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These Buckeye Brownie Cookies combine the best of both worlds…brownies and buckeyes! If you love buckeyes, but don’t like taking the time to dip them in chocolate, you’ll love this easy cookie recipe!

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Buckeye Brownie Cookies

As you can see, we’re both still obsessed with peanut butter and chocolate. Let me tell you, I will never be done loving that perfect duo, so you can always be watching for a new recipe.  I’m sure a lot of you share this same love- I wouldn’t be surprised. Many people who claim to not like peanut butter and chocolate will find themselves eating one of these amazing cookies.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Who here loves buckeyes, brownies, and cookies? I know I do. The fudgy-chocolate flavor of brownies is one of my favorite desserts. Well, I have a lot of favorites. But I really, really, really like brownies. So to make it into a big, rich, gooey cookie with peanut butter surprises inside is over the top for me. Buckeye Brownie Cookies. What more could I ask for?

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Brownie Mix Cookies

 The simple brownie batter is made using a boxed brownie mix, melted butter, egg, and softened cream cheese. I love that it uses a boxed brownie mix! So easy!

You’ll want to make sure the butter is very soft, if not a little melty so that it easily mixes into the brownie batter. The batter will be very thick!

These cookies combine the best of both worlds...brownies and buckeyes! If you love buckeyes, but don't like taking the time to dip them in chocolate, you'll love this easy cookie recipe!

How Long to Bake Cookies

When you’re baking the cookies, watch to make sure you don’t overcook them or under cook them. We baked ours a full 12 minutes and it was perfect. All ovens are different, so yours might take longer or shorter to cook. My suggestion? Set it at maybe 11 minutes, and watch it until it gets all the way done. Usually I like my brownies really gooey, but the bottom of the cookie needs to be cooked fully for it to hold the weight of the peanut butter. Trust me, it’s really still gooey. It’s brownies! How can it not be gooey and delicious?

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Chocolate Topped Cookies

We love to use either chocolate chips or Candiquik chocolate for dipping, drizzling, and dunking. Candiquik is the easiest! We simply popped the chocolate in the microwave, took it out, gave it a little stir, and spooned it on the peanut butter part of the cookie. The Candiquik melts so quickly in the microwave. It just melts in your mouth, too. Use any type of chocolate you prefer…chocolate chips work just as well.

These cookies combine the best of both worlds...brownies and buckeyes! If you love buckeyes, but don't like taking the time to dip them in chocolate, you'll love this easy cookie recipe!

You get the same classic taste of buckeyes without having to dip anything. Genius, right?!

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If you love these cookies, you’ll love our new brownie cookie versions! Nutella Brownie Cookies, Peppermint Patty Brownie Cookies and Cookie Dough Brownie Cookies.

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Buckeye Brownie Cookies
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
42 mins
 

These Buckeye Brownie Cookies combine the best of both worlds…brownies and buckeyes! If you love buckeyes, but don’t like taking the time to dip them in chocolate, you’ll love this easy cookie recipe!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 247 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 box fudge brownie mix (19.5 ounce or family size)
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat the brownie mix, butter, cream cheese, and egg. The dough will be a little sticky. Scoop the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, making about 24 cookies. Smooth the edges of each to form a round cookie.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix the powdered sugar and the peanut butter until it is completely combined. Form the mixture into about 1 inch balls. Make sure you have one ball for each cookie. Set aside.
  3. Bake for the cookie dough 12 minutes, keeping an eye out to make sure the cookies doesn't overcook or undercook.
  4. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press a peanut butter ball lightly into the center of each cookie. The peanut butter mixture will soften slightly, but that is OK. Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

  5. Melt the 4 ounces of chocolate in a microwavable bowl for 30 seconds. Stir the chocolate and melt for additional 15 seconds or until the chocolate is completely melted. Spoon about 1/2 a tablespoon of melted chocolate on top of each cookie so it covers the peanut butter ball. Let the chocolate set. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts
Buckeye Brownie Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 247 Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 152mg 6%
Potassium 105mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 27g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 19g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 2.7%
Calcium 1.4%
Iron 6.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  4. Chocolate and peanut butter are one of my favorite combinations. We do the same thing for Valentine’s Day, usually making homemade Valentines and goodies for friends and family. Kind of a generalized celebration 🙂 Thanks for sharing your recipe! Pinned!

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  10. I will have to try these – and the other PB ones at the end there. Chocolate and PB – OH YEAH!! But I wonder, why use Candiquik? Guittard choclate has a much better flavor. I keep it on hand in the freezer and use it for all my candy needs (mostly for my candy molds).

