Chocolate Surprise Cookies

Name: Chocolate Surprise Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 3/4 cup peanut butter; 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar; CHOCOLATE DOUGH:; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/4 cup peanut butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1 egg white; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup baking cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; ICING:; 2 tablespoons shortening; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Chocolate and peanut butter are popular with our clan, so I roll them together in this recipe. It's fun watching folks' faces when they bite into the middle.

Ingredients

3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
CHOCOLATE DOUGH:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
ICING:
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

In a large bowl, beat peanut butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Roll into thirty 3/4-in. balls. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, in another bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg white and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture until blended. Roll into thirty 1-1/2-in. balls.
Using floured hands, flatten chocolate balls and shape one around each peanut butter ball, sealing edges. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 1 minute. Before removing to wire racks.
For icing, in a small bowl, beat shortening and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Spoon into a resealable plastic bag or pastry bag; cut a small hole in corner of bag. Pipe icing over cookies in a zigzag pattern.

Editor's Note

Reduced-fat peanut butter is not recommended for this recipe.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 333 calories, 17g fat (6g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 191mg sodium, 42g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 2g fiber), 6g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Surprise Cookies in Country Woman March/April 2001

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shelleyshain

Dec 24, 2018

These are my son's favorites but they are truly a pain to make them. Like the rest, I don't do the icing on top. Now off to make another batch.
ABiggie

Jul 19, 2015

These are amazing! They do take some time, but are definitely worth it. I usually put in just a teeny bit less flour than it calls for to help with the dryness. I never bother with the icing either - they don't need it.
luigimon

Jun 7, 2014

I did something wrong. My dough was dry and the cookies were dry. I cook with recipes and don't know a lot of technique. Maybe if I added some drops of water to the dough? These are A LOT of work, took a very long time. I will not the try to make these again, just because of how long it took. I don't want to waste time just for them to turn out the same way.
eli05

Nov 30, 2012

These are amazing!! We left the icing off the top. It taste like a soft buckeye. Or my husband said if reese's made a cookie this would be it.
kern0485

Aug 24, 2010

Wonderful!!! I make these for gifts or just to have around the house! I don't use the drizzle on top and they still turn out great!