Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Makes about 36For 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" from Gail's Recipe Swap at Epicurious.com
Reviews of Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies:
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Liz in Kent, Ohio Dec 27, 2007
Would make this again.
this was a great recipe - everyone wanted to know how to make it and i actually had to make more than 1 batch for christmas...... i found that the chocolate and peanut chip "drizzle" is not necessary (I didn't do it!) but It may be nice.... the hardest part is chopping the peanuts - but use a cuisinart and make it easy :)
A cookie baker in Rochester Dec 21, 2007
Would make this again.
I would absolutely make these again! Fabulous!!!!
Jennifer in Scottsdale, Arizona Dec 20, 2007
Would make this again.
Great Recipe! Thanks to all of the comments below as I was able to make the cookies with no problems. Great tips were: Refrigerate the dough before working with it.. much easier to work with! Cutting up the peanut butter cups to spread the taste around-much easier to eat too! And put milk in the peanut butter topping to make it easier to drizzel. I made some with and without nuts and they were a huge hit for my co-workers- I just wish I would have brought milk too.. as you have to have milk with these chocolate lover cookies!
Jess Bilbo in Boston Dec 19, 2007
Would make this again.
This was great! I made these to give to people for christmas and I got great reviews. Easy and fun to make! :)
Dorothy in Texas Dec 18, 2007
Would make this again.
I made this recipe for my office co-workers and everyone wanted the recipe. These are delicious!!
