Fudge Topped Peanut Butter Cookies

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These easy to make cookies are so delicious, no one will know they aren't from scratch.

Fudge Topped Peanut Butter Cookies

What You Need:

1/2 C of peanut butter chips
1/2 C whipped ready to spread chocolate frosting
1 (18 oz.) pkg. refrigerated chocolate chip cookie mix

How to Make It:

Preset the oven to 350 degrees allowing the oven to preheat.
Place the peanut butter chips into a saucepan.
Place the pan over low heat and stirring constantly cook for 5 minutes or until the chips have completely melted.
Remove the pan from the stove.
Stir the frosting into the melted chips until well blended.
Allow the mixture to cool in the saucepan for 10 minutes.
Place the cookie dough pieces onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 in apart.
Bake the cookies for 12 minutes or until set.
When the peanut butter mixture has cooled form it into 20 even shaped balls.
Remove the cookies from the oven.
While the cookies are still hot carefully press 1 peanut butter ball into the middle of each cookie.
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Makes 20 cookies

Any type of chips may be used in this recipe including semisweet chips, white chocolate chips or mint flavored chips.

Preparation Time: approximately 20 minutes
Baking Time: approximately 12 minutes
Cooling Time: approximately 12 minutes
Total Time: approximately 44 minutes

Nutritional Information per cookie: (approximate values)

Calories 180; fat 8 g; sodium 110 mg; carbohydrates 23 g; sugar 14 g;
protein 3 g