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Fudgy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Thumbprints

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Aug 17, 2023
Bake-Off® Contest 43, 2008
Stephanie Hollowell
Dallas, Texas
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Fill the indentations in these tender chocolate cookies with a crunchy peanut filling.

Fudgy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Thumbprints

  • Prep Time 60 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Ingredients 9
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 box Pillsbury™ Chocolate Frosted Brownie Mix
  • 1/2 cup JIF® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Topping

  • Frosting packet from brownie mix
  • 1/3 cup JIF® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
  • 1/4 cup unsalted or salted butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons dry roasted peanuts, finely chopped

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray large cookie sheets with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray, or line with cooking parchment paper.
  • Step 
    2
    Reserve frosting packet from brownie mix. In large bowl, beat brownie mix, 1/2 cup peanut butter, the eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed 20 seconds. Beat on high speed 30 to 40 seconds or until completely mixed. Stir in chocolate chips.
  • Step 
    3
    Drop 24 heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet (if dough sticks to thumb, spray thumb with cooking spray). Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    In small bowl, beat contents of reserved frosting packet, 1/3 cup peanut butter and the butter with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Fill each thumbprint indentation with 2 teaspoons frosting mixture, spreading slightly; sprinkle with peanuts. Let stand until frosting mixture is set. Store loosely covered in single layer.

Nutrition

120 Calories
9g Total Fat
3g Protein
6g Total Carbohydrate
4g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
13%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
7%
Sodium
60mg
3%
Potassium
80mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
6g
2%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
4g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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