Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie in a Mug

With just a few ingredients, you can make a microwave cookie in a mug in literally minutes! Make dessert for one with our easy how to make a cookie in a mug tutorial!

Got a sweet tooth? This yummy and easy treat will provide a quick sweet snack!

Whip up this Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie for one quick and easy microwave mug cake, cookie! Pop it in the microwave and there you go: yummy desert in a mug without the big mess, clean-up OR risk of eating additional cookies. As far as quick desserts go, we think this is a good one – plus it’s a chocolate dessert to it will fill any chocolate cravings that you might have as well!

Also, these mug cookies make for a pretty fun afternoon snack and my kiddos love making them with me!

Peanut butter

Butter, softened to room temperature

Sugar

Brown sugar

Egg yolk

All purpose flour

Baking soda

Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (more if you like it really chocolaty)

 

 

 

In a mug, combine the peanut butter, softened butter, sugar, brown sugar and egg yolk.

 

 

Mix the dry ingredients (flour and baking soda) and stir into the mixture.

 

 

Add in the chocolate chips last.

Heat in a microwave-safe mug in the microwave for 1 minute. If the cookie is not cooked through, heat in 10 second increments until it is cooked.

Keep an eye on it as it will harden if cooked too long.

Remove from the microwave and allow to cool a few minutes prior to eating. 

*you can make this with our without a tablespoon of peanut butter – but we definitely prefer the peanut butter chocolate mug cake or cookie! I suggest making it with the peanut butter the first time and then trying it without peanut butter the next time.

My favorite thing about these mug cookies is that it is so much easier than a whole batch of cookies – and making a little peanut butter mug cake recipe is so much faster than making an entire batch of chocolate chip cookies. It’s a yummy little treat that will also save your from eating TOO many cookies at once. (we all know how quickly a dozen cookies can disappear!)

Additional tips for making a Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Mug

If you like, top your chocolate peanut butter mug cake with a scoop of ice cream. Heavenly!

We like mini chocolate chips in our microwave peanut butter cookie recipe – but of course you can also use the full size semi-sweet chocolate chips.

If you like vanilla, you can add real vanilla or vanilla extract – but just a touch as remember, this is a very small batch and it will overpower it very quickly, which is why I don’t normally add vanilla flavoring. This was the first mug cake recipe / cookie in a mug recipe that we ever made and it’s still our favorite.

 

 

 

I’m a huge fan of easy recipes and this one is about as easy as you can get! Plus, portion control has never been simpler. If I make an entire batch of cookies, I’ll end up eating way more than I planned. With a mug cookie, I’m know exactly what I’m in for. 

 

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