Chocolate Candy Cookies

By jann

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• Hershey’s Kisses or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, or both

Details

Servings 100
Cooking time 8mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Sift flour, soda and salt with a wire whisk and set aside.
Beat butter and peanut butter
Add sugar and beat until fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla.
Add flour mixture and combine.
Roll dough into 1 to 1-1/2 inch balls and then roll the balls in sugar to coat.
For Peanut Butter Kisses:

Place rolled balls on parchment paper covered baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and press an unwrapped Hershey’s Kisses candy into the center of each cookie.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
For Peanut Butter Cuppies:

Press rolled balls into the cavities of a mini muffin tray.
Place an unwrapped Reese’s peanut butter cup into each.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Remove. Let cool and then drizzle with chocolate if desired.
Note: you can bake these in wrappers or directly in the pan.
Note: There are about 36 Reese’s and around 70 Kisses in a regular size bag. I forgot to count how many this recipe will make, but if you go with Kisses, you’ll definitely have enough candies. Guess I’ll just have to make them again. Darn.