Peanut Butter Temptations are peanut butter cookie dough stuffed with a mini Reese’s Peanut Butter cup, baked in a mini muffin pan to create a little chocolate peanut butter tart. Perfect for using up leftover Halloween candy! You can do this with any bite-sized chocolate bar (or cut up the large ones).
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 bag (10 oz.) miniature Reese Cups
or, 60 pieces (scant 1 inch cubed) of your candy bar(s) of choice
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Cream butter, peanut butter and both kinds of sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Blend into creamed mixture to make a dough.
- Shape dough into 1/2-inch balls and place in ungreased 1-1/2 inch muffin tins. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Immediately after removing cookies from oven, press a miniature peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie until only the top shows. Let cool 10 minutes before removing from tins.
Notes
- Photo thanks to Bryan Ochalla.