“Trick” friends with these chocolate cookies;
they will love the peanut butter “treat” inside.
they will love the peanut butter “treat” inside.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup [1 1/2 sticks] butter, softened
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 square [1 ounce] unsweetened chocolate, melted
24 mini chocolate peanut butter cups unwrapped
1 cup prepared chocolate frosting
1 tube [4.25 ounces] orange decorating icing
Directions:
- Using an electric mixer, set on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. The beat in vanilla and cinnamon.
- Stir flour into butter mixture until well blended; add melted chocolate. Cover dough; chill for 1 hour
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Shape 2 tablespoons dough into a flat round. Place the peanut butter cup onto the round and mold dough around it, making sure candy is covered. Repeat with remaining dough and candy.
- Place filled dough onto 2 un-greased baking sheets, 1 inch apart. Bake cookies until golden, about 20 minutes. Place baking sheets on wire racks; cool for 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks; cool completely.
- In a microwave-safe bowl microwave chocolate frosting on 50% power for 5 seconds or until slightly thinned. Using the back of a spoon, frost the tope of each cookie; let frosting set.
- Using the tube of orange icing fitted with a small writing tip, create a crisscross design on the top of each cookie; let icing set.
ANOTHER OPTION:
Shape dough into 1 inch balls; place each into lined mini-muffin cup; bake for 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and immediately press peanut butter cup in center of each cookie. Let cool 30 minutes. [ You can also use store-bought cookie dough for these quick cookies. ] 
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