Brownie Buckeye Cookies
A chewy brownie cookie with a peanut butter fudge center and topped with fudge icing. A perfect balance of chocolate and peanut butter. This is a recipe that develops. Make a day ahead for ultimate flavor and texture.
Ingredients
- 1 box brownie mix 19.5 oz family size
- 4 tbsp salted butter melted
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 egg
- 1 c powdered sugar
- 1 c creamy peanut butter
- Canned fudge icing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- To a bowl add brownie mix, melted butter, softened cream cheese and an egg. Mix by hand until everything is incorporated. Set aside.
- To a separate bowl mix the powdered sugar and peanut butter together by hand until incorporated.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of the brownie dough and form a ball. Place on parchment lined sheet pans. Smooth out the edges of each cookie and place a thumb print in the middle of each one.
- Scoop 1/2 tablespoons of the peanut fudge mixture and form a ball. Place one peanut butter ball in the divot of each cookie. Flatten it down a little.
- Bake on 350 for 11 minutes.
- Let rest on the sheet pans on the counter until they completely cool to room temperature.
- Spread on a thin layer of canned fudge icing.
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