Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

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Chocolate dough with a peanut butter cup set in the middle.

Makes about 36

For the cookies:
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

For the garnish:
3/4 cup finely chopped peanuts
36 miniature Peanut Butter Cups, frozen and unwrapped
1 cup peanut butter baking chips
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine chocolate in bowl and microwave at 50% for about 2 minutes, stir and repeat until smooth and melted. Cool slightly. Combine sugar and butter or shortening in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until blended and crumbly. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then salt and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add chocolate slowly. Mix until well blended. Stir in flour and soda with spoon until well blended. Shape dough into 1-1/4 inch balls. Roll in chopped peanuts. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until set. Press a frozen peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie immediately upon removing them from the oven. Press cookies up against peanut butter cup if desired for appearance, but do not touch the peanut butter cup again since it is now melted, it must remain intact. Cool completely. Melt the peanut butter chips and drizzle back and forth over the cookies using a parchment pouch or plastic bag with a little snip off the corner. Repeat with the chocolate, only drizzling at another angle from the peanut drizzle.

Note: Adapted from a Blue Ribbon Winner from the Arizona State Fair. Recipe by Maria Baldwin of Mesa, AZ and adapted by "Richard in Cincy".

Photo courtesy of miVi3k.


Reviews of Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies:

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  Steve in Kentucky  Dec 19, 2011
Would make this again.
I used this for a party last night and it won hands down the People's Choice Award for best cookie! five stars

   Dec 17, 2011
Would make this again.
these were so like mouth watering so good i recomed it he only problem i had was i had to make two batches because they were so good lol!!! =-) four stars

  A cookie baker  Dec 10, 2011
Would not make this again.
THESE COOKIES WERE HORRIBLE!!!!!! I DID NOT LIKE HTEM AT ALL one star

  jan in california  Dec 10, 2011
Would make this again.
Would make these again. I used honey roasted peanuts because that is what i had. five stars

  Christa in NJ  Dec 22, 2010
Would make this again.
Always a favorite on my cookie tray! Love these and they are so easy! five stars

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