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Peanut Butter S’more Cookies

December 16, 2015

Chewy peanut butter cookies, topped with a melted marshmallow and drizzled with sweet chocolate. For any chocolate and peanut butter fan out there, these are sure to please. 

Peanut Butter S'more Cookies | Zen & Spice

This year I decided to participate in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I had first heard about this fundraiser last year, when it was too late to participate. I stayed on top of my game this year and managed to sign up in time to participate. Untitled design (3)The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap brings together food bloggers from all around the world. You sign up, get the names and addresses of three other food bloggers, and you send them each one dozen homemade cookies. Then, you get a dozen cookies from three others! Today is the day we’re posting our recipes, and I think there are over 400 participants. 

It’s for a good cause, too. By participating in the swap (we were asked to make a small monetary donation to participate), we’re supporting Cookies for Kid’s Cancer, a national non-profit organization committed to funding new therapies used in the fight against pediatric cancer, which claims the lives of more children in the US than any other disease. 

Peanut Butter S'more Cookies | Zen & Spice

My cookies of choice: Peanut Butter S’more Cookies! I have a huge love of marshmallows. When I was a kid I used to take a giant bowl, fill it up with marshmallows, nuke it for a few seconds, and eat it with a spoon (I’m not sure where my parents were when I was doing this). Anytime s’mores are offered or even just marshmallows in hot chocolate, I’m first in line. 

I’m not a huge fan of the graham cracker when making s’mores– I wish you could make a s’more using just the marshmallow and chocolate but that would get pretty messy. Me and my siblings used to wedge a piece of chocolate inside the marshmallow and roast it over the first as-is without the cracker. YUM. 

Peanut Butter S'more Cookies | Zen & Spice

You see though, something magical happens when you pair chocolate and peanut butter. And wouldn’t a chewy peanut butter cookie make a much better s’more vehicle than a graham cracker? I may be biased by my long time love for marshmallows but I do think a peanut butter cookie would be much better. 

That’s where these cookies came in. I used a slight variation of the Betty Crocker original peanut butter cookie recipe, and then in the last 3 minutes of baking, added a giant marshmallow to each cookie. Then I used a spatula to flatten them down once they got all soft and goey. On top goes a sweet chocolate drizzle! There you have it, peanut butter cookies made into s’mores. 

Peanut Butter S'more Cookies | Zen & Spice

I sent these cookies to Stephanie @ The TipToe Fairy, Michele @ M’s Belly, and Renee @ Married and Hungry. 

I received cookies from Kimberly @ Rhubarb and Honey, Stephanie @ CopyKat Recipes and Phillip @ Southern Fatty. 

Here’s the recipe for Peanut Butter S’more Cookies: 

Peanut Butter S'more Cookies
2015-12-06 19:41:44
Yields 30
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Ingredients
  1. 1/2 cup sugar
  2. 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  3. 1/2 cup natural creamy peanut butter
  4. 1 stick butter, softened
  5. 1 egg
  6. 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  7. 3/4 tsp baking soda
  8. 1/2 tsp baking powder
  9. 1/4 tsp salt
For the topping
  1. 1 bar sweet melting chocolate
  2. 30 large marshmallows
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Mix sugars, peanut butter, butter, and egg in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  3. Shape dough into 1" balls (about a teaspoon). Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross patterns with a fork.
  4. Bake 8-9 minutes until just light brown. Place a marshmallow into the center of each cookie and bake for another 2 minutes. Remove from oven and use a spatula to flatten the marshmallows.
  5. Let cool for 5 minutes, remove from cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
  6. Melt the chocolate in a small bowl in 30 second increments. Using a spoon, swirl chocolate onto each cookie.
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Emily Weeks, RDN, LD
Emily Weeks, RDN, LD

Hi! I’m Emily, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and self-taught intuitive chef. I firmly believe that cooking is the simplest and most important step we can take to improve our minds and bodies and build healthier communities. Join me and let’s bring food back to the kitchen!

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  1. Susie @ SuzLyfe says

    December 16, 2015 at 11:59 am

    ZOMG. These look amazing. Talk about the total package!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:03 pm

      Thanks girl!

  2. Lauren says

    December 16, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    These look absolutely delightful. What a fun idea!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:04 pm

      Thank you Lauren!

  3. GiGi Eats says

    December 16, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    I just… I can’t… I want… YUMMMM!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:20 pm

      they were so delish!

  4. Allie says

    December 16, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    S’more cookies! Yes, yes, yes. These look fantastic.

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:21 pm

      anything with marshmallows = >3!

  5. Kimberly says

    December 16, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    Holy guacamole … these cookies look and sound amazing! Putting them on my to-make list asap~

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:22 pm

      Let me know if you try them!

  6. Julia @ Lord Still Loves Me says

    December 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    These are my favorite ones from the swap I think. LOOKS SO GOOD.

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      December 16, 2015 at 9:23 pm

      Thanks! I hope you try them!

  7. Farrah says

    December 16, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    Hooray for the food blogger cookie swap! It’s one of my favorite blogger events of the year! Those smores cookies look amazing! :]

  8. Clark Pacis says

    May 16, 2016 at 4:00 am

    Had fun with these with my students, Most of them got into baking because of your cookies. So on behalf of our homeroom class. We thank you for sharing this. We really enjoyed them, Looking forward to more of your posts, :)

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