Sneak Preview: Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookies combine peanut butter dough with a layer of melted chocolate chips. Bake and enjoy the PB Cup flavors.

Do you have a recipe that has stared at you for years? Maybe it's in your tattered recipe collection, on the cover of one of your favorite cookbooks, or in my case, on a calendar that featured recipes.

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Finally, it was time to make the cookies or throw away the old calendar. I was elated when they turned out tasty and also, pretty enough for a cookie tray.

These cookies taste like chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter in them. They speak directly to my frequent craving for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Get started by mixing the dough per the recipe. Turn it out onto waxed paper and follow the pictures below.

Recipe tips:

  1. Rolling up the dough with chocolate inside can be a little tricky. If the ambient temperature in your kitchen is rather warm, the dough can be messy. If necessary, chill the dough for a few minutes before you start, to make it easier to handle.
  2. After you spread the chocolate and roll up the dough, chill from 30-45 minutes. In my experience, this is when the dough will be the easiest to handle.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookies

3. If you chill until the dough is completely firm, the chocolate will be difficult to slice without it cracking unevenly. A little experience will help you decide when the dough is ready to slice.

4. Use a serrated knife to slice the dough for cookies. It moves through the chilled chocolate a little more easily. Even better, use a warm and sharp serrated knife.

Even if the cookies don't slice perfectly, they will still taste delicious.

How to roll out Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookies:

cookie dough on wax paper
Place cookie dough onto a large sheet of wax paper.
rolling out cookie dough (between 2 layers of wax paper)
Cover with another sheet of waxed paper.
dough in large rectangle
Use a rolling pin to roll dough into a 10 x 17-inch rectangle.
pouring chocolate layer on cookie dough
Pour melted and slightly cooled chocolate onto the dough.
chocolate layer on cookie dough
Spread chocolate evenly.
rolling cookie dough with chocolate layer to make cookies
Roll up dough to form a log.
sliced cookies going onto a cookie sheet
Cut the log into 1/2 inch slices and place the cookies onto a prepared cookie sheet.

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Chocolate Peanut-Butter Pinwheel Cookies

Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookies

This Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookie recipe combines peanut butter dough with a layer of melted chocolate. Roll the dough into a jellyroll shape before slicing.

Prep Time 1 hr

Cook Time 14 mins

Additional Time 45 mins

Total Time 1 hr 59 mins

  • ½ cup butter - softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup chunky peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg - large
  • 1-3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon table or sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips

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  • Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in peanut butter, milk, vanilla extract, and egg.

  • Stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda.

  • Melt chocolate in a separate bowl by microwaving for one minute on HIGH. Set aside to cool.

  • Press dough into a ball and place between two long sheets of waxed paper. Roll out into a 10 x 17-inch rectangle.

  • Remove the top piece of

    waxed paper and spread cooled chocolate over the top. Starting with the long side, roll up dough with chocolate inside. Chill for 30-45 minutes.

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare cookies sheets by covering with a

    silicone baking mat or parchment paper or by greasing.

  • Slice chilled roll 1/2-inch thick and place onto prepared cookie sheet.

  • Bake for 12-14 minutes. Move to a cooling rack while still warm.

Nutrition Facts

Peanut Butter Pinwheel Cookies

Amount per Serving

% Daily Value*

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: American

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