Oh, it has been one of those days…
not motivated to do anything…
it was super cold…
even with the heat cranking!
I am over the cold and snow!
It was nice and I have enjoyed all the wintery stuff…
but Spring can come now.Â
Not motivated to do much of anything
because it hurts when I move.
I think it is due to the shredding…
who knew 20 minutes could do that to you?
(I moved up to level 2 and am regretting it…only slightly)
At least now I feel like I am working out a little bit harder…
gotta tell ya…not looking forward to level 3 though.
The only thing getting me through these workouts is my sugar fix…
now I know that if I keep up with my daily dose of calories
all the shredding in the world isn’t going to help me…
but I haven’t made a move to give up on sugar…yet;-)
Speaking of sugar…have I got a cookie for you…
Fudgy yummy cookies filled with
reese mini pb cups and
white chocolate chips!!!
Uggg I am drooling just typing about these delicious things.
I found the recipe in one of the
holiday cookie issues at Christmas…
and I finally got around to making it a couple weeks ago.
Sorry I have been holding out on you…
I had so many different recipes bookmarked…
it might take me the whole year to make them all.
I am just thankful that I took them to a meeting…
I am sure it wouldn’t have been good to leave me
home alone with these tasty little devils.
Have you met my new best friend???
Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups…
mini meaning I can eat way more because
little cups have little calories:-)
Now I said it was an ice cream flavor…
did you catch that in my title???
My fav ice cream is Moose Tracks…
it is the only ice cream that I can eat lots of.
For some odd reason I am not/or ever have been a big ice cream eater…
funny I know…since it is laden with sugar!!!
Any way Moose Tracks is
vanilla ice cream
fudge swirls
mini peanut butter cups!
I decide to make a
fudge cookie
vanilla chips
mini peanut butter cups…
See, kinda like a take on Moose Tracks…
ok, never mind…on to the recipe:-)
Moose Tracks Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped mini Rees's Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium saucepan combine the chocolate chips, unsweetened chocolate, and the butter. Cook and stir over low heat until melted. Remove from heat.
- Add the eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla, and baking powder to a bowl. Stir in a little bit of the chocolate mixture with a spoon. Add the rest of the chocolate mixture and stir until combined.
- Stir in the white chocolate chips and the mini peanut butter cups.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons on baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the edges are firm. Let cool on sheets for 2 minutes then remove to wax paper to cool all the way.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container. Keep the layer separated with wax paper.
Notes
Adapted from BH&G 100 Best Cookies Holiday Collection ’10
grace says
February 9, 2011 at 3:25 AMmmm, creative! I just saw a commercial for those mini reeses and thought of you. I think I may try this recipe soon.
Jocelyn says
February 9, 2011 at 3:40 AMhaha! I am getting a reputation:-)
Angela says
February 9, 2011 at 3:58 AMIm a new follower please follow back thanks so much i love all the goods
Candi says
February 9, 2011 at 3:28 PMThose looks delicious!!!
Mindy says
February 9, 2011 at 6:58 PMI just bought me a bag of those lovlies last night at Target! We love them on ice cream… yummmm.
About your shredding, I am there, still on level two, waiting for it to NOT hurt so I can move on to level 3. Don’t know if that will EVER happen! 😉
Nikki says
February 9, 2011 at 9:16 PMYUM!!!!!!!!!!! These look incredible!!!!!! Thanks so much for linking them up to gettin’ crafty on hump day! I really appreciate you all sticking with me with the new text linky 🙂
Sue says
February 9, 2011 at 11:11 PMEverything is better with (mini) peanut butter cups! YUM!
Laurel {Make and Takes} says
February 9, 2011 at 11:34 PMThese look delicious! All my favorite ingredients! I wanted to let you know that I submitted this to the M&T Spotlight: http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Homemaker Honey says
February 10, 2011 at 12:49 AMHi! I shared your fabulous cookie recipe on my blog here:
http://www.homemakerhoney.com/2011/02/inspire-me-to-create-today-february-10.html
Deborah
Homemaker Honey
homemakerhoney.com
Christine says
February 10, 2011 at 12:50 AMOh wow amazing! Yummy
I’m a new follower:)
Christine
greatoakcircle.com
Emily and Jaime at Everyday Art says
February 10, 2011 at 4:35 AMYUM! I love moose tracks. And I love cookies. I may have just found my slice of heaven. (or my skinny-jean destroyer, either way, my mouth will be happy.)
-Jaime
Jess says
February 10, 2011 at 6:41 AMOh man! I was considering starting the Shred too!!! I love sweets wayyy too much! 🙂 I own the DVD but, conveniently, I haven’t gotten around to starting it yet!
Any Advice for a Newbie??
Jess
http://www.forthelove26.blogspot.com
It's a Keeper says
February 10, 2011 at 1:26 PMHi! I host a weekly blog hop — It’s a Keeper Thursdays. I’d love for you to stop by and link up!
Thanks!
Christina @ It’s a Keeper
http://www.everydaytastes.com/
http://twitter.com/itsakeeperblog
http://www.facebook.com/ItsAKeeper
Inspire. Create. Bake. says
February 10, 2011 at 2:22 PMMy favorite is Moose Tracks as well! There are so many reasons I like you. :p
I follow a blog where his specialty was turning ice cream flavors into cookies. They all look good, but I haven’t tried any yet. You’ll have to dig through his older cookie posts for them. Awesome stuff.
http://www.ajscookingsecrets.com/
Have a great day friend and congrats on moving up to level 2!
