Tender with a slight nuttiness from the oats, these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Scones have the subtle flavor of a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie that you get to enjoy for breakfast!
*Text and recipe from 02/27/13. Images updated 01/19/17.
Today is a continuation of my favorite flavor combination of peanut butter, oats, and chocolate chips. Monday that combination was found in the form of Monster Cookie Bars and today that combination is found in scones. Yes, scones.
This is the first time that I have used oats in a scone recipe, and I was a little apprehensive of how they would turn out. Still, ever since seeing a variation of these scones over on Brown Eyed Baker, I’ve wanted to give them a try.
The oats give the scones a slight chewy texture that is different than most tender, flaky scones. However, I found that the chewiness went well with the peanut butter and chocolate chips. The scone is still tender and far from dry and crumbly.
Just the way that I like them! The peanut butter isn’t over powering and adds a subtle flavor to the oatmeal base of the scones.
So if you like peanut butter chocolate oatmeal cookies, you have to try these peanut butter chocolate chip oatmeal scones. Plus, it’s practically like getting to eat cookies for breakfast!
- 1 C white whole wheat flour
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- 1 C quick oats
- ½ C brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ C unsalted butter, cold and cut into pieces
- ¾ C milk
- 1 egg, separated
- ½ C no-stir natural creamy peanut butter
- ⅔ C + 1 tbsp chocolate chips
- 1 tsp water
- coarse sugar, for sprinkling tops
- Preheat oven to 400. Line a cookie sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a medium bowl, carefully whisk together milk, egg yolk, and peanut butter. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Gently incorporate until just combined. Stir in ⅔ cup chocolate chips.
- Turn dough out unto a lightly floured surface. Pat dough into an 8 inch round. Cut into 8 pieces and place on prepared baking sheet. Whisk together egg white and water. Brush with egg white mixture. Sprinkle with coarse sugar and additional 1 tablespoon chocolate chips.
- Bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until just golden brown and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Do not overbake.
- Remove to a wire rack to cool. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
This recipe is adapted from Brown Eyed Baker via Baked Elements.
Want more of the peanut butter chocolate oatmeal combination? You’ll love these recipes, too!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Granola Bites
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oat Muffins
Maple Glazed French Toast Scones
Cardamom Grapefruit Scones
Apple Peanut Butter Crisp {Whole Wheat}
Spice Glazed Caramel Apple Scones
Almond Joy Granola Bars
Oh my! These sound amazing! Pinning 🙂
My favorite combo too! Plus mt hubs will looove these!!
i love scones. Actually I love any kind of coffee sidekick…these are gorgeous Jessica!!!
Yess. This is what I need for breakfast.
Monster cookie in a scones body-brilliant!
Yum yum yummy!! I hope you are having a great week Jessica!! My big fingers accidentally deleted your sweet comment on my post!! Darn iPhone!! Lol I wanted to thank you though!!
I’m loving all of the peanut butter and chocolate recipes you’ve posted lately! I’m a suck for that combination, but I’ve never tried pb and chocolate scones. These look wonderful. And I love the addition of oats. I’m sure it gives it a good texture and some extra flavor!
Scones are still on my list of “must try” so I’m so intrigued by these!! Chocolate chips make everything better though and oats sound like such a neat variation 😀
I’d love one of these for breakfast!!
i love the idea of oats in scones. these are so pretty…like a cookie!
My favorite stuff all in one scone! I like how golden brown they are too. Would it be wrong if I wanted to eat them warmed up with a little butter? To me, that would be perfect 🙂
This is THE perfect way to eat chocolate for breakfast 😉 I love it! I love the addition of the oats to the scones. They sound so yummy 🙂
I pinned the ones from Brown Eyed Baker too – thanks for the reminder that these need to happen, YUM!
I love that you put oats in these! Oats don’t get nearly the attention they deserve. Love these,they lookperfect 🙂
These look fantastic Jessica, I love the thought of the best combination ever in a scone!
The golden crust of these scones is beautiful. Baked to perfection. I love biting into a warm crunchy scone. Peanut butter and chocolate? Even better!
These look fantastic Jessica! I like the idea of oatmeal based scones.
I love scones Jessica! But guess what? I’ve never had a peanut butter scone before! I feel like I haven’t lived. Yours looks amazing… ovbviously 😉
I am all about eating cookies for breakfast 🙂 What a fun scone combo…I can’t wait to try these!!!
Peanut butter? Yes! I am SO in love with scones right now!
I love pb and these scones look so tasty!
yum! all my favorites rolled into one….and a scone no less. I LOVE scones!!! Winner-Winner 🙂
Be still my heart… gotta love this PB and chocolate combination for scones. 🙂
Why I haven’t made scones at home, I do not know, but I must because the combo of oats, peanut butter and chocolate sounds like the most irresistible breakfast ever!!
yay peanut butter!!
I put this recipe on my to-do list after Michelle posted it, and then never got around to making it. Thanks for the reminder! Yours look really fantastic, I’m thinking they’d be a great weekend breakfast treat 🙂
Yes please! How do I get a dozen!? 😉
You had me at peanut butter! 🙂
I’ve been parading myself around as an anti-scone person, but then you show me this. It’s like a cookie in scone-form! I am dying to sink my teeth into one.
As a self proclaimed peanut butter junkie, these scones are right up my ally. Also they are not loaded down with sugar, making my mid afternoon crash a lot gentler.
I am on a scone kick with my go to being chocolate chip. I was making some nutella oat breakfast cookies and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies the other day and I was thinking that it would be a good idea to try to add some oats to my scones. Now I don’t have to think about it, I just have to make this recipe 🙂 It might be tomorrow or the next day! I can’t wait to taste this yummy goodness. Thanks for the great idea!!! I can’t wait to look through your blog and find lots of great recipes 🙂
I love anything with PB and chocolate! These scones look like a perfect breakfast.
These scones sound amazing – they have my favorite combination of peanut butter, chocolate and oats! I don’t know why I never thought to put them in scones before : )
These look great! I’ve never put peanut butter in scones before.
Just made them and they are fabulous!!! My mother in law and my husband also enjoyed them. I can’t wait to make them again!! YUM! I am posting this recipe on my blog soon with a link back to yours!!! Thanks so much for the great recipe!!
I’m so glad that you liked them! Thanks for letting me know!
Whoa, you used natural peanut butter! I guess if it’s subtle, it’ll work. I’ve always been a disliker of natural peanut butter in baked goods but you have me wanting to try these. They sound and look SO good!
Well, I kind of cheated and used the creamy, no-stir kind. I don’t like how the grainy natural peanut butter bakes up in a lot of things, either!
I just whipped up a batch of these scones this morning. They’re in the oven now and smell so good. I can’t wait to eat them. Yum!
Oh geez. I have been trying so hard to resist the urge to make – and eat – scones, but these look pretty impossible to pass up. They are gorgeous! And the chocolate chips just make them irresistible.
OMG!! I want one of these scones, they look absolutely delicious!
It’s like all of my favorite cookies combined into one! Can’t wait to try this!
The pictures are GORGEOUS, and now I totally want scones!!! I love your little note about the original post date vs. updated pictures. Adding these scones AND some photo reshoots to my to-do list!
Your updated photos look fantabulous!!!! I totally wish I had a few of those scones right now to go with my coffee!
These look seriously addicting! Love everything about these scones! Would love to wake up to one of these for breakfast!
I love the oats in these muffins — they look wonderful — almost like cookies 😉
Scones are one of my favorite things to bake. These looks so good!
This is my kind of breakfast! I can’t get enough of peanut butter and chocolate!
You make the prettiest scones!! Love this peanut butter and chocolate chip combo!