Dessert

Soft & Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

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prep time

10 min

total time

18 min

makes

3-1/2 doz. or 21 servings, two cookies (38 g) each

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What You Need

1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix

125 g (1/2 of 250-g pkg.) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup Kraft Smooth Peanut Butter

1 egg

Make It

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

PLACE all ingredients in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 2 min. Beat on medium speed an additional 2 min.

SHAPE into 1-inch balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten each ball, in criss-cross pattern, with tines of fork dipped in sugar.

BAKE 7 to 8 min. or until edges of cookies are set. Cool 2 min. on baking sheets. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

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Special Extra

Add 1/2 cup chopped peanuts to dough before shaping into balls and baking as directed.

Frozen Nutty Buddies

For each frozen sandwich, spread 1 cookie with 1 Tbsp. thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping; cover with second cookie. Roll edge in chopped peanuts. Place in airtight container. Freeze up to 3 months. Serve frozen.

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I didn't have chocolate mix so I used vanila with a few heaping teaspoons of cocoa powder.I was a bit nervous when I started mixing the ingredients because it was so dry but they turned out great.
posted by ktelfer | on 5/17/2011

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couldn't taste the peanut butter
posted by a cook | on 3/11/2010

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These cookies were so delicious and easy to make! Just like it says: soft and chewy.
posted by jrragan | on 11/29/2009

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i accidentally put in the whole brick of cream cheese, but they still taste great, next time i'll use a different cake mix so i get more peanut butter taste.
posted by cedenike | on 9/5/2009

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So easy to make. It's easy enough to toss in an extra egg if it's too crumbly. I usually make it with chocolate cake mix and it's so good if you drizzle a little extra chocolate over top.
posted by melika16 | on 2/2/2009

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I absolutely loved this recipe. It was so easy to make and the cookies were so good that I couldn't stop eating them! I really liked the chewy texture of the cookie. I decided to use up what I had on hand, so I ended up using marble cake mix I found in the cupboard rather than devil's food cake and it worked out great, though I'm sure devil's food cake would have made for a chocolatier cookie.
posted by Alicat621 | on 12/6/2008

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Awesome cookies. I made them for my family and for work - everyone loved them and wanted the recipe. I even tried a cherry chip cake mix and they were great too. Easy and fast to make. Its a favorite at our house.
posted by rdpitman | on 11/11/2008

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I was a little unsure of the recipe because some of the reviews were mixed, but then i thought ahhh everyone is different lets give it a try and i am glad i did, i thought they were scrumptious and i took a batch to work as well and they were a huge hit :)
posted by a cook | on 8/19/2008

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I really liked these cookies, although I did add a couple tablespoons of butter so they weren't so hard to mix.
posted by a cook | on 6/27/2008

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These cookies are pretty good. I like that they are soft - they're great warm. Next time I make these I'll put abit more peanut butter in the mixture to get more peanut butter taste.
posted by dorlb | on 6/25/2008