Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter cookies are soft, thick and chewy peanut butter cookies with a crispy crunch in every bite. Delicious peanut butter cookie recipe that is made even better by adding chocolate chips and Rice Krispies!
It is no secret that I absolutely love peanut butter cookies, especially with chocolate chips, but I think I have a new favorite. Who knew that adding Rice Krispies to peanut butter cookies would make them even better?! I love the crunch of the Rice Krispies in these cookies.
TIPS FOR MAKING THE BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
- Make sure that you have enough flour in the dough. If the dough is too sticky, you may need to add a little bit of flour.
- Do not melt the butter! The butter needs to be softened (at room temperature), but using melted butter will ruin the cookies.
- Spend a little extra time when you mix the butter and sugars. Creaming them together for 2-3 minutes will improve the consistency of your cookies.
- Use regular peanut butter, not the more natural kind. The peanut butters where the oils separate out tend to be a little runnier and just don’t yield consistently favorable results in baking!
- Preheat the oven. This will help your cookies turn out right every time!
- Use a cookie scoop! If you want all your cookies to be perfectly shaped and have them all be the same size, a cookie scoop is the way to go.
- Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Doing this will make it really easy to remove the cookies from your cookie sheet so that you don’t have to scrape them off the pan – they will just slide right off in perfect shape!
- Don’t overbake the cookies – when I take mine out of the oven, they still look slightly underbaked but they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a couple more minutes so that’s ok!
Ingredients in Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Butter – Just one stick of butter is needed for the cookies. Make sure it is softened to room temperature before mixing with the sugars.
Sugars – You’ll need 1/4 cup of granulated sugar and 3/4 cup of brown sugar. Make sure the brown sugar is fresh and soft.
Eggs – You just need 1 large egg to bind everything together.
Vanilla extract – The higher the quality of the vanilla, the better!
Peanut butter – You can use creamy or crunchy peanut butter, but note that if you use a more natural peanut butter, the cookies won’t quite turn out the same. Traditional peanut butter (Jif, Skippy, etc) tend to work better for baking. I prefer crunchy peanut butter in this recipe because it pairs really well with the crunch of the Rice Krispies.
Flour – All purpose flour works best in these cookies. Cake flour also works well.
Baking soda – This is the leavening agent in the cookies so make sure your baking soda isn’t old or expired.
Salt – Just 1/4 teaspoon of salt helps to bring out the other flavors in the cookies.
Rice Krispies cereal – Don’t leave this out! This is what adds the most incredible texture to the cookies and makes them so unique!
Chocolate chips – I like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips, and I often use the mini ones instead of the regular size. You can also use milk chocolate or dark chocolate if you prefer.. or leave out the chocolate altogether. The cookies will still be delicious!
How to make Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat the butter and sugars together for about 2-3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat for another 1-2 minutes.
Add the peanut butter and mix until well combined.
In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the peanut butter mixture and mix just until combined.
Fold in the Rice Krispies and chocolate chips.
With a cookie scoop, scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of the dough and roll them into balls.
Place the balls on a prepared cookie sheet (greased or lined with parchment paper) about 2″ apart. Bake for 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 3-4 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
WHAT TYPE OF PEANUT BUTTER TO USE?
I have found that regular peanut butter (Skippy, Jif, etc.) works much better in most recipes than more natural peanut butters. The natural type peanut butters tend to be a lot runnier and they just don’t turn out quite the same.
WHY DO PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES HAVE FORK MARKS ON THEM?
Most peanut butter cookie recipes require you to press the tops with the back of a fork. This helps the cookies to bake more evenly since they tend to be more dense than other cookies.
HERE ARE A FEW MORE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE RECIPES YOU’LL ENJOY:
- Best Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies
- Easy Peanut Butter Cookies
- Fudge Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies
- Best Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies
- Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cookies
- Snickers Peanut Butter Cookies
- Apple Peanut Butter Cookies
Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter cookies are soft, thick and chewy peanut butter cookies with a crispy crunch in every bite. Delicious peanut butter cookie recipe that is made even better by adding chocolate chips and Rice Krispies!
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Tee says
Would really be helpful if you provided the baking temperature. I wanted to make this recipe but have to guess what oven temp is needed.
Nellie says
Sorry about that! I added the temp to the recipe – it should be 350°.
Karen M says
Do you flatten the balls? Doesn’t say in the recipe!
Linda says
These cookies are amazing. I did everything recommended in the recipe and they turned out perfect!
Jessica says
So glad to hear Linda!
Amy says
This recipe was a huge hit. The only step that I had to do different was flatten the balls of dough just slightly.
This will become a recipe I will use many times.
Nellie says
So glad you enjoyed them Amy!
ShonnaMarie says
These cookies are a BIG hit with my family and friends! Super addictive…can’t eat just one lol. I also add butterscotch chips with the chocolate chips, it’s a game changer.
Jessica says
Thanks so much Shonna!
Jenny Winter says
These cookies are now my go-to cookie recipe. Everyone that has tried them has loved them. The only change I make is to add 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips.
Thank you