Santa Snicker Surprise Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat until smooth & creamy.
• 2. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
• 3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, and combine with baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients slowly to the peanut butter mixture. Beat until thoroughly combined.
• 4. Cover dough and chill 3-4 hours or overnight.
• 5. Unwrap miniature snicker candy. Set aside. Use one tablespoon of dough and form in a ball. (Each ball should be about 1.5 inches in diameter) Flatten the ball, place a candy in the center and wrap dough around it, pinching as necessary. Be sure the candy is completely covered. Roll back into a ball. Repeat with each piece of candy and dough ball. Place dough balls with candy on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Space cookies about 3 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. If you want crunchier cookies, bake about 5 min more. Allow cookies to cool about 5 minutes before removing from pan.
• 6. Allow cookies to cool. When all cookies are baked and cooled, place them close together on waxed paper or parchment paper on a large work surface. Sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar. Melt chocolate with 1/2 tsp shortening for about a minute in microwave. Stir, add additional time if needed to thoroughly melt. Immediately drizzle chocolate over cookies. ( I use a spoon and move quickly back and forth over the cookies to create smaller drizzle marks.). Let chocolate set before storing.

Steps:

• 1. If you want to make your own cookie dough for this recipe that works well too, it will just add to your prep-time.
• 2. Cut your cookie dough off and flatten it out in your hands take a snickers mini and place in the middle of the flattened cookie dough. Form the cookie dough into a ball around the candy bar and place on non-stick cookie sheet. Bake the cookies as directed and enjoy! Depending on how much cookie dough you use and/or, buy/make will depend on the servings you get out of it. Great to leave out on Christmas Eve as well!

Steps:

• Combine the butter, peanut butter,and sugars using a mixer on a medium low speed until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flower, salt, and baking soda.
• Cover up and chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten.
• Place a snickers brand miniature in the center of each piece of dough.
• Form the dough in a ball around each snicker brand miniature.
• Place each on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes (baking time and temperature may need to be ajusted if using more than one tablespoon of dough per cookie).
• Let cookies cool on baking rack or wax paper. (holiday hint: spruce up santa's surprise by drizzling melted Dove brand milk or dark chocolate gifts over the top of each cookie.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., Roll dough into 1-1/4-in. balls. Press a candy bar into each; reshape balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 325° for 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate candies and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
• Then mix in flour mixture.
• Cover and chill dough 2-3 hours.
• To form cookie, scoop a tablespoon of chilled dough and flatten.
• Place a miniature Snickers in the center and form the dough into a ball around the Snickers.
• Place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-20 minutes.
• Cool cookies on a rack.
• Optional: Decorate cookies with powdered sugar or drizzled melted chocolate or both.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300°F. 2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. 3. In a large bowl, mix together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy. 4. Add eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly. 5. Then mix in flour mixture. 6. Cover and chill dough 2-3 hours. 7. To form cookie, scoop a tablespoon of chilled dough and flatten. 8. Place a miniature Snickers in the center and form the dough into a ball around the Snickers. 9. Place on a greased cookie sheet. 10. Bake for 10-20 minutes. 11. Cool cookies on a rack. 12. Optional: Decorate cookies with powdered sugar or drizzled melted chocolate or both.

Steps:

• 1. Beat together butter, peanut butter and sugars with an electric mixer on low to medium speed until light and fluffy. Slowly add the eggs and vanilla, beating until well mixed. Then mix in the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 2. Cover and chill dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
• 3. Preheat oven to 325°F. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide dough into 1-tablespoon pieces and flatten each dough piece. Unwrap enough candies for the amount of dough pieces and then place a candy in the center of each piece of dough. Form dough into a ball around each candy.
• 4. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar. (Optional: Melt baking chocolate and drizzle over the tops of the baked cookies.)

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt white chocolate at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth., Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire racks. For Santa's hat, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate. Press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pompom; let stand until set., Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered. Place on wire racks. With a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for eyes and a Red Hot for nose. Place on waxed paper until set.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°F.
• Flatten 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and place a snicker in the middle of each one.
• Wrap the dough around the snicker making a ball out of it.
• Line cookie sheet with parchment paper for best results.
• Place cookie ball on cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until golden.
• Let cookies cool for 3 minutes and then place them on baking rack.
• *Optional* Snip off the corner of a plastic snack or sandwich ziplock bag and drizzle frosting on the top of the cookies.
• For an extra festive flair, tint frosting with food coloring.