Fudgy Peanut Butter Mousse Cups

Name: Fudgy Peanut Butter Mousse Cups
Yield: Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 package, sugar cookie mix (17.5-ounce; 496 grams), see note; 1 cup, pecans, toasted and chopped fine; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted; 1 1/4 cups, heavy cream; 1 cup, chunky peanut butter; 8 ounces (227 grams), cream cheese, softened; 1 cup (4 ounces; 113 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup (6 ounces; 170 grams), semisweet chocolate chips

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Holiday

Contest Recipes

These holiday cookies taste as great as they look. These crisp cookie shells are filled with a mixture of whipped cream, peanut butter, and cream cheese-with chocolate both below and above.

SERVESMakes about 3 dozen cookies

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 1 hour chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Toasting the pecans in a skillet over medium heat intensified their flavor. Melting the chocolate for this recipe for Fudgy Peanut Butter Mousse Cups in the microwave prevented scorching—much easier and faster than a double boiler. Semiswee...

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