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

1:05

Hr:Mins

Total Time

2:40

Hrs:Mins

Makes

Cookie Base

pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/3

cup unsweetened baking cocoa

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

egg

Filling

1/2

cup powdered sugar

1/2

cup peanut butter

tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

teaspoon vanilla

1/4

teaspoon salt

Topping

1/2

cup whipping cream

cup plus 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips

tablespoon peanut butter

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.
In small bowl, mix filling ingredients until well blended. Press about 1 teaspoon mixture on top of each cooled cookie.
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.
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.

Makes 36 cookie cups

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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 Serving (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 2g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Buckeye Delights

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker® Kitchens

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens