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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Treats

Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Here's a must-try cookie treat that's reminiscent of a favorite sweet cereal snack with chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar.
Prep Time: 50 min
Total Time: 1 hour 25 min
Makes: 3 dozen cookies
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How-To Make Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Treats

Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Here's a must-try cookie treat that's reminiscent of a favorite sweet cereal snack with chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar.
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Cookies
1pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix
3tablespoons vegetable oil
1tablespoon water
1egg
Coating
1cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
1/4cup butter or margarine
1/4cup peanut butter
1teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2to 2 cups powdered sugar
1.Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms.
2.Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
3.Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4.In small microwaveable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
5.Place 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag; set aside. Place 12 cooled cookies in large bowl. Pour 1/3 of chocolate mixture over cookies in bowl. Using rubber spatula, toss cookies gently to coat. Place cookies in bag with powdered sugar; seal bag. Gently turn bag to coat cookies. Remove cookies from bag to cooling rack to set. Repeat with 12 more cookies and 1/2 of remaining chocolate mixture; repeat again until all cookies are coated, adding additional powdered sugar to bag as needed.
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Winner's Quote
"These treats are a bigger and better version of one of my favorite comfort foods, puppy chow."
Family Fun
Make it "cookie night" with the family. Everyone can take part in this cookie from forming the balls to shaking them in the bag with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cookie: Calories 140 (Calories from Fat 60); Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 90mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 13g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 2Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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