Easy Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Cookie Cups recipe. This simple dessert idea is made with reese’s cups, and make a great sweet treat.
Does anyone else find random chocolates and candies lying around their pantry?
Whenever chocolate goes on major discount, I buy a lot. Then I forget how much I really bought and find it a couple of months later. That’s what happened with these Pink Reeses cups. But luckily for me, this gave me an excuse to make these Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Cookie Cups. My first step whenever I find ingredients that need using is bake cookies. Typically I make classic cookies, but it is so close to Valentine’s Day, I needed to go with that theme. Adding these to my long list of cookie recipes on this site already.
And for all the peanut butter lovers and the chocolate lovers out there, this simple recipe is for you too. This is the perfect sweet treat to share with a loved one, or just save for yourself.
Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Cookie Cups Ingredients
You just need a couple of simple ingredients to make these little cookie cups. All you need is:
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- butter
- smooth peanut butter
- white sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- Pink Miniature Reeses cups
Equipment
You will need the following things to make these Reese’s cookie cups:
- Mini muffin pan: This one is a non negotiable. However, there is no need to get cupcake liners to place in the mini muffin tin.
- Small cookie scoop: This is more of a want than a need. It makes portioning out the peanut butter cookie dough a lot easier, but if you can eyeball 1-inch balls you don’t need this as much.
Tips
Storage: There are 3 ways that you can store these homemade cookies:
- Room Temperature: These keep well stored in an airtight container on the counter for up to 1 week. I like layering them with a sheet of parchment paper in between layers.
- Fridge: You can also store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- Freezer: These cookie cups keep well in the freezer too! You can freeze them for up to 3 months.
Use chilled peanut butter cups. This will prevent the mini Reese’s peanut butter cups of melting when trying to place in the center of each cookie cup.
Variations
Use more obvious Valentine’s day decoration. Mine is basically Valentine’s day because it is pink. If you find some White Chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Hearts, those would work great in place of the mini peanut butter cups. Or adding some festive sprinkles on top would help jazz these Reese’s cookies up.
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If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Valentine's Day Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Pink Miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the peanut butter and butter until smooth. Add the sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until fully combined.
- Roll dough into small balls and place in cavities of a mini muffin pan.
- Make an indent in the center of each dough ball and place an unwrapped Reese’s peanut butter cup into each.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove and let cool on wire racks.
Kushigalu
The perfect treat for valentines day. Thanks for sharing
atasteofmadness
You’re welcome 🙂
imsen
This are one of the cuttest cookie cups I’ve ever seen! def gonna try it soon!
atasteofmadness
Yay! Let me know how it goes 🙂
nancy
i’m obsessed for these Butter Cookie Cups! thanks for the easy recipe. Pinned for later for the school bake sale
atasteofmadness
Yay! So glad you liked it!
Maayke
These cookies look delicious! Thank you for sharing.
atasteofmadness
You’re welcome 🙂
Sara Welch
Whipped up a batch of these this afternoon and they do not disappoint! Quick easy and delicious; exactly what I was looking for to cure my sweet tooth!
atasteofmadness
So glad you liked it 🙂
Rhonda
Very creative. I love the pink top. I’m just not sure if any will be left for Valentine’s day.
atasteofmadness
Haha, I agree with that!
Enriqueta E Lemoine
I need to run to the store and find those pink Reese’s. These cookie cups are calling my name! And they look so easy to make too.
atasteofmadness
Yes do it! They are so good 🙂
Colleen
These little cookie cups are so cute and perfect for Valentines’s day!. I need to hunt down some pink Resse’s cup asap!
atasteofmadness
You have got to find them because it’s so good 🙂
Sharon
It doesn’t get sweeter than this Valentine’s upgrade to the traditional peanut butter cup cookies.
atasteofmadness
Agree!!
Bernice Hill
Cuuute! I didn’t know Reese’s PB cups came in pink for Valentine’s Day. I know my husband loves them with the regular kind but these are even more special.
atasteofmadness
Yes they are so good 🙂
Sean
These make a great Valentine’s Day treat. If you cannot find the pink Reeses can you use ruby chocolate and peanut butter?
atasteofmadness
Yes you can!! 🙂
Tammy
Oh these look so sweet and lovely. As a pb lover these are right up my alley! I would love to have a batch of these for Valentine’s Day so I’m going to be making them for myself ;D
atasteofmadness
Yay! Hope you love them as much as I do 🙂
Natalia
These were sensational. I made them yesterday and they disappeared in no time. So great tasting! Can’t wait to make them again!
atasteofmadness
It’s so hard to just eat one 😉 So glad you liked it!
Dennis
I made these cookies with regular Resses cups and they were too good! I couldn’t stop eating them
atasteofmadness
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Min
I have a weakness for dessert with peanut butter and this was delicious! Cannot wait to make it again for a party next weekend
atasteofmadness
Me too! So glad you liked it 🙂
Claire
What a fun twist on the classic peanut butter cookie cup! I bet they’re every bit as delicious as they are cute. We’ll definitely be giving these a try for Valentine’s Day.
atasteofmadness
Yay! Let me know how they go 🙂
Jamie
These peanut butter cookie cups are so cute and easy to make.
Saving this recipe and will make it this weekend. Thank you!
atasteofmadness
Yay! I hope you love it as much as we do 🙂
Amy Liu Dong
These PB cookie cups are so pretty to eat. It looks delicious and easy to make.
This is also perfect for gifting!
atasteofmadness
Agree! Thanks Amy!
DK Park
This really looks delicious, I’m not kidding! I’ll make this tomorrow to have something to snack on, thank you for this!
atasteofmadness
It’s one of my favorite snacks 😉