Brownie cookies stuffed with tollhouse bars

I made some tollhouse bars for Rob to take to his mom and had a lot leftover, so i decided to stuff the rest in brownie mix cookies.   Of course, you can stuff them with whatever you want.  I ran out of tollhouse bars, so the last 2 were stuffed with golden oreos. 🙂

Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also chill the dough for a few hours before baking.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie mix
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Tollhouse bars cut into small squares, or other stuffables

Directions – in a bowl, mix brownie mix, flour, eggs, butter and vanilla.  Scoop out 1/4 cups dough and divide in half.  Flatten each half slightly.

Place a tollhouse square on top of one half.

Top with another half. 

Seal edges and place on covered container.  Place in fridge for several hours.    When ready to bake, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  

Check cookies after 16 minutes to check how done they are.  Bake another 5 if needed, so cookies are no longer gushy. 

Cool completely.  You can put in fridge to firm them up.  Store in covered container.

Peanut butter cookies stuffed with chocolate peanut butter

Continuing my run of cookies stuffed with stuff, I present  butter cookies stuffed with chocolate peanut butter. 

You must bake these frozen, directly from the freezer to keep the chocolate peanut butter inside.  Remember to firmly pack your brown sugar into your measuring cup and scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Directions – scoop out tbs of chocolate peanut butter and freeze a few hours.  After a few hours, make your dough.   in a bowl, cream crisco,  peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.

Divide in half and flatten each half

Place one tbs of frozen peanut butter on one half

Top with other half

Seal edges.

Place in a container in freezer for a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Once oven is preheated, take cookie doughs out from freezer and stagger on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

Bake 15 to 16 minutes, no longer.

Cool completely and store in covered container.

Black cocoa cookies stuffed with cookies and cream spread

The other day, I made peanut butter cookies stuffed with smores spread.  I am following that up today with black cocoa cookies stuffed with cookies and cream filling. 

Another amazing Aldi find!

A few things about this recipe.   Scoop out the cookies and cream spread and freeze for several hours.  As always, scoop the flour from your flour bag and cocoa from it’s container so you get the right amount.  Make the dough and once you fill each one with a ball of the spread, freeze the doughs for several hours.  Only when you are ready to bake, take the dough out.  Directly bake, in a preheated oven at 350 degrees from freezer.  only bake 15 to 16 minutes.  And store them in the fridge after they are completely cooled.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 2/3 to 3 cups flour (i may use 3 next time to try and prevent spreading a little more)
  • 1 cup black cocoa
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • Cookies and cream spread, scooped into tiny mounds and frozen solid

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.   If dough seems too dry, add a tbs or two of heavy cream or milk.  Scoop out 1/4 cup of dough.

Divide in half and flatten each half.

On one half, place a frozen mound of cookies and cream spread. 

Top with other flattened half. 

Seal edges.

Freeze doughs for several hours.  When ready to bake, keep dough in freezer until oven is preheated to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.   Bake 15 to 16 minutes,  no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in fridge in covered container to keep filling firm.

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Peanut butter cookies stuffed with smores spread

I saw this smores spread at Aldi and thought it would be perfect to scoop it out, freeze each one and stuff them in cookies.  I chose peanut butter cookies this time. I baked the dough frozen to keep the spread inside, so i highly suggest doing that.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And preheat  your oven to 350 degrees before baking.  Also do not take dough out of fridge until you are ready to pop them in the oven.  Gotta keep that smores spread inside the cookie!

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup peanuts, finely ground
  • Smores spread, scooped into rounded tbs and frozen solid

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add egg, vanilla and milk.  Blend in flour and baking soda.  Fold in peanuts. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.

Divide in half and slightly flatten each half.

On one half, place a frozen smores ball.

Top with other flattened  half of pb cookie dough.

Seal cookie so smores ball is hidden. 

Freeze dough overnight.  Leave dough in freezer until oven has preheated to 350.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 16 to 18 minutes. 

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Peanut butter cookies stuffed with mini Mr. Goodbars

I had a bunch of extra mini mr goodbars and came up with the idea of stuffing them in peanut butter cookies.

It has been hotter than hell here the last 5 days, so i froze the dough to prevent too much spreading while baking.  

Remember to firmly pack your brown sugar into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, spoon your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 cups flour

In a bowl, cream crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients.   Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. 

Divide into half. 

Place a mini Mr  goodbar on one half. 

Top with the other half

and seal edges. 

Freeze a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.  

Bake 15 minutes.( No longer.)

  Cool completely.  Store in covered container. 

Round 2, game 6 victory treats – melted ice cream brownies stuffed in melted ice cream chocolate chip cookies

I really had to step up these Sabres victory treats, we came back from a 3-1 deficit in Montreal, in a must win last night and won 8-3.  Yowsa.  It was awesome!  So i thought what can I do here?   I decided to make melted ice cream brownies and stuff them inside melted ice cream cookies.  Boom!

  • Brownies ingredients lost
  • 1 cup chocolate ice cream, melted
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   In a bowl, combine butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients then ice cream.  Evenly spread into pan.  Bake 22 to 27 minues, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely.  Then cut in small squares.

