Peanut Butter Butterscotch Chippers

Butterscotch peanut butter cookies stacked on a blue plate.

These Peanut Butter Butterscotch cookies may have changed my life forever, no joke. It all started a couple weeks ago when Amanda and I were cruising around San Diego and popped into the famous “Spread” Restaurant. It has been featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate on Food Network and now I completely see why! They specialize in making their own creative gourmet peanut butter spreads that are beyond your wildest imagination 🙂  I would never believed it until I took my first spoonful. It was all over from there. I chose the butterscotch gourmet peanut butter spread and the white chocolate pretzel….swoon!

A jar of butterscotch peanut butter spread.

Here’s the cute little container. This little baby will cost you $10, but worth every lick. So, here’s why my cookie was created. I did NOT use this spread in my peanut butter cookies, but put my own ingredients in. I had to have the whole tub to myself 🙂

Side by side images of butterscotch chips melted in a double boiler.

Start by melting butterscotch chips over a double broiler until melted.

Butter and sugar creamed together in a metal stand mixer.

Cream your butter and sugars.

Peanut butter and melted butterscotch chips are added into the stand mixer with butter and sugar.

Add your melted butterscotch chips and Peanut Butter 🙂

An egg is added into the stand mixer with the peanut butter cookie ingredients.

Add your egg and mix it up!

Flour is added into a stand mixer with peanut butter cookie ingredients.

Now time for your dry ingredients.

Peanut butter cookie dough ready to roll in a bowl full of sugar.

Roll each scoop of cookie dough into sugar.

Peanut butter cookie dough balls lined up on a silicone baking mat.

Place onto a cookie sheet and time to bake. 9-11 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Side by side images of peanut butter cookies next to a glass of milk, and stacked on a blue plate.

No kidding, my favorite cookie to date! Enjoy!

Butterscotch peanut butter cookies stacked on a blue plate, with a glass of milk and more cookies in the background.

Butterscotch peanut butter cookies stacked on a blue plate.

Butterscotch Peanut Butter Cookies

This easy cookie recipe is sweet and buttery perfection! Made with soft and chewy peanut butter cookies filled with butterscotch chips.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 48
Calories: 110kcal
Author: Jenny
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Ingredients

  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups smooth peanut butter
  • 1 cup melted butterscotch chips
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
  • Melt butterscotch chips over a double boiler until melted.
  • Add melted butterscotch chips and peanut butter to beaten butter and sugars.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Place flour, baking soda and salt in bowl; mix to combine. 
  • Add to wet ingredients until just combined then pour in butterscotch chips. 
  • Using a cookie scoop, scoop dough, roll in sugar then place onto baking sheet. Press tops with tines of a fork if desired. I did it both ways and both are great. 
  • Bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are cooked through. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 71IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
Keywords: best peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cookie recipe, peanut butter cookies

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83 Responses
  1. I Amy at TheSceneFromMe

    Oh dang, you’ve done it again! I’m salivating at these flavors in this cookie! Feed me!!!

  2. Stephanie

    OMG! These sound amazing. Have you ever tried haystacks? I make a simplified version and all you need a 2:1 ratio of butterscotch chips to peanut butter. Melt in microwave keeping an eye to not burn. Then add chow mein noodles until coated to your liking. Put little stacks of them on a wax paper coated baking sheet to set in the fridge and TADA!! Everyone who tries them loves them and makes me bring them to every party. Plus they are so simple to make.

  3. Claire

    Oh my goodness. I’ve been trying to eat healthy lately, but these just might have to be the exception; they look SO good. I wonder how they’d taste with chocolate chips added…

  4. Stephanie

    Oh Jenny, you’re killing my “be good” efforts … and I thank you for it. I can’t wait to make a batch of these! I hope your week was fabulous!

  5. Lisa {Smart Food and Fit}

    Peanut butter is my favorite and butterscotch too. I’ll have to try making this gluten free and try it with Spread! Now I’m hungry!

  6. Amanda

    OMG. I took one look at that jar of peanut butter and had to have some. Since I live on the east coast, I won’t be visiting Spread any time soon…so I just ordered $100.00 worth of peanut butter from their website! What the heck am I going to tell my husband when 10 jars of peanut butter show up on my doorstep!? LOL, he may plan a peanut butter intervention…=)

    1. Jenny

      Amanda, this is hysterical! Enjoy every one of those jars, they are like little tubs of gold!

  7. Cheryl Smithem

    What amazing cookies and while I’m at work too! These seem so rich and wonderful and a very fine twist on an “expected” cookie. Thanks!

  8. kim

    If u say they r your favorite then I have to give em a try! I would love to get my hands on that peanut butter yum! Thanks!!

