Peanut Butter "Snickerdoodles" Recipe - Allrecipes.com
  • READY IN 52 mins

Peanut Butter "Snickerdoodles"

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"I grew up thinking that a snickerdoodle involved an actual Snickers, and a white cookie with cinnamon sugar was called something else. I have been educated, but the name still sticks. These are large peanut butter cookies with your favorite fun size candy bar stuffed in the middle. " —  

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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
  2. Beat together the butter, peanut butter, 2 cups white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl, stirring until well mixed and creamy. Mix in the vanilla extract and eggs.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix the flour mixture, one cup at a time, into the butter mixture, and stir until you have a smooth dough.
  4. Scoop up 1/4 cup of dough per cookie, and form it into a ball around a fun size candy bar. Set the balls onto a baking sheet at least 6 inches apart, and flatten each ball with a fork in a cross-hatch pattern, making sure the cookie dough is still fully covering the candy bar. Sprinkle each cookie with about 1/2 teaspoon white sugar.
  5. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly browned around the edges, 12 to 14 minutes.
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  • PREP 40 mins
  • COOK 12 mins
  • READY IN 52 mins

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  • Cook's Note
  • If you are using more than one type of candy, it's helpful if you impale the candy with a popsicle stick and write the kind of candy on the side that sticks out. If you don't want to go to all of the effort, these make great normal-sized cookies. Form in 1 inch balls, flatten, and bake 7 to 8 minutes at 375 degrees F/190 degrees C.
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Jul 16, 2009

Just a note to anyone making these cookies--> they're delicious, but if you use the entire recipe, you will probably end up with 50+ cookies, not 24! I cut the recipe in half because I was only planning on making a dozen or so with my family, and ended up with 30 large cookies! Just a note of warning...the recipe is delicious though, and definitely one of my favorites to use. I'd definitely recommend it to others.

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Most Helpful Critical Review
Jul 02, 2009

the dough tastes great raw, but the cookie was a little disappointing. i halved the recipe and used mini snickers, but i needed more than one bag of candy to use up the dough. i found it best to just roll the dough around the candy just so it was covered. too much dough meant most of the cookie was plain and snicker-less. i didnt make a crosshatch patter on the top either: it was too hard to make it look pretty with the hard snicker inside. the peanut butter cookie dough lacked peanut butter flavor and would be a pretty bland cookie alone. definitely needs some adjustments. i might try my favorite pb cookie recipe with the snickers inside next time, but this recipe was not one i'll be making again.

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9 Ratings

May 25, 2009

These taste great! My mom has made these for a couple years now, she made her own recipe it's pretty cool. She's thinking of trying different candy bars next time too.

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May 25, 2009

I just did chocolate chips... no snickers it is a nice cookie something different. I did cut ingredents in 1/2 and made over 4 doz.

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Dec 28, 2010

Everyone that i have gave these to loved them and has asked for the recipe. only difference is i used the mini ones and made smaller cookies

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Nov 02, 2009

these were phenominal! we made ours with milky way minis,and also made a few with caramels that have frosting in the middle (called cow tails or bullseye caramels around here) for someone who can't eat choclate..... they were super!

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Aug 11, 2009

OK, this recipe really does make A LOT! I cut it in half and we still had more than enough. It's a good cookie, not the most fantastic, but darn nice! The peanut butter flavor is not strong but that's OK. I don't think I used a full 1/4 cup of dough for each cookie. I just used enough to cover up the candy bar and called that good. Make sure you use the sugar on top as it really makes the cookie!

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Oct 14, 2012

These are delicious! I cooked them without the candy but they were still very yummy! I have a gas stove so I baked mine at 350 degrees and ten minutes only and they were perfect!

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Nutrition

  • Calories
  • 633 kcal
  • 32%
  • Carbohydrates
  • 79 g
  • 25%
  • Cholesterol
  • 78 mg
  • 26%
  • Fat
  • 32 g
  • 49%
  • Fiber
  • 2.6 g
  • 10%
  • Protein
  • 11.3 g
  • 23%
  • Sodium
  • 516 mg
  • 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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