Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Yogurt Cookies (Soft & Healthy Treats)
Delightful and simple peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with creamy peanut butter, Greek yogurt, and dark chocolate chips. These tender cookies are sweetened with brown sugar and oats for added texture, making a perfect dessert or snack that’s easy to whip up in under 20 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 15 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or chunks
- Flaky sea salt for sprinkling (optional)
Wet Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (do not use the oil-top kind)
- 1/2 cup vanilla Greek yogurt or plain Greek yogurt + 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2–3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar (depending on how sweet you like them)
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with a large piece of parchment paper and set aside to prevent sticking.
- Mix Ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, Greek yogurt, brown sugar, rolled oats, eggs, baking soda, and coarse salt until well combined. If the mixture appears too runny, gradually add a few more tablespoons of oats to thicken the batter.
- Fold in Chocolate Chips: Gently fold the dark chocolate chips or chunks into the batter, distributing them evenly throughout the dough.
- Scoop Cookies: Using an ice cream scoop, drop dollops of cookie dough onto the prepared parchment paper, spacing them about ½ inch apart to allow for spreading.
- Optional Salt Sprinkle: Sprinkle a pinch of flaky sea salt over each cookie dough portion to enhance flavor, if desired.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes, or until the cookies have just started to crack on the tops, indicating they are done but still tender.
- Cool & Serve: Remove from oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet before transferring them carefully to a cooling rack, as they will be very tender and may break if moved too soon. Enjoy!
Notes
- These cookies will be very tender and may fall apart if moved or eaten before completely cooled. They are delicious warm but handle gently.
- If the batter is too runny, adding extra oats helps achieve the proper consistency.
- Using vanilla Greek yogurt or plain Greek yogurt with vanilla extract enhances flavor.
- Flaky sea salt is optional but adds a nice flavor contrast to the sweet cookies.