    You take those pics yourself? Very nice. Looks professional!

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    • Enjoy them, Cheri! Hmmm…I’ve never heard of Guittard chocolate. We choose Candiquik because it is accessible to us and is so easy to use. We do take our own pictures. Thank you for the kind words!

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      • Would Magic Shell work in place of Candiquik? That’s all I can find which seems close. Please excuse my lack of baking knowledge if these are totally different and my question is ridiculous. 😉

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        • Magic Shell wouldn’t work since it has to get cold to get hard. You can just use melt chocolate chips or Hershey’s chocolate bars in place of the Candiquik. 🙂 Enjoy!

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    • Deena, you can get Candiquik in the baking aisle of the grocery store. In our store, it’s right by the chocolate chips and powdered cocoa. I hope you find it! 🙂

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  15. I am going to do this with my mom when she gets back from her trip! My friend’s mom pinned thus so i looked at and had to pin it myself. They look and sound delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe!

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  18. Made these tonight and they were FANTASTIC. Suuuuuper rich so I could only eat one, but it went great with a big glass of milk! Thank you!

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    • Beverly, If you didn’t want to add the cream cheese, you could try yogurt. I’d probably try Greek yogurt if I was going to do that. You’d need something to replace the cream cheese, as I think it would be too dry without it.

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  20. Thank you for sharing this they were a big hit!! I had to double the recipe and now 3 days later making another double batch!!

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  21. Made the Buckeyes tonight! Oh my word! They are insanely delicious…I don’t even want to step on that scale in the morning. I think I will just go ahead and skip it for the next few days until these are gone. HOME RUN!

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  22. These were AMAZING!! Made them for a picnic today and they were gone!! Rave reviews from everyone! My kids were eyeing them all morning and I told them they could have one at the picnic, but they were gone by the time they got to the dessert! Now I’ll have to make another batch. Oh darn!

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    • Thanks so much for the feedback, Jessica! I had to laugh at your story of telling the kids to wait. That has happened to us many times! 🙂 Enjoy!

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    • These cookies are inspired by the buckeye candy. The ball of peanut butter dipped in chocolate is similar to a buckeye.

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  29. I love this cookie idea!! I also really appreciated how certain. Tips were given in your write-up. As the voice of beginning bakers out there might I make some suggestions? the size options you gave for the brownie mix, I got the “family box” and while the cookies are still delicious there is more of a cream cheese taste as opposed to a brownie taste so I would suggest getting the exact size or a little bit more for a full on brownie taste. I would also suggest having a cookie scooper. Instead of balls I did chubby disk shapes and this helped with the weight of the pb ball.. merry Christmas to all and happy baking

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  30. Just made these and I did as instructed regarding the powdered sugar and peanut butter and all I got was white granials. So what I did was just add the peanut butter on top of the brownie cookie instead. A little goes a long way. They are very good. Thanks

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    • Hmmmm….not sure why your peanut butter filling didn’t turn out. Were you using a low-fat peanut butter? Sometimes that is “drier”. And make sure that the powdered sugar doesn’t get packed down into the cup when measuring. Spoon it in to the cup so you get just the measurement you need. You can’t go wrong with peanut butter on top of a chocolate cookie, though! Thanks!

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  31. How far in advance can I make these ? Should I freeze, refrigerate or just in air tight container ? I need to make about 8 batches for a graduation party … Thank you

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    • I apologize for not seeing this sooner. My only concern about freezing them would be that the chocolate would crack or not look nice after freezing. Other than that, they are completely freezable. We’ve kept them for several days in an airtight and they are still good. Or you could make up the brownie/cookie dough part ahead of time, then freeze, and a day or so before you need them, add the chocolate on top. That’s probably how I’d do it if I needed to make them much in advance. Then they’d taste as fresh as possible.

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  32. These are amazing Lizzy!! I couldn’t stop drooling 😛 Pls come over and link up at Saucysaturdays .. We go live 8am EST. Would love to have you over..

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  33. I made these a few months ago following your recipe and loved them! Made them again tonight to take to work. Everybody wants them!!! Haha

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  34. These look delicious but I didn’t have a brownie mix available. I used a crinkle cookie recipe (skipping the part where you roll the dough in powdered sugar), which turns out brownie-like cookies and they worked fantastic! They look beautiful and taste heavenly!

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  35. We’re having a bake off at work tomorrow and I wanted to try a new “knock your socks off” recipe. I think this is the winner! Thanks for sharing, and I can’t wait to try them!

