One of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes uses vanilla pudding mix as an ingredient. It makes the chocolate chip cookies extra soft and chewy, and I swear they stay fresh longer. The recipe is a great starting point for baking a variety of cookies—you can use butterscotch chips instead of semisweet or a butterscotch pudding mix and white chocolate chips. Being the Reese's lover that I am, we took that recipe and made what quickly became my downfall chocolate peanut butter pudding cookies.
I swear chocolate and peanut butter were created on the 8th day.
These chocolate peanut butter pudding cookies were gone in record time. I managed to put away at least a half dozen from the first batch because I'm helpful like that.
Printable recipe for chocolate peanut butter pudding cookies below.
Chocolate peanut butter pudding cookies
A super soft, super chewy cookie that will quickly become a family favorite. Feel free to change up the pudding mix and chips to create a new type of cookie! Makes approximately 3 ½ dozen.
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 (3.4-oz) packages instant devil's food (or chocolate) pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups Reese's peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking soda; set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well.
- Add flour mixture and stir until thoroughly combined. Follow with peanut butter chips.
- Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Kristina P.
I love pudding mix in my cookies. They make them so soft!
Emily Hill
Pudding makes everything better--dessert, sore throats, wrestling . . .
Victoria @obSEUSSed
A favorite recipe of ours. I'll have to try the choc. peanut butter mix. Looks delicious!
Emily Hill
What is your favorite combo?
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes
I haven't tried pudding in cookies yet. I've been missing out!
Emily Hill
Yes, you have! Do it this week! :)
Deborah
I need these. like, right now.
Emily Hill
Me too. Wish I still had some hidden in the freezer.
carrian
Love pudding cookies! Who's the genius that thought that up anyway?
Emily Hill
Not me but it should've been me.
Von
I just printed this out so that I can buy everything. :)
Emily Hill
Buy extra pudding (in vanilla and chocolate) and extra chips (in chocolate and peanut butter and even butterscotch if you like them) so you can make them later on too. I always stock up on those two things!