Shelly's Recipe

FUDGY CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS

Category: Cookies

Cookies
1 box chocolate frosted brownie mix
1/2 cup extra crunchy peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Topping
Frosting packet from brownie mix
1/3 cup Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
1/4 cup unsalted or salted butter, softened
2 tbsp dry roasted peanuts, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray large cookie sheets with cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper.

Reserve frosting packet from brownie mix. In large bowl, beat brownie mix, 1/2 cup peanut butter, the eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed 20 seconds. Beat on high speed 30 to 40 seconds or until completely mixed. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop 24 heaping tbsp of dough 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet (if dough sticks to thumb, spray thumb with cooking spray). Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.

In small bowl, beat contents of reserved frosting packet, 1/3 cup peanut butter and the butter with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Fill each thumbprint indentation with 2 tsp frosting mixture, spreading slightly; sprinkle with peanuts. Let stand until frosting mixture is set. Store loosely covered in single layer.