Candy Bar Cookies on a Stick
by Alecia Dixon
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Crunchy chocolate bars wrapped in yummy cookie dough and rolled in your favorite candies make for the ultimate kids’ party treat - Candy Bar Cookie Pops!
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 40 wooden sticks
- 40 miniature-size (about 1 inch square) chocolate-coated, caramel-topped nougat candy bars (with or without peanuts) or 20 fun-size candy bars (about 2x1-inch rectangles), halved crosswise
- Optional small multicolor decorative candies, chopped nuts, and/or colored sugar
- Optional melted chocolate or frosting
Cooking Instructions
- Beat peanut butter, margarine or butter, and shortening in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar, brown sugar, and baking soda; beat until combined.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.
- Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer on medium speed, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
- Insert a wooden stick into each candy bar piece.
- Form about 2 tablespoons dough into a ball shape around each candy bar piece, making sure the candy is completely covered.
- If desired, roll ball in decorative candies, nuts, or colored sugar, gently pushing candies or nuts into dough.
- Place cookies 2-1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake in a 325 degree F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or till golden and set.
- Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on rack.
- If desired, drizzle or frost the cookies with melted chocolate or frosting.
Servings: Makes about 40.
