Buckeye Delights

Prize-Winning Recipe 2008! Try an easy-mix cousin to the classic Buckeye candy, a delightfully rich chocolate and peanut butter cookie.

BettyCrockerRecipe by BettyCrocker

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1 hour 5 minutes

2 hours 40 minutes

36 cookie cups



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Nutrition Info

  • 1 Cookie Cup
  • 160
  • 9g
    (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 1/2g)
  • 20mg
  • 100mg
  • 17g
    (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g)
  • 2g
  • Percent Daily Value*
  • 2%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 4%
  • Exchanges
  • 2
  • 1/2
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices
  • 1

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

Tips & Techniques

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    Bake 9 to 10 minutes.

  • 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.

Notes

Ziploc® is a registered trademark of S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ingredients

  • Cookie Base
  • 1  pouch (1 lb 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  tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
  • 1  teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4  teaspoon salt
  • Topping
  • 1/2  cup whipping cream
  • 1  cup plus 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1  tablespoon peanut butter

Directions

  1. 1Heat 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.
  2. 2In small bowl, mix filling ingredients until well blended. Press about 1 teaspoon mixture on top of each cooled cookie.
  3. 3In 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.
  4. 4Place 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.

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