These cookies are a Christmas tradition in my house! Santa happens to absolutely love them! (Trust me, I know.) Your family will love them too. As you bite into the middle a Reese’s cup or snickers is buried in the middle of each cookie and tastes so amazing! Enjoy!!

Santa’s Surprise Cookies

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 package each Reese’s cups (miniature) and  (11-1/2 ounces each) miniature Snickers candy bars

Drizzle for top:

1 cup chocolate chips & Sprinkled powdered sugar

With an electric mixer cream butter and sugars together, then add in peanut butter and mix. Add in eggs one at a time and mix well. Add in vanilla and give a quick stir. Now add in all dry ingredients. Do half the flour and mix then the other half.  Unwrap candies and start to form cookie dough into balls. Press a candy into the middle of each dough balls and work with hands to cover it up and roll into a ball. Place 9 to a cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 15-18 minutes. Once cookies are cooled. Put 1/2 cup chocolate chips into a resealable plastic bag and microwave for 30 seconds. Take out and mush with hands then do another 10 seconds, mush then once final 10 seconds. Chips should be melted now. Cut a tiny hole in the corner of the bag and drizzle over each cookies once they are cooled. Sprinkle with powdered sugar for garnish.

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