In Utah, there is this yummy cookie shop called Over the Top Cookies. They take your regular cookies and make them extra special by covering them with yummy stuff like cut up candy bars. I like their Peanut Butter Cup Collision cookie and decided to make my own homemade version. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself. My cookie recipe is best if you can eat it the day of or the day after. I thought is might be fun to surprise Dad on Father’s Day with these cookies. I also made the same cookie but topped it with M&M baking pieces. My kids were in heaven with these cookies.
Over the Top Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 32 mini Reese’s peanut butter cups, each cut into 4 pieces
- Mix the ingredients down to the vanilla. Add soda, salt, and flour. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Using and ice cream scoop, scoop dough (these are big cookies). Place 6 scoops of dough on ungreased cookie sheet. Use your hand and slightly flatten each scoop of dough. Cook for 12 minutes at 350.
- Remove cookies from oven and lightly press 8 cut up pieces of the Reese’s peanut butter cups over the top of each cookie. Return to oven for 2 more minutes. Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes before placing on cooling rack. I think these cookies are best eaten warm. However, the still taste great the next day. Are best if eaten no later than the day after baking. Makes 18 cookies.
Variation: use mini or regular M&M pieces in place of the Reese’s pieces.
Mmmm! These are so good!! I felt like a pro making these cookies because they’re as pretty as they are delicious! Thank you for the recipe. So happy to have found your blog!
These look terrific! I’m thinking about making them for a friend and only covering half w/ reese’s cups, would it just be a regular chocolate cookie chip w/o the extra topping?
Love this recipe and the other ideas for cookies!
I made these cookies last night! They are the best peanut butter cookies I have ever tried! I love your blog and all of your recipes are WONDERFUL!
These were a huge hit with the kids. They loved the size. Thanks for sharing.
These cookies look soooo good!
Oh wow! YUM! Those look fab!
xxMK
Delightful Bitefuls
Over the top? maybe. Worth it? Definitely! These look so yummy!
Oh wow, these look so good. I love a nice, soft peanut butter cookie and these look super moist. Now I gotta go get me some candy!
Oh wow, these cookies are just wow !!!
We don’t have cookies like these in France, but thanks god, I’ve your recipes !
thank you so much! we got these cookies at Christmas time as a gift and have been trying to remember how to do ever since!
Oh my oh my. Those look amazing. I can’t wait to try them!
yum! thanks for the recipe – these look amazing!
Yum! can’t wait to try! the almond Joy ones are my fav at Over the Top they are yummy cookies but kinda pricey!
I love anything with reese peanut butter cups. What a great idea!
These look fantastic and I will make these right away. Thanks for posting this! I make your mac and cheese and everyone likes it, there is none left over, EVER!
Dee~
Those look so good! My husband would love me if I made these – not that he doesn’t love me already…
Those look positively scrumptious!
Those look delicious, and like what you’d find in a bakery!
Snickered Out is on my Father’s Day baking list!
These look awesome. You shoudl repost these on Halloween so we are reminded how to use up all that extra candy!
They seem easy to make and look simply delicious! Thanks for sharing! : )
I love Over The Top cookies, especially their lemon one. I plan on recreating that one and posting about it soon. Yours look decedent!