Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookie Treats
Recipe from
Betty Crocker
Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Here's a must-try cookie treat that's reminiscent of a favorite sweet cereal snack with chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar.

Servings:
3 dozen cookies
Prep Time:
50 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 25 mins
Ingredients
Cookies
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1 pouchBetty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix (1 pound 1.5 ounces)see savings

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3 tablespoonsvegetable oilsee savings

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1 tablespoonwatersee savings

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1eggsee savings

Coating
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1 cupsemisweet chocolate chips (6 ounces)see savings

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1/4 cupbutter or margarinesee savings

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1/4 cuppeanut buttersee savings

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1 teaspoonvanillasee savings

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1 1/2 to 2 cupspowdered sugarsee savings

Directions
1.
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms.
2.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart.
3.
Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4.
In small microwaveable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
5.
Place 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag; set aside. Place 12 cooled cookies in large bowl. Pour 1/3 of chocolate mixture over cookies in bowl. Using rubber spatula, toss cookies gently to coat. Place cookies in bag with powdered sugar; seal bag. Gently turn bag to coat cookies. Remove cookies from bag to cooling rack to set. Repeat with 12 more cookies and 1/2 of remaining chocolate mixture; repeat again until all cookies are coated, adding additional powdered sugar to bag as needed.
Nutrition information
Calories 140 (Calories from Fat 60); Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 90mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 13g); Protein 2g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 2%. Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 0 Medium-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 1.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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