Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

This recipe is so simple. I found the original idea on the Picky Palate website, but decided the extra marshmallow, chocolate, and mini M&Ms was too much fuss!

This makes such a yummy, easy cookie. Everyone loves them!

Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Cookies

1 Cup creamy peanut butter

1 Cup sugar

1 egg

12 mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped (Sam's Choice works great...the WalMart brand)

36 mini marshmallows (Don't use)

1 Cup semi sweet chocolate chips (Don't use)

2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream (Don't use)

1/4 Cup mini M&M’s (Don't use)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place peanut butter, sugar and egg into a large bowl and mix until well combined. Scoop dough evenly into a 24 count mini muffin pan. Cook for 10-12 minutes until almost done. Remove from oven and press a peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie until flush with cookie top. (I don't do anything else except wait for them to cool and then pop them out to eat!)

If you want to top the cookies with the extra stuff:

2. Top each cookie with 3 mini marshmallows and return to oven for 2-3 more minutes or until marshmallows are puffed. Remove and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.

3. Place chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals until melted smooth. Stir in 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream until silky and smooth. You can return back to microwave for 15 seconds to get a thinner consistency. Spoon chocolate over top of puffed marshmallows and sprinkle with mini M&M’s.