Buckeye Delights

Buckeye Delights

Cookie Dough

1 pouch (1lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg

Filling
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 TBS butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt

Topping
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 cup plus 2 TBS semisweet chocolate chips
1 TBS peanut butter

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pan with nonstick spray. In large bowl, stir cookie dough ingredients until dough forms. Press about 1 TBS dough into each muffin pan 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 tsp mixture on top of each cooled cookie. in 1-qt 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 tsp chocolate mixture over each cookie cup.

Place remaining 2 TBS chocolate chips and 1 TBS peanut butter in a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high 30 to 60 seconds or until softened. Stir to mix. Spoon topping into a decorating bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle chocolate mixture over each cookie cup. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set.