Peanut Butter Treasures

I totally made up the name of these cookies. I really have no idea what their name is, if they even have a name at all. I almost called them "Peanut Butter Blossoms," but aren't those the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey Kiss on top?

Similar cookie, but different. And different in a way that matters.

Instead of a boring Hershey Kiss (sorry to all you Hershey's Kiss fans out there; I've just never developed a taste for them), I use mini Reese's peanut butter cups. Now those I have developed a taste for!!

Patrick loves these cookies. With the combo of peanut butter cookie and peanut butter/chocolate candy, what's not to love?

And -- dare I say -- these are EASY. And fast. And, really, my "recipe" is more a "how to assemble" list than a recipe, but still.

Take 10 minutes out of your day and try these little gems.


Peanut Butter Treasures
1 recipe peanut butter cookie dough (or, if you are like me, you take the very easy way out and buy peanut butter cookie dough from the store. I'm not too ashamed to admit that I do that ...)
1 bag of Reese's mini peanut butter cups
Sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan, or use mini cupcake liners. I used mini cupcake liners for the first time a few weeks ago and will always use them from now on. They make removal of the cookies and the subsequent cleanup so much easier. I found them at Wal-Mart, of all places (oddly, though, not with the regular size cupcake liners. I found them in the party supply area, where they had some Wilton items). I think Michael's carries them, too.

After your mini cupcake pan is all ready to go, roll your cookie dough into small balls (1-inch balls or so). Have a bowl of sugar nearby, and roll your cookie dough ball into the sugar. Place in one compartment of the muffin tin. Repeat until cookie dough is gone or all compartments are filled.

Bake for 10 minutes.

While the cookies are baking, unwrap the mini Reese's cups. They need to be unwrapped and ready as soon as the cookies are done baking.

When the cookies are done, take them out of the oven and immediately place one mini Reese's cup in the center of each cookie. Place back in the 350-degree oven for two minutes.

Remove the cookies and let cool in pan.

Enjoy!