Nutty Chocolate Bites

NUTTY CHOCOLATE BITES

Your favorite recipe of Chocolate Chip Cookies without nuts added

1 1/4 cups mixed nuts with peanuts

1 1/4 cups Hershey's Special Dark chocolate baking chips

1 1/4 cups marshmallow creme

2 tablespoons half-and-half

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular size muffin cups. Prepare chocolate chip cookie recipe. Place 1 tablespoon of cookie dough in each cup. Bake 7-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pans 15 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, remove Brazil nuts from mixed nuts. If you want to use them coarsely chop them. In 2-quart glass measuring cup add chocolate chips, marshmallows creme, and half-and-half. Microwave on high at 30 second intervals until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Stir between each 30 seconds. Stir in mixed nuts. Drop about 1 tablespoon nut mixture onto each cookie. Let stand about 15 minutes until chocolate is set. To serve, remove bites from paper baking cups.

Note: If you are lazy and I mean really lazy, use 1 package (16 oz.) ready to bake refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough in place of stirring up your own recipe.

THESE ARE TRULY A CHOCOLATE SENSATION!!

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Cupcakes

I Love Cupcakes

Everything cupcakes! Have you noticed how popular cupcakes have become? Whole cookbooks are devoted to cupcake recipes. Craft magazines give half of their pages to cupcake crafts. Many card makers are using cupcakes as the object of their card. Soap makers are even making cupcake soaps that look edible, complete with swirled soap frosting and all. Cupcakes are definitely IN!

Off to the kitchen to make cupcakes...

Here's a favorite recipe with a new twist!

ENJOY!!

Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup Hershey's unsweetened baking cocoa

1 cup water

1/2 cup canola oil

1 tablespoon white vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine dry ingredients; beat in liquid ingredients until smooth. Fill paper - lined cupcake tins 1/2 full. Put 1 tablespoon of filling into center of each cupcake. Insert 1 bite-size Oreo cookie into filling of each cupcake. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Filling:

1 package (8 oz.) Philadelphia cream cheese

1 egg

pinch salt

1/3 cup sugar

48 bite-size Oreo sandwich cookies

Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until smooth.

Note: After cooling completely you may add a dollop of Cool Whip and another Oreo on top.

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