Cookie Burgers
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You may have to install a drive-thru window in your kitchen after family and friends sample these playful treats from the Hershey Kitchens! The "buns" hold a "patty" of deliciously creamy cocoa icing on a bed of green-tinted coconut "lettuce".— Hershey Food Corporation, Cheryl Reitz, Hershey, Pennsylvania
SERVINGS: 22
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min.
Ingredients:
- 1 package (17-1/2 ounces) sugar cookie mix
- 2 drops yellow food coloring, optional
- 1-1/2 cups peanut butter chips, chopped
- TOPPING:
- 3/4 cup flaked coconut
- 5 to 6 drops green food coloring
- FILLING:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Prepare cookie dough according to package directions; add yellow food coloring if desired. Stir in peanut butter chips. Shape into 1-1/4-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass. Bake at 375° for 9-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Place coconut in a plastic bag; sprinkle 5-6 drops green food coloring into bag and shake until color is evenly distributed.
In a small mixing bowl, cream butter until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost the bottoms of 22 cookies; sprinkle with coconut. Top with remaining cookies and gently squeeze together. Yield: 22 sandwich cookies. Editor's Note: was "You may substitute your favorite sugar cookie recipe for the cookie mix, eggs oil and water; just add the peanut butter chips" Now "You may substitute your favorite sugar cookie recipe for the cookie mix; just add the yellow food coloring if desired and the peanut butter chips" EO 6-24-05