Salted Peanut Butter Rolo Cookies
Behold the awesomeness I present to you in form of a peanut butter cookie. Not for the faint hearted, these filled to the gill cookies will rock your socks.
In the best way possible.
Mini chocolate chips and salted peanuts? Check.
Flakey sea salt and melted Rolo candies? Check.
Glass of milk to wash these deliciously, amazingly, over the top, grow hair on your chest, deep dish cookies? Check.
Stomach ache from eating way too many cookies? Unfortunately, check.
Best peanut butter cookie I’ve EVER eaten? Check.
The end.
Other recipes you might enjoy:
Salted Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, from Food 52
Peanut Butter Brownies, from Smitten Kitchen
Salted Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes, from My Madison Bistro
Reese’s Cup Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, from Annie’s Eats
Rolo Pretzels with Pretzel M & M’s, from Two Peas and Their Pod
Salted Peanut Butter Rolo Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup, packed dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup peanut butter (crunchy or creamy)
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup chopped, roasted & salted peanuts
- 1– 8 oz bag mini Rolo candies
- 1 heaping tablespoon coarse sea salt (or more if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- In a small bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt together, set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and peanut butter and beat until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until flour is fully incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips and salted peanuts.
- Using a large tablespoon, scoop batter into un-greased 12-cup standard muffin top or whoopie pie pan. With the back of the spoon, press dough to fill the cup. Press 3-4 Rolos onto each cookie and sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove pan from oven and place cookies on rack to fully cool.
31 Comments
you had me at “salted peanut butter” yum!!! Hope you had a great weekend!
Holy cow, you aren’t kidding. These things are loaded! I think now I have to make a peanut butter cookie a part of my day somehow.
These look amazing, Kelley! The thickness, the muffin pan, the Rolos…nothing that I don’t absolutely love!
These look so perfect! I love everything about them!
Now that’s my kind of cookie! These look so mouthwatering, Kelley. Great recipe!
holy…smokes. i am putting together my post-Marathon meal. this is TOTALLY it! Worth running every mile. I just HAVE to try your dee-lish-dish before hand to make sure its just right tho’
Good luck in your marathon! These cookies would be the perfect treat at the finish line!
Salt,peanut butter, rolos. That is all I need to make me happy!!
My kind of cookie…well, all cookies are my kind of cookies:)
ha! So true, cookie queen!! 🙂
I’m heading to Amazon right now to buy a muffin top pan. These look irresistible. Rolos are my favorite.
Barbara, I didn’t have one until recently and I love it!!
This is probably one of the best cookie ideas I’ve seen lately. I’m in love with rolo anything!
Me too! Thanks for the comment!
Found you on pinterest. These are gorgeous! I love using my muffin top pan for cookies! Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe!
You’re so welcome! Don’t you love Pinterest?? Thanks for visiting!
I know you posted this a decade ago, but I just found it, and I’m curious if it changes the whole integrity of the cookie if you omit the peanuts? I LOVE peanut butter, but don’t like actual peanuts (texture thing). Otherwise, this looks divine!
Go ahead and leave out the peanuts. Won’t jeopardize the recipe at all!
I had no idea they made the mini rolo’s……hope I can find them soon because these have to be made for the weekend! Looks awesome *_*
I found them at my local grocery store on an end isle with other mini candies….peanut butter cups, peppermint patties. I hadn’t seen them before so I think they’re new. Good luck finding them!
Hoping I can find mini rolo’s……this is a must make this weekend recipe!
I found them on an end isle in my local grocery store, good luck!
These are my type of cookies!!! Love me some rolos and PB!!
I feel my socks rockin’ already. These look to-die-for!
Oh my stars alive! I need these in my life! {drool}
Rolos remind me of seeing movies as a kid. I always opted for them over candy bars! Love all the flavors going on here. Totally trying this!
I love Rolos too. In fact, they’re one of my favorites!! Beware, these are dangerous!!
Does anyone know how many cookies this recipe makes?
It makes about 24.
Can these be made on a traditional cookie sheet? I live on a boat and don’t have a lot of extra room for “stuff”.
Thanks!
Of course! They won’t be as big or thick but the dough will still be delicious!