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Thanksgiving Cat Cookies

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Updated Sep 18, 2017
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Tasty peanut butter cookies topped with peanut butter candy make easy and adorable Thanksgiving party treats.

More About This Recipe

  • After the turkey this year, it’s Thanksgiving Cat Cookies for dessert! Hands down, the cookie I am most thankful for is peanut butter. Peanut butter cookies are my all-time favorite comfort food. You’d think it would be chocolate, but no. Fact: When I was little, I would ask my mom to make peanut butter cookies for me for my birthday instead of cake! But these adorable cookies do contain chocolate. So I am doubly thankful for these sweet treats! So cute, you might have to start Thanksgiving dinner with dessert this year!

Thanksgiving Cat Cookies

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 2 hr 15 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 1 pouch (17.5 oz.) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Mix Peanut Butter
  • 1 egg (for cookie mix)
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened but not melted (for cookie mix)
  • 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ All-Purpose Flour (for cookie mix)
  • 1 package (12 oz.) dark chocolate candy coating wafers
  • 48 peanut butter chips
  • 24 mini peanut butter cups
  • 1 pouch (7 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing White
  • Yellow confetti sprinkles
  • Black confetti sprinkles

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cookie dough according to package instructions.
  • Step 
    2
    Add 2 tablespoons of flour to batter while mixing so cookies will hold a domed shape.
  • Step 
    3
    Roll 2 tablespoons of dough into balls but do not flatten. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 7-9 minutes. Let cool completely.
  • Step 
    4
    Reserve 24 chocolate candy coating wafers. Melt remaining wafers according to package instructions. Using one of the reserved wafers, squeeze a small amount of white cookie icing in the middle of the wafer.
  • Step 
    5
    Place a mini peanut butter cup upside down in the middle of the icing until it spreads and forms a ring around the bottom of the peanut butter cup.
  • Step 
    6
    Place 1 yellow confetti sprinkle on the white rim.
  • Step 
    7
    Using a toothpick dipped in the melted candy coating, place 2 dots on the cookie for eyes and attach a black confetti sprinkle for the nose. Secure peanut butter cup hat onto the top of the cookie with the melted candy coating.
  • Step 
    8
    Attach the 2 peanut butter chips for ears to the top of the cookie.

Nutrition

250 Calories
13g Total Fat
3g Protein
31g Total Carbohydrate
22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
110
Total Fat
13g
20%
Saturated Fat
6g
31%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
7%
Sodium
180mg
8%
Potassium
100mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
31g
10%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
22g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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