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Caramel Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Caramel Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Peanut butter cookie cups, caramel stuffed cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Author: Dawn Yucuis

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped pretzels
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped peanuts
  • Caramel filling-
  • 1 13 ounce bag of individually wrapped caramels
  • 3 tablespoons cream
  • Chocolate topping-
  • 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons shortening
  • Additional chopped peanuts optional

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, and sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer.
  • Add the egg and vanilla and mix in.
  • Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the peanut butter mixture and mix until all is combined.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease mini muffin tins.
  • Roll the dough into 48 1-inch balls. Place balls into greased tins.
  • Bake cookies 11 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Remove from oven and make a well in the center of each cookie (I used the bottom handle of a whisk. You want the well to make up the whole center of the cookie)
  • Cool, the cookies.
  • While the cookies are cooling, unwrap the caramels and add them to a medium saucepan with the cream. Stirring constantly melt them over medium-low heat until they are completely melted.
  • While the caramel is hot, spoon it into the cookie wells, filling the cookies about 3/4 of the way.
  • Take the chopped pretzels and peanuts and mix together. sprinkle a small amount of the mixture over the caramel.
  • Once the peanuts and pretzels are added to the cookies, melt the chocolate.
  • Add the chocolate chips and shortening to microwave safe bowl and melt the chocolate, in short intervals (about 20 seconds) and stirring each time.
  • Spread the melted chocolate over the chopped pretzels and peanuts.
  • Sprinkle with additional peanuts if desired