If you take me to a sporting event of any kind, I can pretend I am interested in the game for a solid 2 minutes. Then I am distracted by the lights, the cheerleaders, the Kiss Cam (LOVE the Kiss Cam) and pretty much everything and anything other than the game I am supposed to be watching. And as far as stadium snacks go, all I want is one of the giant soft pretzels (no salt) with about a cup of tangy yellow mustard. Then, I’m happy as a clam and will not even try to distract you as you are cheering your heart out for your team.
My love for pretzels extends beyond stadiums and when I want a salty snack (which is rare, I am a sweet tooth after all) I usually grab a handful of pretzels. So when I came across this cookie recipe, I was drawn right in. I know what you are thinking. Can’t this girl leave well enough alone? Chocolate chip cookies are iconic. Peanut butter cookies are so delicious. But peanut butter, pretzel AND chocolate chip cookies??? Think about it though. You love pretzels dipped in chocolate, right? And personally, when I need a quick snack, nothing settles both my sweet and salty cravings as well as scooping some peanut butter with a pretzel. And I mean peanut butter and chocolate together is an obvious no-brainer. Hello, peanut butter cups? So, before you are so quick to judge me, try these for yourself! They are sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy perfection.
Peanut butter, Pretzel and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Keywords: bake dessert chocolate peanut butter cookie
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 sticks (12 Tbsp) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 3 cups pretzels, chopped
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar and peanut butter and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix until combined. Add flour and baking soda and mix until combined. Mix in 1/2 cup of crushed pretzels and chocolate chips.
Place remaining crushed pretzels in a small bowl. Using a medium-sized ice cream scoop, drop balls of dough into crushed pretzels and roll lightly to coat. Then place onto cookie sheet.
Bake 12 minutes. Cool on racks.
Recipe inspired by Everyday with Rachael Ray
27 Comments
I am so excited to try these out! I’m going to the store and buying everything tomorrow. I’ll let you know how they taste!
Thanks Molly! Yes please let me know how they turn out and what you think of them!
I love the sweet and salty combo!
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(I usually find cute babies at sporting events.
That’s true! There are usually some babies dressed up as baby cheerleaders or something cute!
My mouth literally watered as I read this. Especially since I have been CRAVING take 5 bars, with none to be found. Can’t wait to try these!!!! Thanks!!
Thanks Amber! Oooh, I forgot about Take 5 bars and yes, these just might satisfy your craving for them! Hope you like the cookies and thanks for reading!
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I made these cookies today for a neighbor who needs some cheering up. It’s a great and simple recipe. The cookies are delicious and have that amazing sweet and salty thing going on. I will definitely make these again. Thanks for the great recipe!!!
Yay! I’m so glad you liked them!
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Hi how many cookies does this recipe make?
Oh boy, I really need to be better about recording this! I would say at least 2 dozen, probably more! Thank you for this though, this will be my nudge to remember to record this information more properly. Have a great weekend!
I am writing the ingredients down I’m asking my step-mother to pick everything up on her way home from work! I can’t wait to try these and see how they come out! I’m so excited!!! (:
Let me know how the cookies are!
They came out pretty dang good actually! My dad loved them, they just didn’t look as pretty! Lol. Definitely need milk with them though. (: Wonderful recipe.
Oh good! I’m so glad you liked them! I like milk with any cookies!
Just made these! So delicious! And I don’t really even like hard pretzels, peanut butter or chocolate… haha. I guess when they all come together with buttery dough though it somehow works!
I am so glad that you liked the cookies! Happy New Year!
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These sound fantastic! I’d like to make them for my daughters school birthday party. Could you tell me what the approximate yield is?
Thank you Leah! I promise that one of my goals for blogging in 2012 is to get better about listing yields on recipes! I would say this recipe will give you 25-30 cookies. I hope that you and your daughter like these sweet and salty goodies! Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!
Just got the recipe and I cant wait to try them!!
These cookies are pretty addicting with the perfect balance of salty and sweet! Thanks for reading Cyndy.
I made these and they are great! I’m not much of a cookie maker because I don’t have the patience to make a bunch of batches. I like that this only made about 3 dozen and the kids had a great time crunching up the pretzels and rolling the dough in them.
I am so glad you liked these cookies! They are some of my favorites too!
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