  9. Fallon

    I’ve never heard of Spread before but I’m glad I don’t live near it. I’d be broke trying out all the flavors 😉

    Love the cookies, they look like they will melt in your mouth!

  10. Debbie

    Never been to San Diego so I am pretty jealous of your fancy peanut butter spreads. I love love love PB so its actually probably better if I don’t go there! Also never tried PB and Butterscotch, sounds like an awesome combo though…can’t wait to try these!

  11. JennR

    PLEASE stop with all these gorgeous cookie recipes–my thighs can’t take it! 🙂 Okay, going to mop up my drool . . .

  12. Mary Ellen

    I’m going to make these today! But I’m waiting to see how much of the un-melted BS chips to add! YUM!

    1. Jenny

      Hi Mary Ellen,
      I have written in the recipe 1 Cup melted chips along with 1 Cup whole chips, do you guys not see that? Let me know what I need to edit 🙂

  13. EatLiveRun

    oh yum! I might make these for the super bowl…the combination of butterscotch and peanut butter is heaven on earth!

  14. Liz

    Butterscotch and peanut butter seems like a great combination, Jenny! I read Amanda’s post about Spread the other day – thinking about ordering my sister some of their products for her birthday. She’s a peanut butter addict!

  15. Haley Oakes

    Those look great! In addition to the butterscotch chips you melt and add directly to the batter, did you add un-melted chips too? How much? Thanks!

    1. Jenny

      Hi Haley,
      In the recipe it states 1 Cup melted chips, is that what you are looking for? Let me know what you are confused about 🙂

      1. Haley Oakes

        Oops! You’re right! I was looking “add whole butterscotch chips” in your instructions, and completely overlooked the list of ingredients. Thanks!

  16. Cathy

    Oh my goodness … I think I have to make these today! A foot of snow outside and warm cookies coming from the oven – my boys are going to be in heaven!

  17. jen @ the baked life

    looking at that jar is making my mouth water.

    this recipe is genius! I need to be making this.

  18. The Blue-Eyed Bakers

    Oooh we saw that place on the Food Network and clearly have been planning our pilgrimage ever since. We love the idea of butterscotch and peanut butter…delicious!

  19. cat

    These look so soft and tasty. I usually hate making peanut butter cookies for some reason but these look great.

  20. Darla @ Bakingdom

    These look so fluffy and wonderful! They look like little pillows! I love peanut butter/butterscotch combo…Can’t wait to try! Thanks!

  21. Maryea {Happy Healthy Mama}

    That spread looks just amazing! That poor little container wouldn’t last very long at my house. 🙂

  22. Wenderly

    Think that a spoon & I could get into some serious trouble with that gourmet spread! Yummy! Gorgeous photos too! 🙂

  23. Dorothy @ Belle of the Kitchen

    How can peanut butter + butterscotch + sugar be bad? These are on my list to make!

  24. Monica

    The picture shows butterscotch chips but the recipe calls to melt all of the chips down. I am confused!! They look good but it sounds like the recipe would make a smoother cookie with the chips incorporated and the picture makes me believe it’s like a peanut butter cookie with chunky chips. Hmmm…

    1. Jenny

      Hi Monica,
      You incorporate 1 Cup of melted butterscotch chips into the recipe and all normal butterscotch chips too after you add the dry ingredients 🙂 It makes for one DELICIOUS cookie. Let me know if you have any other questions.

  25. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is

    I LOVE Spread!! Been ordering their products for years and really want to make a trip there. At any given time I have about 10 jars. Love it!

  26. Vicky @ Recipe Adaptors

    Mmmmm butterscotch….. I guess you could use butterscotch candy if you can’t find chips? (I’ve never seen them in the stores here)

    1. Jenny

      Hi Vicky,
      You could use the butterscotch candy even though I haven’t seen butterscotch candy 🙂 Whatever you can find!

  27. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga)

    Omg i LIVE 10 BLOCKS from Spread in San Diego and I’ve never been in there….and I adore adore adore PB + Butterscotch. I have seriously met my weakness and will gladly spend $10 for a tiny jar of heaven 🙂

    The cookies look fabulous, and I need to get myself to Spread, asap!

    🙂

    1. Jenny

      Oh you need to go immediately Averie! I am half tempted to make a trip just to pick up a bunch of jars, so incredible!!

      1. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga)

        Just saw your reply..if you come down here, please lmk! And if you want me to put anything in the mail for you, I totally will!

        Me, you, Marla, and who ever else…need to have a girls day/nite out too. Jars of butterscotch nut butter will be on deck, of course! 🙂

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