There's nothing better than a Double Chocolate Cookie with peanut butter and chocolate chips! Pour yourself a glass of cold milk and get ready to indulge in these dark chocolate gluten-free cookies that have a hint of peanut butter!
This is the perfect cookie for this time of year! The weather is fantastic and we are finally starting to feel the crispness in the air! And with the Fall season comes baking. And with baking comes cookies! Who loves cookie exchanges? I do because I get to experience so many different types of wonderful cookies! And these cookies are perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, the Fall season or a Christmas cookie exchange because they bring a variety of flavors!
These Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are full of peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and have a dark chocolate taste because of the added cocoa powder. And they are gluten-free! Around Halloween time last year, I was on the hunt for a good fall season cookie and I found House of Nash Eats Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies and they instantly caught my eye! Her cookie was full of rich dark chocolate, double peanut butter with Reese's pieces and peanut butter chips and had a double chocolate taste with the white chocolate chips and chocolate chips. So I was determined to make them. And I did.... except I changed it up a little bit. And they turned out perfect!
Since I'm gluten-free, I needed to make a gluten-free version of these Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies. So I switched out the regular flour and substituted it with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All-Purpose Baking Flour. I also used regular cocoa powder instead of the special dark cocoa powder. And I used regular chocolate chips instead of the Halloween baking chips. And guys, they turned out amazing!
Now, I can personally vouch for House of Nash Eats Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies because my son asked me to make a batch of hers while I made me and my daughter a batch of the gluten-free version of these chocolate peanut butter cookies. Even though I'm gluten-free, I had to do a taste test of the original recipe and it was amazing. Hers has the best dark chocolate taste! But my gluten-free version is more of a fall-time cookie since the chocolate and peanut butter chips meld so perfectly together! Typically, a gluten-free cookie with chocolate chips, Reese's pieces, peanut butter chips and white chocolate chips would taste super sweet but not the version I created. Adding that pinch of salt makes all the difference in the world! You will get the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter in every bite of these incredible cookies!
These Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for dipping in a tall glass of cold milk! That's my daughter's favorite way to eat these cookies! Personally, I like them with a hot cup of coffee!
With all this talk about amazing cookies don't forget about my Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (which are paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free), Boyfriend Cookies and my Quinoa Protein Bites, which are a lot like a cookie!
Everyone's going to love these cookies! They're so perfect for this time of year! Happy baking and Happy Eats Ya'll!
Gluten Free Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All-Purpose Baking Flour
- ⅔ cups cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granular sugar
- ⅔ cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chip morsels
- ½ cup peanut butter chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup Reese's Pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using your KitchenAid Standing Mixer, using the medium size bowl combine the softened butter, light brown sugar and white granular sugar and mix on low with the wire attachment for 3-4 minutes.
- Next, add in the eggs and vanilla and mix for another minute.
- In a separate large bowl, add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and stir with a spoon to mix.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and use your KitchenAid Standing Mixer to mix on low speed until all ingredients are well combined.
- In a separate medium size bowl, combine the semi sweet chocolate chip morsels, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips and Reese's Pieces and stir to until they are evenly distributed.
- Gently stir in ¾ of the candies into the cookie batter, setting the rest aside until after the cookies are done.
- Scoop 2 Tablespoons of cookie dough for each cookie and shape into a ball by rolling between the palms of your hand. Note that the cookie dough is going to be more on the soft side so take care to roll them into balls.
- Place each ball on the cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 14 minutes, until set. Note that when you remove your cookies from the oven, they are going to be soft and may not appear to be done. They are done and will firm up as they cool.
- Take the remaining candies and gently press into each cookie. This makes the cookies look extra appealing!
- About 10 minutes after pulling the cookies out of the oven, transfer to a cooling wrack and let them cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Recipes Inspired by: House of Nash Eats
Julia
I can't believe these are gluten free. They look absolutely scrumptious!!
Amanda Mason
Thank you!! These taste amazing!!
Amy
These really do look incredible and I love your take on them! Thanks so much for the shout out! Your photography is gorgeous!
Amanda Mason
Thank you!! Your original version is fabulous also!!!
Catherine Baez Sholl
These look so delicious! Love that they're gluten-free. Pinned. Found it at the Tasty Tuesday Party.
Linda Tanzini
I just subscribed to your site. I was just curious if you don,'t use xanthan gum in your baked goods? I have den baking gluten free for years using my own mix of brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch. I have found that without it things just crumble. Not being critical, just curious if that happens to you. Looking forward to trying your recipes, thanks so much, Linda
Amanda Mason
Hi Linda! I'm so glad you subscribed to the blog!! I use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour in this recipe, along with baking soda. These cookies dont crumble when I make them and I honestly feel it's because of the baking soda. You can definately add Xanthan gum if you want, but I dont think it's needed in this recipe. In some gluten free baking recipes, it is but not this one. When making cookies, I hardly ever add xanthan gum...I feel the baking soda mixed with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free flour does the trick. Bob's gluten free flour doesn't have xanthan gum in it either. I'm excited to hear what you think about this recipe!!
Joe Denny
Just like pillsbury GF flour I believe Bob's red mill flour already has Xanthan gum in it. This is why I buy one of those 2 brands exclusively. Original poster has a great point. Hope this helps! Making this recipe today in a smoker!
Amanda Mason
You are going to have to let me know how these turn out since you are making cookies in a smoker!! Sounds fun!!!
Joe Denny
Well our landlord is dragging his feet on fixing our oven lol I ruined my 1st batch of cookies Ginger molasses gluten free but then did some research and rebounded with some good cookies afterwards just have to make some adjustments and put the smoke setting to low! #Campchefsmokers
Amanda Mason
Love it!