Day 5 of my 2025 Cookie Week – These Peanut Butter Fudge Thumbprint Cookies are the thumbprint version of the classic Peanut Butter Blossoms. With a crumbly peanut butter cookies base and gooey hot fudge sauce center, these cookies are the ultimate bite!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter is one of the most elite flavor combos in a cookie. A combo I knew I wanted to include in this years Cookie Week! This recipe replaces the chocolate Hershey Kiss candy with a rich hot fudge sauce inside of a peanut butter well.
I love using this peanut butter cookie recipe for different versions of cookies, but this is my first time using them as a thumbprint. They crackle just the same, and the only difference is the center. The hot fudge sauce filling it a creamier, richer alternative to the Hershey Kisses. The change up in texture is a pleasant surprise for Peanut Butter Blossom lovers!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup fudge sauce
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
- In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, combine peanut butter, butter granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low to medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix until well combined.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients on low to medium speed until combined.
- Cover dough and chill in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper, then set aside.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on the prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the center of the cookie has set.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then with a measuring spoon or your thumb, make an indentation in the middle of each ball. Transfer cookies to cooling rack to completely cool. Then fill each well with fudge sauce (or melted dark chocolate).