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  39. I was so excited to see this recipe as every year, to my chagrin, I make my dad his peanut butter balls for Christmas. I do not have the patience or that special touch it seems for the dipping. So, all the same ingredients, & like the appearance of these, why not give them a try.

    Wow, what a mess! In the end they will be fine to give, however, these were a challenge.

    The peanut butter, icing sugar was a paste, not near the consistency to roll. I was afraid to add more sugar in case the end result was too sweet, so I spread the paste on a wax paper covered small cookie sheet, covered it & refrigerated overnight. Didn’t make a difference.
    The brownie batter is good, but if, like me you want more bite size, then make them small, like 1″ across. The dough is far too sticky to drop with a scoop, so I just dropped from a small spoon, then smoothed the top with a damp finger.
    Pop in the oven for 10 minutes, then as soon as you take the pan out of the oven, imprint into the cookie QUICKLY . I used the rounded end of a small kitchen tool. With a small spoon drop the p.b. paste into the hole & swirl around.

    These taste really good, but in the end, I think I will just make the brownie mix in the pan, then when partly cooled spread the p.b. mixture over top, then when cooled, cut into squares & drizzle the chocolate over.

    NOTE: To be fair to our hostesses here, I am in Canada, & maybe our p.b. is more creamier & the brownie mix is a bit different? Anyhow, it was still better than dipping! Merry Christmas!

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    • Hi there! I’m sorry you had so much trouble with these! Maybe there is a difference in ingredients where you buy them. I’m glad that they are giftable, though. 🙂 Merry Christmas to you!

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  42. Just wanted to say that I made these to take in to work and my coworkers gave me a round of applause! No joke! It was hilarious! Thanks so much for this amazing recipe! 🙂

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  46. These cookies look amazing — and your photography is terrific! Was wondering if you use Tailwind — because I am starting a new tribe called CHRISTMAS COOKIES and I’d love for you to participate! If you’re interested, send me an e-mail and I’ll invite you! Thanks — these cookies are going on my MUST TRY list this year!

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  47. Hi just wondering if you know if these would work with a peanut butter substitute like wow butter? My son is allergic and trying to find new things that will work!

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    • I was hoping someone else would question the baking time. I’ve made them twice now and both times I needed to bake them for 21 minutes, not the 12 minutes. They are SO good tho!!!!

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  49. Hahahaha! A friend of mine used to make these and would never give me the recipe, and never told me what they were called. Found you on Pinterest. I’ve been waiting years to find this. Just made them for my mother in law’s 86th birthday. They came out wonderful! I live at high altitude (over 6000 ft.), so I did add 2 tablespoons of flour. Thank you so much!

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  53. I followed the recipe, which calls for melted butter. My cookies spread and didn’t stay in balls. THEN I watched the video and it seems the butter is just softened. Which is correct? I’ll try these again, but want to get it right next time.

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    • Just try softening it next time. I’ll update the recipe. I’ve done it both ways for this recipe, though. Melting the butter makes it easier to mix, but you can just soften it if that works better. Thanks!

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      • Thanks. I’ll try again. Or, maybe I over mixed them, too. They were still awesome, and everyone loved them! They didn’t know what they were supposed to look like, so they just thought they were great. I just spread the peanut butter on top a bit, then put the melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter. Thanks, again!

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  54. I just have to tell you that I made these for my daughters office party, her boss loved them so much, that he said, he would trade her 2 dozen cookies for a day off, so guess who is making these again, Oh, I am thrilled to have this come from a box mix…
    Thank you, from both my daughter and I..
    Merry Christmas…………

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  55. After browsing on Pinterest, I stumbled across this recipe and HAD to try them. They looked delicious, so I bought ingredients to make 2 batches. The only problem I encountered is the list of ingredients is wrong. The ingredients calls for ¼ cup softened butter. I realized this was wrong when I was mixing the cream cheese and butter with the brownie mix, it just wasn’t being incorporated into the mix. That is when I doubled checked the ingredients, and it indeed says softened butter. Then I read the paragraph about these cookies, and noticed that you had mentioned ¼ cup melted butter. I quickly threw away my mix, and started again. This time I used the melted butter and it mixed up perfectly and I was able to make the cookies. The other problem is the ingredients calls for semi-sweet choclate chips, but these are not mentioned anywhere in the directions. Instead it mentions Candiquick. Luckily I had some Candiquick in the cabinet, so I was able to use that for the topping instead of the chocolate chips. Once I figured out the correct recipe the cookies were AMAZING and a big hit!

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