Soft and chewy, not too sweet, Reese’s Pieces Cookies make a perfect snack. The mix of Reese’s Pieces with chocolate chips gives these cookies just the right amount of satisfying chocolate and peanut butter. This recipe uses only one bowl to mix the dough, making clean-up easier.
These cookies will quickly become a family favourite. The combination of chocolate and peanut butter makes these cookies a perfect treat any day of the week.
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Ingredients For Reese’s Pieces Cookies
The fat used in these cookies is shortening. Most cookies call for butter, but I prefer the results I get with shortening in place of butter. To get a slight butter flavour in the cookies, Crisco Golden Shortening is used. But you can use ordinary shortening as well.
When it comes to Reese’s Pieces, I use the ones found in the baking aisle with the chocolate chips. They are smaller and mix in the dough better. If you can’t find them, the ones found in the candy aisle will work as well.
Mini chocolate chips are the go-to in this cookie recipe because they also mix well into the dough and are closer to the size of Reese’s Pieces baking pieces.
The addition of cornstarch into the cookie dough is what helps to keep the cookies soft and chewy.
Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer To Make Cookies
For mixing the dough, you can use a stand mixer but I prefer to use a hand mixer. Why? A stand mixer does the work for you, so yes, it is easier. But when I use my stand mixer, I find that because it does the work for me, I tend to overbeat the shortening and sugars. And overbeating leads to a crispy cookie. These cookies are meant to be soft and chewy. The creaming process of the shortening and sugars should only be 2-3 minutes. Stop beating when the mixture is creamy and just a little grainy.
Chilling The Dough Is A Must For These Cookies
The dough for these cookies has to be chilled for at least 2 hours so these cookies are not spur-of-moment cookies, but the wait is definitely worth it. If the dough isn’t chilled before baking, the cookie will spread too much and become thin and crispy. If that is how you prefer your cookies, then you can skip the chilling process.
To make these cookies thick, rolling the dough into a cylinder as opposed to a ball, and placing it on an end, makes the cookies thicker. This process helps the cookie to stay thick and there is less spreading.
Freezing The Dough For Later
The dough can also be rolled into balls and frozen for later use. Once the dough balls are formed, you can freeze them on a plate or cookie sheet. Once frozen, store in an air-tight container or freezer bag. Just remove the number of cookies you want from the freezer and let them sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before baking.
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Reese's Pieces Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Crisco Golden shortening
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cups Reese's Pieces baking pieces
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer on low speed, cream shortening and sugars together in a large bowl.
- Add egg and vanilla extract and beat on low until just combined.
- Add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt and mix until flour is just incorporated.
- Fold in Reese's pieces and chocolate chips.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours or overnight.
- Remove dough from fridge and let sit at room temperature for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat
- Roll dough into 18 even balls and place on prepared pans
- Bake 12-16 minutes. Cookies will still look a little wet in the middle
- Cool on racks. Then store in airtight containers
OMG! these are so good. Love how thick they turn out and they are soft and chewy inside
Can’t wait to try! Reese’s are my favorite candies!
These cookies look so yummy. I made cookies the other day with shortening. They turned out so good. I can’t wait to try these too. I pinned them so I can do so.
Those look so good! I’m definitely going to have to try them.
Can’t wait to try this! love that it’s not too sweet. I’ve never used shortening in cookies, very interesting, thanks for sharing. Looks delicious also!
These look amazing. Reese’s pieces are my favorite and I’m sure they would taste even better in a cookie!
I can’t wait to make these! I think I will prefer the thin and crispy.
I have never tried the Crisco golden shortening, but now I will have to pick some up to try it out! I also have to look for the mini-Reese’s pieces in the baking aisle. These look so good!
Sounds delicious!
Great idea! Our family is addicted to Reece’s Pieces so these are moving to the top of our must try list. Thanks for sharing!
YUM! I love anything to do with Reeses Pieces. Thanks for the fantastic recipe!
Absolutely in love with these! The recipe is very easy and the result divine, thank you for sharing!
Twinsies on names! This is a blog after my own heart. This recipe looks amazing.
I LOVE Reeses Pieces! These cookies look delicious. I’ve never used shortening in cookies, but I’m sure that’s what makes these yummy! Thanks for sharing 🙂