A soft cookie is the base for sweetened peanut butter that’s drizzled with chocolate to make these amazing Buckeye Brownie Cookies.

Six soft and rich Buckeye brownie cookies on a white tray on a red and white plaid napkin.

When a chocolate base is enhanced with peanut butter and more chocolate the rest of the details don’t really matter. It’s just the type of gourmet cookie that’s catches your eye and makes your mouth water.

Brownie Cookie Recipe Tips

Using a box of brownie mix and only 8 total ingredients really simplifies this recipe.
Make a nice size ball of peanut butter that is about 1/2 the mass of the brownie cookie.
If using equal parts peanut butter and cookie, the base will fall apart.
Make peanut butter balls that are slightly over 1” or about 1 1/4” around and cover nearly all (about 75% to 80%) of the brownie base to get the best balance of chocolate to peanut butter.

Brownie cookies with peanut butter and drizzled with chocolate to make a rich, eye appealing finish resting on a white platter.

We love the chocolate and peanut butter combination in our Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars and Buckeyes Balls with Rice Krispies.

Ingredients Needed

Box of Brownie Mix – a basic family size mix that fits in a 9×13 is the base.
Egg
Cream Cheese – half a block adds a special richness
Shortening – we like butter flavor Crisco the best.
Powdered Sugar
Peanut Butter – use a quality, creamy brand for a great finished look.
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – use a scant teaspoon of oil to help the chocolate melt smoothly OR spread frosting over the cookies instead of melting chocolate.

Ingredients to make buckeye brownie cookies are a box of brownie mix, cream cheese, powdered sugar, shortening, oil, peanut butter, egg and chocolate chips on a wooden counter top.

How To Make Brownie Cookies

Use these directions, not the ones on the box.

Using a medium sized bowl stir softened cream cheese, shortening and egg into the brownie mix. Blend well.

Eggs, butter flavored shortening and cream cheese added to a mixing bowl with a box of family sized brownie mix.

Spoon flattening balls of brownie cookie dough on a lined baking sheet.

The dough will be sticky, but drop 24 balls onto a lined or lightly greased baking sheet. Use the back of a tablespoon to slightly flatten.

In a smaller bowl mix together peanut butter and powdered sugar. Form into 24 balls or patties and flatten slightly to nearly cover the brownie cookie base.

Peanut butter and powdered sugar mixed together in a white mixing bowl.

Peanut butter balls pressed onto a recipe for brownie cookies on a baking sheet.

Bake for 11 to 14 minutes in an oven preheated to 350℉. When edges are just beginning to set remove from the oven.

In a small microwave safe dish melt the chocolate chips and oil together. Stir until smooth and drizzle over the cookies to make an eye appealing finished look.

Small glass dish with melted chocolate and a spoon to drizzle in the center of a tray full of cookies on a wooden counter top.

I often like to test one cookie to determine the best baking time before making a full cookie sheet.

Pan of chocolate peanut butter brownie cookies with melted chocolate chips drizzled on top and waiting to set up.

My daughter made this Buckeye Brownie Cookie recipe for a gourmet cookie contest at the county fair and got 3rd place.

The winner used the same recipe and put a think layer of chocolate on top instead of a drizzle. Use your personal preference and enjoy!

We found the original recipe in a stack of ideas from the 90s that a neighbor gave me to test. Further study has revealed similar variations of this Brownie Cookie have been made and served at Crumbl Cookie. This version is much easier to make at home and enjoy!

Close up of a rich, soft cookie make with brownie mix, topped with sweetened peanut butter and top with a little melted chocolate.

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Overhead view of chocolate drizzled on a peanut butter patty baked onto a brownie cookie base.

Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Created by Jennifer Osterholt

Servings: cookies

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 12

Total Time: 27

A soft cookie is the base for sweetened peanut butter that’s drizzled with chocolate to make these amazing Buckeye Brownie Cookies.

Ingredients

▢ 19.5 ounces Brownie mix 9 x 13 pan size
▢ 1/3 cup butter flavor shortening
▢ 4 ounces cream cheese softened
▢ 1 egg
▢ 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
▢ 1 1/4 cup peanut butter
▢ 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
▢ 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉.
In a medium mixing bowl, beat brownie mix, melted shortening, softened cream cheese and egg until well blended. Dough will be sticky.
19.5 ounces Brownie mix, 1/3 cup butter flavor shortening, 4 ounces cream cheese, 1 egg
Drop 24 rounded spoonfuls 2 inches apart.
In a small mixing bowl beat together peanut butter and powdered sugar. Form 24 small balls and lightly press into the center of the brownie cookie.
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar, 1 1/4 cup peanut butter
Bake for 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are set. Place on a wire rack to cool.
Once cool, melt chocolate chips with oil and drizzle over the peanut butter filling.
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Nutrition

Calories: 274kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 106mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 75IUCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg

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