Snickers Peanut Butter Cookies

I bought a 4-pack of Snickers bars quite some time ago with some intention to bake something (I'm sure at the time I had something in mind, but have no idea what it was now...oops!).  So I decided to use up these random chocolate bars I had laying around.  Google search result - Deb is making Snickers Peanut Butter Cookies! 

I found a recipe on this blog, but I modified it a little bit to fit what I had in the house (whipped peanut butter, margarine, full-sized snickers bars and of course, milk chocolate/peanut butter swirl chips).  

Snickers Peanut Butter Cookies

• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup whipped peanut butter 
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teapoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 snickers bars, cut into pieces 
• Milk chocolate chips or peanut butter/chocolate chips, melted for drizzling over cookies

1. Combine butter, peanut butter, and sugars using a mixer on medium to low speed until light and fluffy.

2. Slowly add the eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Mix in flour, salt, and baking soda.

3. Cover and chill dough 2 to 3 hours up to a couple of days.

4. Remove dough from fridge. Divide dough into 1 to 2 tablespoon pieces and flatten.

5. Place a Snickers piece in center of each. Form a ball around the Snicker, taking care to cover it all.

6. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Adjust time as needed if using more than 1 tablespoon dough. Let cookies cool 1 to 2 minutes then remove to rack to cool completely.

7. Drizzle melted milk chocolate over each cookie.

Thank you to the boys who taste-tested last night while the cookies were still warm (before they received the chocolate drizzle!)