Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprises Food

PEANUT-BUTTER SURPRISES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats). Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda, and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, and 1 cup brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully combined between additions. Add vanilla; beat to combine. Gradually add dry ingredients; mix on low speed until fully combined. Add chocolate chips; mix on low just until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• In a small bowl using a rubber spatula, stir together peanut butter and remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar.
• Drop 1 tablespoon of dough at a time onto baking sheets, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart. Make a thumbprint in the center of each cookie. Fill thumbprint with 2 teaspoons peanut butter mixture. Top with a second tablespoon of flattened dough. Carefully mold dough to cover the surprise.
• Bake until firm, about 12 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cool for 5 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheets, and let cool completely on wire racks.

THE REALTOR'S CHOCOLATE SURPRISE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Melt butter, add flour and 1/2 cup nuts. Mix and press into bottom of 13x9 pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
• Cream powdered sugar, cream cheese and 1 cup Cool Whip. Spread over cooled crust.
• Mix instant pudding with milk. Spread over cream cheese layer.
• Spread remainder of whipped cream over chocolate pudding layer. Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
• Chill overnight.

PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter andsugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add peanut butter, and beat until combined.
• Add the flour mixture all at once, and beat on low speed until just combined. Add the peanuts; beat until combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, and chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Pinch off about 2 tablespoons of dough, and make a well in your hand with the dough. Place one chunk of chocolate in the center, and enclose with the dough to cover completely. Roll dough into about a 1 3/4-inchball with your hands.
• Place the ball of dough on the baking sheet; repeat with the remaining dough and chocolate, placing cookies about 2 inches apart. Press 2 peanut halves into the top of each cookie.
• Bake until cookies are golden, 16 to 18 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Remove from the oven; transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool slightly.

PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beat until well combined. Add peanut butter, and beat until combined.
• Add the flour mixture all at once, and bat on low speed until just combined. Add the peanuts; beat until combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 450. Pinch off 2 T of dough, and make a well in your hand with the dough. Place one chunk of chocolate in the center, and enclose with the dough to cover completely. Roll dough into about a 1 3/4 in ball with your hands.
• Place the ball of dough on the baking sheet adn repeat, placing cookies about 2 inches apart. Press 2 peanut halves into the top of each cookie.
• Bake until cookies are golden, 16-18 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Remove from the oven; tranfer cookies to a wire rack to cool slightly.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE CUPCAKES & FROSTING

Steps:

• Line 12 standard muffin cups with liners. Spray insides of liners with cooking spray and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In medium bowl, with mixer, beat together cream cheese, peanut butter, honey, powdered sugar and cream until smooth. Set aside.
• In medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Lightly whisk and set aside.
• With mixer on medium, beat together oil and brown sugar until light and lump-free.
• Add Egg Beaters and beat until mixed well.
• Beat in vanilla until blended.
• Add flour mixture in two portions, alternating with milk and vinegar mixture (see note) in one addition until smooth and just blended.
• Fill each muffin cup 1/3 full of batter.
• Drop a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese and peanut butter mixture into center of each cupcake, gently nudging it into batter. Continue to fill each cup with more batter until each is nearly full.
• Bake in oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Do not overbake.
• Cool cupcakes completely before frosting.
• NOTE: If you don't have buttermilk, stir 1/2 T apple cider vinegar into 1/2 C milk and let sit for 10 minutes before using in the place of buttermilk.
• Frosting:.
• With mixer on medium-low speed, beat together margarine, cream cheese, peanut butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• On the lowest speed, add powdered sugar alternately with the whipping cream and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda.
• In separate bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and 1 cup of the brown sugar for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time until fully combined. Add vanilla and mix.
• Gradually add in dry mix until fully combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Cover bowl and chill for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In small bowl, stir together peanut butter and 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
• Using 1 1/4" scoop, drop dough onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Make thumbprint in cookie and fill with 1 tsp of peanut butter mixture. Top with a second scoop of dough and mold over "surprise".
• Bake until firm, about 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on sheet before removing.