Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles are easy to make and will have people drooling for more! They are the perfect treat to give to friends, take to a holiday party or a cookie swap.

Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

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The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is one of my long time favorite flavor combinations. These peanut butter truffles are smooth and creamy on the inside and the rich chocolate on the outside gives you the right mix of sweet without it being overpowering. It’s seriously hard to eat just one and keep everyone away from them so I can give some to friends. Truffles are perfect for gift giving and you won’t believe the secret to this easy recipe! It’s Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie MixMake amazing chocolate peanut butter truffles with Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix! No one will know it was so easy!

You only need to add a little water and oil to the peanut butter cookie mix and then drop them onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes and let cool.

I tossed them into my blender to make fine cookie crumbs for my chocolate peanut butter truffles.Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

Once blended mix the cookie crumbs with cream cheese and peanut butter and roll the dough into little 1″ balls. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. While those little balls of peanut butter were chillin’, I took a medium sized square Ziploc container and melted together chocolate chips and vegetable shortening. I hate having to scrape chocolate off in the sink so I just use one of these and throw it away when I’m done. Using a spoon, I dipped each ball in this mixture of yummy chocolate. Please resist sticking your finger in the chocolate for a big old lick at this point!Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

After rolling each ball to coat them with the spoons, place them on a baking sheet covered in wax paper and top with a few chopped peanuts. This is good to do if you are bringing them to a cookie swap or party if anyone there has a nut allergy they know this treat contains peanuts and will stay away.Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

Refrigerate for another 10 minutes or until the chocolate is set. Once this is done I removed them from the wax paper and knocked off any excess chocolate bits from the peanut butter truffles before dividing them between the other two Ziplock Containers.Easy to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles - the secret is using a packaged peanut butter cookie mix! This is on my holiday list for sure!

Now you are ready to get your holiday treat making on and make these chocolate peanut butter truffles.

You might also want to try these yummy Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies or this easy Gingerbread Cookies Recipe.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
Course: Dessert
Servings: 24
Author: Kelley @ Miss Information Blog
Ingredient List
  • 1 package Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix
  • 2 tbs. vegetable oil
  • 1 tbs. water
  • 4 oz. softened cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped peanuts
Directions
  1. Heat oven to 375°F. Make cookies as directed on pouch.
  2. Cool completely, at least 15 minutes.
  3. In a food processor or blender, process cookies into a fine crumb.
  4. In a mixer or food processor mix together cookie crumbs, cream cheese and peanut butter until well blended.
  5. Shape into 24 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper.
  6. Refrigerate 15 minutes.
  7. In a bowl or medium Ziploc container, microwave chocolate chips and shortening uncovered on High 60 seconds, stir and microwave at 30-second intervals stirring each time until smooth.
  8. Dip and roll chilled cookie balls, one at a time with spoons or forks, into melted chocolate. Return to lined cookie sheet.
  9. Sprinkle the top of each truffle with chopped peanuts before the chocolate hardens.
  10. The chocolate may start to get thick when you are dipping your truffles, just return it to the microwave for another 30 seconds and stir to loosen it back up for dipping.
  11. Refrigerate truffles about 10 minutes or until coating is set.
  12. Store covered in refrigerator

