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Monday, May 18, 2015

Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Chocolate and peanut butter go together like peas and carrots...haha!!! So when I made these I was pretty excited to try one since I love that combo. Chocolate and peanut butter, that is. Not peas and carrots. Especially peas. Yuck. This little recipe only makes about 2 dozen but you really don't need more than that since they are so rich! One cookie goes a long way! I gave my folks a few of these and the next time I saw my mom she asked when I would be making more and why was I so stingy in the first place, only giving them 4 cookies! My dad is a HUGE chocolate/peanut butter fan so maybe that's where I get my love of it, too...I don't know. But I DO know...you need to make these ASAP!!

Buckeye Brownie Cookies



1 19-ounce fudge brownie mix
1/4 cup butter ~ melted
4 ounces cream cheese ~ softened
1 egg
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
4 ounces Candiquick

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and the peanut butter. Form mixture into balls for as many cookies as you've made, which should be about 2 dozen. Set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the brownie mix, melted butter, cream cheese and the egg.

Scoop the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheets. 

Bake cookies for about 12 minutes.

Press one peanut butter ball on the top of each cookie, pressing down lightly.

Allow cookies to cool about 5 minutes on the pan then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Place Candiquick in a small microwave safe bowl and melt for 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds. Stir to smooth.

Spoon a couple of teaspoons of chocolate over each cooled cookie and allow to set.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies. 


Let's go! 
Let's go!

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the brownie mix, melted butter, cream cheese and the egg. Scoop and bake. 
In a medium mixing bowl, combine 
the brownie mix, melted butter, 
cream cheese and the egg. Scoop and bake.

Combine the peanut butter and the powdered sugar. 
Combine the peanut butter 
and the powdered sugar.

Place a scoop of the peanut butter mixture on top of a hot cookie. 
Place a scoop of the peanut butter 
mixture on top of a hot cookie.

Allow to cool completely. 
Allow to cool completely.

Place 3 sections of Candiquick into a microwave safe bowl and melt for about a minute, stirring after 30 seconds. 
Place 3 sections of Candiquick into 
a microwave safe bowl and melt for 
about a minute, stirring after 30 seconds.

Stir until smooth, 
Stir until smooth,

Then poor some over each cooled cookie. Allow chocolate to set up. 
Then poor some over each cooled 
cookie. Allow chocolate to set up.

Serve with ice cold milk! 
Serve with ice cold milk!