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8/08/2009

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Treats

I haven't decided if this cookie from Betty Crocker is brilliant or evil:

You basically make a batch of peanut butter cookies, let them cool, and then coat them the same way you would coat cereal to make puppy chow/muddy buddies/whatever you call it.

You take chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter, melt it together, poor it over the cookies and then toss them in a bag of powdered sugar.

I am going to post the recipe, but I am not recommending actually making it. I am pretty sure I am leaning towards evil.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Treats
2009 Betty Crocker Prize Winning Recipe

Cookies
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon water
1 egg

Coating
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar
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1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
3. Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4. In small microwaveable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
5. Place 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag; set aside. Place 12 cooled cookies in large bowl. Pour 1/3 of chocolate mixture over cookies in bowl. Using rubber spatula, toss cookies gently to coat. Place cookies in bag with powdered sugar; seal bag. Gently turn bag to coat cookies. Remove cookies from bag to cooling rack to set. Repeat with 12 more cookies and 1/2 of remaining chocolate mixture; repeat again until all cookies are coated, adding additional powdered sugar to bag as needed.

6 comments:

Sara said...

Oh sweet cracker sandwiches!! That recipe came from the devil's own cookbook.
But still...yum...

Renee said...

I am such a sucker for chocolate and peanut butter!

Lorie said...

Sara, truer words have never been spoken! I am debating about making them for dessert tomorrow. I think it might be a sin to make them on a Sunday!

Erin said...

I have made these and they are messy but to die for!

Tricia said...

Oh my. Brilliant or evil is a good question. I think I'll have to try them and find out. Ya' know. For the good of public info. ;)

XO*Tricia

Christa Jeanne said...

A friend of mine posted these on Facebook - she said her hubby has never eaten that many cookies!!! Apparently they're addictive. I'm going to have to give them a whirl soon...