Sneaky Cookies

These cookies are so easy to make, they practically need no recipe. The first time I tried them was at a friend’s Christmas party. I loved them, and so did everybody else at the party. But when I asked the woman who made them for the recipe, she seemed embarrassed.

Now I know why: You basically stick a peanut butter cup into a just-baked ball of refrigerated peanut butterchocolate chip cookie; that’s it.

Personally, I think the cookies work best for Halloween. For some reason, people really like peanut butter around this time of year. And they look like Halloween treats too.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

1 (18-ounce) package peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough

36 miniature peanut butter cups

Roll heaping teaspoon cookie dough into ball and place in ungreased miniature muffin tins. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake at 350 degrees 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately push miniature peanut butter cups into center of cookies.

Let cool completely, remove gently with fork from muffin tins and serve.

3 dozen cookie cups. Each cookie cup:

107 calories; 75 mg sodium; 4 mg cholesterol; 5 grams fat; 12 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams protein; 0.70 gram fiber.