For the chocolate chip cookies, I used a mix of vanilla and chocolate ice cream.  I also used a combo of all purpose and bread flour, but you can just use all purpose flour.  I used milk chocolate chips, but again, whatever chip is fine.

  • Chocolate chip cookie dough ingredients
  • 1 cup ice cream, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bread flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips

In a bowl, cream crisco and sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients,  then ice cream.  Fold in chips.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and divide in half.  Flatten each half.  On one half, place a brownie square.

Top with another half.

Seal edges. 

I recommend chilling these for a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 12 to 15 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  Store in covered container

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Mini Peanut butter m&m peanut butter cookies stuffed with Reese’s eggs

My other treat for work, in honor of opening day of the NHL and NBA Playoffs and my Sabres first playoff game in forever, is for all my peanut butter loving friends- peanut butter cookies with mini peanut butter m&ms

And stuffed with reese’s eggs.  

Boom!

Remember to scoop your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also firmly packed your brown sugar into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Chill the dough at least a few hours before baking to keep them puffy and preheat the oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup peanut butter mini m&ms
  • Reeses eggs, unwrapped  (not the regular size ones)

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar.  Add egg, vanilla and milk.  Blend in dry ingredients then m&ms.   Scoop out 1/4 cup of dough and divide in half.  Flatten each half.  On one half, place a Reese’s egg.  Place other half on top and seal edges. Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake,preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer.  cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

Toasted sugar, graham cracker, milk chocolate chip cookies stuffed with mallo cups

Now that’s a cookie!

I had a bag of mallo cups and wanted to use them up, so I thought of making a s’mores related treat. 

I also have seen some articles that suggest using toasted sugar in cookie recipes, so I thought i would use the mallo cups stuffed in milk chocolate chip cookies made with toasted sugar and some finely ground graham crackers.

Stuffed with mallo cups

First about toasting the sugar- you don’t have to.. but if you want to – place the cup of sugar on a cookie sheet and spread to a relatively thin layer.  Bake in a preheated oven (350 degrees) for 15 minutes, or so, stirring every so often, until sugar is a light golden, like below.

I also used a combo of all purpose flour and bread flour.   Bread flour makes cookies a little more chewy.  You can use just all purpose flour entirely.

These are stuffed with Reese’s pb hearts (the mini chips are the marker)

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I recommend chilling the dough a few hours before baking.  And, preheat the oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 cup sugar, toasted (see above for directions)
  • 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • Mallo cups

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, toasted sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Add eggs and blend well.  Mix in flours, then graham cracker crumbs.  If dough seems a bit dry, add a tbs or two of water.   Scoop out 1/ cup of dough.

Divide in half and slightly flatten each half.  

  On one half, place a mallo cups.

Top with other flattened half and seal edges. 

Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 16 to 20 minutes (golden spots on top).  Cool completely.  Store in covered container.

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Chocolate cake mix cookies stuffed with cookie dough oreos!

I found these oreos in the “aisle of shame” at aldi. 

If you are not familiar with it, it is an aisle of stuff you “probably” don’t need, but the price is great and you think “why not”?   That aisle is the best!  It is how I wound up with an electric cake pop maker and churro maker (both work like the George foreman electric plug in grill), which i have yet to use.  Each was 7$.

Use any cake mix flavor and any oreo flavor you want.  I used chocolate cake mix and cookie dough oreos today.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs
  • Oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  In a bowl, mix cake mix, oil, egg and water.  Scoop out 3 tbs dough.

Divide in half.  Flatten both.   Lay one half on a flattened surface.

Top with an oreo.

Place other flattened half on top and seal edges. 

Stagger on cookie sheet. 

Bake 10 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

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Peanut butter chip chocolate cookies stuffed with a homemade Reese’s pb cup

I had some peanut butter chips to use up, so I decided to put them in chocolate cookies and stuff them with a homemade mini Reese’s peanut butter cup.  

And I covered the bottoms of the cookies with melted hershey kisses.  A lot, I know.   But I think they will be a big hit.

I chilled the individual doughs for a few hours before baking to help keep them puffy.  I also attempted to press a few extra chips on top of the cookies as soon as they came out of the oven.

For the cookies, remember to scoop the flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  And, preheat your oven before baking

  • Homemade mini reeses
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar,  firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • Milk

In a saucepan, over medium heat, heat and stir butter, peanut butter and brown sugar to a boil.  Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar.  Blend in 1 to 2 tbs of milk so mixture is easy enough to form into balls.  (You might want to let it cool down before rolling into balls).   Once they are rolled, pop them in the fridge in a covered container to firm up.

  • Cookies ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup peanut butter chips

Directions- in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.   Stir in chips.  Scoop out 1,/4 cups of dough and divide in half.  Slightly flatten each half.  On one half, place a Reese’s ball.  Top with other flattened half.  Seal edges.  Chill a few hours.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, stagger cookies on sheet.  

Bake 12 to 14 minutes.  Cool completely.     If you want, melt some hershey kisses and dip the bottoms of cookies in.  Let chocolate  dry, bottom side up of cookies. 

Store in covered container.