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Buckeye Delights

Prize-Winning Recipe 2008! Try an easy-mix cousin to the classic Buckeye candy, a delightfully rich chocolate and peanut butter cookie.
Prep Time: 1 hour 5 min
Total Time: 2 hours 40 min
Makes: 36 cookie cups
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Cookie Base
1pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1/3cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/2cup butter or margarine, softened
1egg
Filling
1/2cup powdered sugar
1/2cup peanut butter
2tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1teaspoon vanilla
1/4teaspoon salt
Topping
1/2cup whipping cream
1cup plus 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
1tablespoon peanut butter
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Line 36 mini muffin cups with mini foil candy cups (about 1 1/4 inch). In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until dough forms. Press about 1 tablespoon dough into each foil cup. Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until puffy and set. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Remove from pan.
2.In small bowl, mix filling ingredients until well blended. Press about 1 teaspoon mixture on top of each cooled cookie.
3.In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream just to boiling over low heat, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until cooled. Spread about 2 teaspoons chocolate mixture over each cookie cup.
4.Place remaining 2 tablespoons chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon peanut butter in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Microwave on High 30 to 60 seconds or until softened; knead to mix. Cut off small tip from one corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle chocolate mixture over each cookie cup. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set. Store covered in refrigerator.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 9 to 10 minutes.
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Did You Know?
Buckeye candies are peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate. The name comes from their resemblance to the nut of the buckeye tree.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cookie Cup: Calories 160 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 1/2g); Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 17g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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