Peanut Butter & Chocolate Star Cookies

A soft peanut butter cookie with a milk chocolate star makes for a great Christmas cookie. If you can’t find chocolate stars at the store, use a Hershey Kiss. Roll the peanut butter dough into a ball, roll it in sugar and bake. Take it out of the oven and press the chocolate star into the center and let cool.
To see my step by step directions with pictures and a printable recipe card click HERE.
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Categories: Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts, Peanut Butter
These cookies are so pretty. They are favorite at our house. I will have to look for the chocolate stars.
I love the stars because they are more festive and they aren’t so hard to bite into like the chocolate kisses are. Thank you Bernadette. 💕
Do you buy the stars in a special place? Who makes them.?
Brachs candy and they sell them at Wal-Mart and Target I am told. I did see Amazon sells them too. I always pick them up at the Amish bulk food store.
I will check those places out. Thank you so much for the follow up.
You’re very welcome!
They look lovely and I was wondering where you’d get these chocolate stars too. I wonder if I’ll have to drive to our Amish village (2 hours away called St Jacob’s) for these too.
Hahaha hopefully not. They are made by Brach’s candy. Although I always pick up mine at Amish country my followers said they get their’s at Target, Wal-Mart and grocery stores. They said at Christmas they are with the holiday baking ingredients. Others said they found them in the bulk candy aisle.
I’m not sure if we’ll have them at Canada but will take a look at Walmart next time I’m there. Thanks for the tip!
Ab – I saw your comment while scrolling to leave my comment. I grew up in Canada but lived in the U.S. for 55 years. When I was a kid they had either Rowntree’s or Jersey Milk chocolate stars … a long time ago. I visited St. Jacob’s once and stayed at Jacobstettel. The owner was very nice and it was such a cozy little place to stay.
Thank you, Linda! I’ll hBe to check out Jacobstetrel one day!
Yes Ab – it was very nice … that was in the 90s, but being it was a Mennonite community, I am sure this bed and board is still as nice as it was when I was there.
Oh, one of our favorites, Diane! I must look for those cute stars. 🎄
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I heard Target and Wal-Mart has them Mitzy, however, I always get mine in Amish country.
One of my favourites! Thanks for sharing your take on this classic 🙂 they look delicious!
Thank you so much Linda!
I love the chocolate star in the middle – it really adds the Christmas feeling to this cookie!
Thank you and I agree, it’s more festive than the chocolate kisses are.
Mmmmm! These look delicious!
Thank you Nancy❤️
So good, thanks Diane! Hugs, C
You’re welcome and thank you Cheryl!
And with peanut butter, it even has protein!!!!LOL
Yes healthy cookies, I love the way you think. If I use dark chocolate they can be even healthier. 🤣
Your recipes lately are making me feel nostalgic. This one in particular always reminds me of holiday breaks from school, even into college. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for your nice comment! You are very welcome. ❤️
These cookies look so good!!
I have made these for decades, thank you so much!
Yummmmmm!!!!
Thank you Jessica, it’s a delicious cookie.
You’re welcome. I need to get some holiday baking done… still have 10 days though, haha.
I still have 7 more sweets to make and then Christmas Day food. I’m hoping to make 2 sweets done a day so I can start my cleaning Monday.
That sounds like a great plan! Love the 2 a day part. I might try that.
All these goodies as Christmas nears – nothing better than Christmas goodies. I don’t know how I wasn’t fat with all the treats at the holidays. And my mom had her fruitcake she nibbled on and a friend of the family always sent a big Babka … how did we button our pants?
I did cut my cookies by half, I usually make 2 batches of each kind and I only made one this year.
I’m sure you still had plenty to go with hot chocolate and milk and Santa’s plate as well. 🙂
I had to make homemade hot chocolate for the kids last Sunday, with marshmallows!
I haven’t had homemade hot chocolate for years Diane. I remember it from my youth. My mom used to make egg nog with manual beaters back in the day too. I don’t know if they had egg nog in a carton back then or maybe it was costly to buy?
Gorgeous and tempting coolies
Thank you ❤️