The idea for these came from…well, I don’t remember where it came from, but I think it was from one of those candy bars with the chocolate/pb/pretzel combo–my daughter had one a while back. I have a little list I keep near my laptop with ideas for stuff, and this has been on there for a while. I wrote “pb cookies with pretzel pieces and chocolate.”

Creative New Cookie Recipe

These are so easy–just a regular peanut butter cookie, but you add in broken pretzel pieces. I also put a few chocolate chips on top of each one before baking, along with a nice sprinkling of kosher salt. Does it sound funny? Because they taste so good! the kids love them, too. This makes a nice chewy cookie, with some crunch from the pretzels, and a little salt and chocolate action happening on top. And a little bit of peanuts, from the crunchy peanut butter.

The cookie recipe is based on a pb cookie recipe by Sheila Lukins, from her USA cookbook. It makes a nice chewy cookie, with crispier edges. It has 1/2 cup shortening in it, and if you’d rather use all butter, feel free to change that. I find that in these, the shortening gives me the crispy edges and chewy centers.