Not sure what to bring to that party? Chocolate on the outside, peanut butter on the inside - these tasty cookies are always a yummy surprise! Watch the videos for step by step instructions from the MessyBaker.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour (ours is whole wheat)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup organic unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup organic raw sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all natural creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 TB milk (ours is organic skim milk)
2 tsp vanilla

Filling:
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 TB milk (If your peanut butter is all natural with no added oils,  use 2 TB milk)

Topping (optional): 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. In medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, brown sugar and 1/4 cup peanut butter until combined.
3. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
4. Gradually beat in the flour mixture.
5. Form the chocolate dough into 24 balls about 1-1/4 inches in diameter. Set aside.

Filling:
6. Stir 1/2 cup peanut butter, milk and confectioners’ sugar until smooth.
7. Shape mixture into 24 3/4-inch balls. 

Combine the dough and filling (shown in the video):

8. In the palm of your hand, flatten a chocolate dough ball. Place a peanut butter ball in the center. Shape the chocolate dough around the peanut butter filling, completely covering the filling.
9. Repeat with all the dough, placing balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
10. Bake cookies for 9 minutes, or until surface slightly cracks.
11. For an extra pretty touch - lightly flatten each cookies with the bottom of a wet glass dipped in 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.
Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.