevent overspreading and improves texture for your Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus.
- For a gourmet look, press extra chips or flaky salt on top before baking your Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus.
- Switch to almond or sunflower seed butter for peanut-free variations of this Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus.
- Freeze unbaked dough balls for fresh Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus anytime.
- Gift jumbo Chocolate Peanut Butter Ruckus cookies in cellophane with twine and custom labels.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 jumbo cookie