Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups Recipes

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

Steps:

• Trim 12 paper muffin cup liners to half of their height.
• Place 1/2 chocolate chips in a microwave safe container. Microwave for 2 minutes, stirring after each minute. Spoon melted chocolate into muffin cups, filling halfway. With a spoon, draw the chocolate up the sides of the cups until evenly coated. Cool in the refrigerator until firm.
• In a small bowl, mix together peanut butter, confectioners' sugar and salt. divide into the chocolate cups. Melt the remaining chocolate, and spoon over peanut butter. Spread chocolate to edges of cups.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 36 mini muffin cups with cooking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, stir Cookie Cups ingredients until soft dough forms. Drop 1 rounded teaspoon cookie dough in each mini muffin cup.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set when lightly touched in center. Cool in muffin cups 5 minutes; press indentation into center of each cookie cup with end of wooden spoon, cleaning off end with paper towel when needed. Cool 10 minutes longer in muffin cups. With small knife, loosen edges; remove from muffin cups to cooling rack; cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat Frosting ingredients with spoon until smooth and creamy. Spoon frosting into large resealable freezer plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag. Insert cut corner of bag into indentation in each cookie cup. Squeeze bag to fill opening, about 2 teaspoons per cookie cup. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice the cookie dough into 1-inch-thick slices, then into quarters. Place one quarter into each cup of a mini muffin pan. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes.
• While the dough is still warm, push a peanut butter cup into each muffin cup and let cool in the pan. When the cookies are cool, use a spoon to remove them.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Unwrap the peanut butter cups, place on a plate and freeze for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Prepare the cookie mix according to package instructions and chill in the fridge about 10 minutes. Slightly dampen hands with cool water and wrap each peanut butter cup in a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough, being sure to enclose the peanut butter cup completely. Shape into a disc. Place 6 cookies on each baking sheet spaced about 2 1/2 inches apart, and freeze for 15 minutes.
• Bake the cookies until the edges are golden brown and crispy with soft-looking centers, 15 to 18 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes before moving to a plate, then serve immediately.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip the butter, sugars and vanilla into a bowl and beat with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Add the flour, bicarb and a pinch of salt, and mix everything together with a spatula.
• Break off golf-ball-sized lumps of dough (about 65g each) and press into the holes of a 12-hole muffin tin, ensuring it comes up the sides - if you're using a deep muffin tin, the dough should come about halfway up the side of each hole. Bake for 15 mins until golden. The dough will sink as it bakes, so leave until cool enough to handle, then press it up the sides of the holes again. Leave to cool completely.
• Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and melt until smooth in the microwave in 20-second bursts, or set over a pan of barely simmering water ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water. Remove the cookie cups from the tin (you may need a cutlery knife to help you do this). Spoon 1 tsp nut butter into the centre of each, then cover with the melted chocolate. Leave to cool until the chocolate sets, about 1 hr. Will keep in an airtight container for up to five days.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and peanut butter cups. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool for 1 or 2 minutes on sheet before removing, or they will fall apart.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Place a scant teaspoonful inside each foil cup and rotate it gently in the palm of your hand to coat the sides and bottom. (Use a spoon to help coat the sides if necessary.) , Place cups in miniature muffin pans; chill until firm. Set remaining chocolate aside. In a medium bowl, combine the peanut butter, milk powder, corn syrup and vanilla until smooth. , Shape into 1-in. balls; press one ball into each chocolate cup. Top with remaining melted chocolate. Chill until set. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

Steps:

• Set 18 mini paper baking cups on a baking sheet. Melt 4 ounces of the chocolate either over a double boiler on the stove top or in short bursts in the microwave. Spoon 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate into each cup. Use an offset spatula or a small spoon to spread the chocolate slightly up the sides of each baking cup; make sure you have an even chocolate base at the bottom of each cup. Let cool at room temperature for about 15 to 20 minutes until mostly solid.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. (Make sure the peanut butter is well-combined in the jar before you measure it.) Transfer the peanut butter mixture to a resealable plastic bag and seal it tightly.
• Cut one corner of the plastic bag and pipe 2 to 3 teaspoons of peanut butter mixture into the center of each cup. With a very lightly moistened finger, tamp down the peanut butter and make it flat and even, but leave a bit of space between the peanut butter and the edge of the paper cup (you should be able to see a ring of chocolate peeking from below the peanut butter).
• Melt the remaining 5 ounces of chocolate. Spoon 1 teaspoon of chocolate onto the top of each cup. Use an offset spatula or a small spoon to spread the chocolate evenly over the top and down the sides of the cup. Refrigerate until solid, about 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolks, milk and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chips and peanut butter cups., Drop heaping tablespoons 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set (do not overbake), 8-10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT-BUTTER-CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• In medium-size bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla about 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time; beat until thoroughly blended after each addition.
• Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture until smooth.
• Stir peanut-butter-cup pieces into dough along with chocolate chips.
• Drop dough, 3 tbsps per cookie, onto ungreased large cookie sheets; spacing about 1" apart.
• Bake 13-15 minutes until dry and slightly firm to the touch.
• Let cookies cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; using wide metal spatula, remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Store in airtight containers.