Can planets collide and not melt together?

Ok so I've been going around on the internet trying to figure out whether or not when 2 earth like planets of similar densities and makeup collide is it possible for them to bounce off of each other or would they just smash into each other or tear each other apart?

It was pretty hard for me to find surfing the web how that would play out. (If there's a way for a crater to form from the collision on like a continent sized scale that'd be great)

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