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Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies - soft peanut butter cookies loaded with crunchy pretzel pieces, mini chocolate chips, and colorful mini M&M's candies.
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Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies is a recipe I created when I first started blogging, way back in 2013. It's a people pleaser because it's super peanut buttery and is jam-packed with salty pretzels, sweet mini M&M's, and mini chocolate chips.
If you love a loaded cookie then you will LOVE these LOADED peanut butter cookies. A favorite among friends and family these peanut butter, pretzel, M&M's, and chocolate chip, cookies are quite the mouthful both in ingredients and flavor.
Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies are made of a soft peanut butter cookie base. The cookie gets its softness from the creamy peanut butter and the brown sugar. The brown sugar adds moisture which results in a softer more chewy texture; perfect for peanut butter cookies.
This isn’t your ordinary peanut butter cookie recipe though. This peanut butter cookie is LOADED. First, you have the crunch of the chopped peanut butter pieces, then you have the rich chocolate of both mini chocolate chips and mini M&M's chocolate candies. The salty of the pretzel with the sweet of the chocolate is a match made in heaven, and is made for YOU sweet and salty fans!
These delightful loaded cookies utilize the mini versions of both chocolate chips and M&M's chocolate candies. This allows for peanut butter and chocolate magic in every bite.
Seriously, sweet + salty AND peanut butter + chocolate. If these aren't magical flavor combinations, I don't know what is.
If you'd prefer to use regular versions of chocolate chips and M&M's chocolate candies you will need to adjust the recipe to ½ cup of chocolate chips and ¾ cup M&M's candies.
Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies require the dough to be refrigerated for 30-60 minutes before baking. The peanut butter makes the dough very soft and sticky; chilling the dough makes it easier to work with.
When baking your loaded peanut butter cookies at 375F degrees, bake for 8-11 minutes depending on your oven. Mine baked perfectly at 10 minutes. The cookies may appear to be soft and undone, but they will set as they cool. You don't want to overbake these delicious cookie creations.
You can't go wrong with Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies with their peanut butter, pretzel, chocolate, and M&M's goodness. It’s pure sweet and salty bliss!
Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
Soft peanut butter cookies loaded with pretzel pieces, chocolate chips, and mini M&M's candies.
Servings 3 dozen cookies
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Chill Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Ingredients
- 1 and ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
- ¾ cup chopped pretzels
- ⅓ cup M&M's Minis Milk Chocolate Candies
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars on medium speed, about 2-3 minutes. Add in peanut butter; mix until well combined.
Add egg and vanilla extract until combined.
Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients; mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
Gently fold in mini chocolate chips, chopped pretzel pieces, and mini M&M's.
Refrigerate dough for 30-60 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
Scoop dough into heaping tablespoon balls, or use a #40 disher to scoop balls of dough. Place on an ungreased baking sheet or silicone mat/parchment paper lined baking sheet. Press down with a fork, cookies do not spread. Keep dough chilled in between batches.
Bake 8-11 minutes. Mine baked perfectly at 10 minutes. Do not overbake. Cookies may appear to be soft and undone, but they will set as they cool.
Cool cookies on a baking sheet for a few minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Eat & Enjoy!
Notes
Loaded Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies should be stored in an airtight container and will keep 5+ days.
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