96 Responses

  1. Sara Cehennemden says:
    I would love to try Holiday Tree Brownies :D
  2. holiday blossom cookies
  3. I want to try 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks!
  4. I want to try the Holiday Blossom Cookies
  5. Bridgett Wilbur says:
    I would love to make holiday tree brownies.
  6. I would love to try the Holiday Blossom Cookies.
  7. I'd love to try Giant Christmas Tree Cookies!
  8. I'd like to try the Holiday Tree Brownies! I love brownies more than anything.
  9. I would love to try the Christmas Peanut Butter Blossooms, but so many look so good!!
  10. I would like to try the holiday tree brownies.
  11. I want to make the Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies
  12. I want to try the peanut butter truffles.
  13. AmandaSue says:
    Peppermint Fudge brownies yummy!!!
  14. Trisha Burgess says:
    I would love the peppermint fudge brownies!
  15. Alyson Cornman Photography says:
    The peanut butter blossoms sound amazing!
  16. Jennifer Red says:
    Frosty the Snowman Station, perfect for all the little cousins coming over, and their parents.
  17. I'd want to try the Holiday Tree Brownies.
  18. I love the Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies - so cute and so yummy!
  19. Kayla Lussier says:
    I cannot wait to try out these peanut butter truffles! They look amazing!
  20. Tabitha S says:
    the peppermint fudge brownies would go great with my coffee....yes i would eat brownies for breakfast don't judge lol
  21. Joanna Peter says:
    Peppermin-fudge Brownies sound amazing.
  22. I would like to make the Santa hat cookies.
  23. michelle hebert says:
    i want to try Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms
  24. wen budro says:
    I most want to try the recipe for chocolate chip reindeer cookies. They look super cute.
  25. the peppermint fudge brownies sound good!
  26. Patrick Siu says:
    I want to try the 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks
  27. Elizabeth B says:
    I'll have to try out this recipe (Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles) to fancy up our Buckeye recipe this year :] From the website I would really love to try out the Holiday Tree Brownies, they look a lot like the kind we usually buy prepackaged- but i'm sure they would be much better if we made them at home.
  28. Karen Giasson says:
    I would like to try the holiday tree brownies. I also like the holiday blossom cookies.
  29. Those chocolate peanut butter truffles look so good, I also think that the peppermint sugar cookie bark looks like a recipe I would really enjoy trying.
  30. I love to try "Christmas peanut butter Blossom" this Christmas.
  31. These look so good! I think I would want to try the holiday tree brownies first!
  32. Jennifer Rote says:
    I'd like to try making the Holiday Tree Brownies.
  33. I'd love to make the Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies.
  34. I would try the Giant Christmas Tree Cookies.
  35. Chris Stockford says:
    chocolate peanut butter truffle recipe
  36. I will love to try the Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark recipe. Thanks for the truffle recipe!
  37. Holiday Tree Brownies are a great idea, I am thinking of making those for Christmas.
  38. I would really like to try the peppermint-fudge brownies, but my husband and son like cookies more, so I'm going to go with the chocolate chip reindeer cookies.
  39. Priscilla S. says:
    I want to try the Peppermint-Fudge Brownies.
  40. Laurana H says:
    The Peppermint Fudge looks amazing.
  41. Holly Thomas says:
    Santa Hat Cookies are being added to my cookie recipes.
  42. Debra Guillen says:
    I like the 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks
  43. Ellen Watkins says:
    It's the Holiday Tree Brownies for me! I am a brownie monster and these are right up my holiday alley.
  44. Cristina Lazar says:
    I would like to try the holiday tree brownies
  45. I'd love to try the Peppermint-Fudge Brownies!
  46. heather eg kaufman says:
    I would like to try the Peppermint-Fudge Brownies.
  47. Jasmine L says:
    First, this truffle recipe looks ridiculously delicious. Second, the chocolate chip reindeer cookie looks both adorable and yummy.
  48. I'd like to try the snowflake mittens. they're cute!
  49. I'd like to try the 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks. They look like fun to put together. :)
  50. amanda sakovitz says:
    the holiday tree brownies
  51. Karla Sceviour says:
    I would like to try the peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark
  52. Pamela Gurganus says:
    The recipe I most want to try is the 3D Christmas Cookie Stacks.
  53. Rachel Mauffray says:
    I would love to make the 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks.
  54. Jennifer Red says:
    Peppermint-Fudge Brownies, they just look so good and perfect for the holidays
  55. Kitty Iecvan says:
    I want to try the Peppermint-Fudge Brownies.
  56. peppermint sugar cookie bark sounds awesome!
  57. Emily Endrizzi says:
    I would most like to try the holiday blossom cookies. I always love them!
  58. i want to try this chocolate peanut butter truffle recipe
  59. I'd try the Peanut Butter Blossoms, can never get enough of peanut butter and chocolate!
  60. Kimberly Camille Tiu says:
    love the Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies recipe
  61. I need to make peppermint fudge brownies!
  62. Mark Warren says:
    i would try the holiday tree brownies!
  63. Erin Will says:
    Oh my goodness, they all look so cute, fun, and delicious! My kids would want to make them all! I'm a big fan of brownies though so I am most excited about the Holiday Tree Brownies!!
  64. Megan Zuchowski says:
    Holiday tree brownies
  65. The Peanut Butter Blossoms looks great
  66. Jessica Miller says:
    I want to try the reindeer cookies
  67. sohamolina says:
    I wanna make Giant Christmas Tree Cookies
  68. Melissa Greco says:
    I'd make Peppermint-Fudge Brownies
  69. Linda Kish says:
    I would like to try the Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark.
  70. I would most like to try the Christmas peanut butter blossoms. My family loves peanut butter cookies.
  71. Kimberly Singh says:
    I would love to try the Holiday Tree Brownies. They are so festive and so cute!
  72. Thomas Murphy says:
    I want to try the Holiday Tree Brownies
  73. carla bonesteel says:
    I'd love to try the 3D Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks, because i've never seen anything like it...so original!
  74. I'd love to try the Peanut Butter Blossoms.
  75. I would like for my daughters and I to try the Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark recipe.
  76. Amie George says:
    Peanut butter chocolate is my favorite combination in the world. I did think the Christmas Peanutbutter Blossoms looked pretty delicious too.
  77. Heidi Benner says:
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles looks easy and yummy
  78. Seyma Shabbir says:
    I would love to try the Peppermint Fudge brownies. I love chocolate and mint and they go great together!
  79. Brenda G. says:
    Every year my family makes a gingerbread house, makes for a great family moment so with that said, I think the holiday tree brownies will make a good addition to this tradition.
  80. I love the Santa Hat cookies!
  81. Alexandra robertson says:
    I love pb and chocolate together. No better combination! O would love to try the peppermint fudge Brownies!
  82. These look amazing! I love using cookie dough mix for cookie dough bark, but I never thought of making truffles - genius!!
    1. Thanks, I hope you try them, I'm not the best baker either so these were easy and yummy!
  83. I want to try Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies.

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