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Winter Wonderland Snowmen Brownies

3/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted, divided
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
Confectioners' sugar, optional
Miniature M&M's and semisweet chocolate chips, optional

In a mixing bowl, combine cocoa and baking soda. Beat in 1/3 cup

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butter. Stir in water until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs,
vanilla and remaining butter. Beat in flour. Stir in peanut butter
chips. Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with foil and grease the
foil; spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes
or until brownies pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely on a
wire rack. Cover and refrigerate until firm. Use a snowman pattern or
a cookie cutter to mark brownies; cut with a knife. Dust with
confectioners' sugar. Decorate with M&M's and chips if desired.

Yield: 1 dozen large or 3 dozen small brownies.