Cait says
February 10, 2011 at 11:42 PMwow just came across your site and what have i been missing! great great site!! you should check mine out if yo u get a chance!
Brandy says
February 11, 2011 at 3:01 AMThese look DIVINE! Thank you so much for sharing!
Brandy
Gluesticks
http://www.brandyscrafts.blogspot.com
Allison {A Glimpse Inside} says
February 11, 2011 at 3:24 AMGoodness lady! You make some killer treats!
Thanks for linking up!
Marina says
February 11, 2011 at 6:01 AMYour stuff always looks so yummy!! I am going to definitely try these out! We are featuring this over at Justsewsassy.com
Thanks!
Miriam says
February 11, 2011 at 6:15 AMMoose Tracks was always my favorite ice cream flavor in college. How wonderful to have them as cookies!
Goddess of Baking says
February 11, 2011 at 6:40 AMYUMM!!! These look and sound amazing! Great idea!
Natasha says
February 11, 2011 at 7:03 AMWow, that looks like a delicious treat! We can get Reeses products over here now so I might give this a try. Thanks for the recipe.
Best Valentine’s wishes,
Natasha.
Amy says
February 11, 2011 at 9:17 AMThese cookies really look and sound delicious! Hey, at least you’re doing something to burn off the calories. 🙂 The only time I get to move around is when I chase my kids…and bake cookies in the kitchen (if that even counts, LOL)
Amy
http://utry.it
Melissa says
February 11, 2011 at 4:07 PMI don’t exercise nearly enough to be able to make these cookies! Every time I read your blog, I get hungry …
Wendy @ Ramblings from the Sunshine State says
February 11, 2011 at 4:41 PMThose sound delicious!
Visiting from Serenity Now!
Joy says
February 11, 2011 at 8:20 PMLooks delicious!
Holly says
February 11, 2011 at 8:33 PMOh my. That’s going in the “to try” file. Thanks!
Amanda @ Serenity Now says
February 11, 2011 at 9:02 PMMy husband would love these (okay, I would too)…we both love peanut butter cups. 🙂 I keep Jillian and her Shred locked in the secretary with the other DVDs…I’m too scared to take her out. 😉
Thanks so much for joining my Weekend Bloggy Reading party. 🙂
A.Rhodes says
February 11, 2011 at 5:40 PMThanks for linking up, these look delicious!
Agnes
Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
http://agnesrhodes.blogspot.com
oh, and I’m your newest follower!
Christy says
February 11, 2011 at 10:41 PMthat is a lot of deliciousness packed into those cookies! so amazing, as usualy. thank you for sharing with tuesday night supper club!
Erica says
February 12, 2011 at 5:31 AMlooks yummy…anything with reeces peanut butter cups has to be good 😉
kristy.lynn @ kristy.makes says
February 12, 2011 at 2:24 PMoooo…. i think i will definetly have to give these a try… thanks for sharing.. i LOVE moose tracks.. & the hubs has been pouting over getting these mini reeses’ as well!:)
Betsy says
February 12, 2011 at 6:29 PMI must try these! Thanks so much…they look delish and beautiful, too!
Kim @ It's a Crafty Life says
February 13, 2011 at 1:51 AMCan you say delicious?? Can’t wait to try these. 🙂
Envy My Cooking says
February 16, 2011 at 5:10 AMCould we use this recipe on our blog??? Looks yummy email us at [email protected]! We d love to feature you!!
Holly says
February 28, 2011 at 7:22 AMThese cookies look super dangerous. I am desperately trying to avoid sweets, but man on man, you are tempting me!
[email protected] Made Me says
July 18, 2012 at 5:56 AMI need to stop looking at your blog when my husband is near… I have about a million things I have to make him now! 🙂 These look so good though, I won’t argue! My big butt thanks you. And thanks so much for sharing this recipe at my Throwback Thursday party! I hope to see you again, and thanks so much for the support! 🙂
Sarah E. says
August 10, 2012 at 7:38 PMYummo! Those look so good!
Stopping by from Scrumptious Sunday.
Melissa says
August 6, 2013 at 6:35 PMHow many mini’s make 2 cups? Or should I ask how many packages? I know they make the little 4 oz (I think) packages now but wanted to know how many you buy. Thanks!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
August 6, 2013 at 6:55 PMI usually buy the 8 oz. package of unwrapped minis. I think 2 cups is about the whole 8 oz. bag. I hope you love the cookies!
Lyss says
August 23, 2013 at 11:54 AMI made these yesterday. These are delicious, pretty easy to make, and I love that they don’t require a mixer or much clean up. I will definitely be making these again! I did mine for 8 minutes a pan, but when I dropped them by teaspoonfuls, I got 49 cookies.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
August 23, 2013 at 2:09 PMYay! I’m glad you liked them. I probably scooped very big teaspoons when I baked them 🙂
Becki says
September 29, 2013 at 11:57 PMReally only 1/4 c. Flour??
Jocelyn Brubaker says
September 30, 2013 at 12:15 AMI know it sounds pretty unbelievable, but yes, that is all the flour you need for these cookies 🙂
Rana says
January 18, 2014 at 8:56 PMI tried these cookies tonight but when i baked them they spread way too much almost like they burnt. Was there something i did that was missing? My kids love mouse track ice cream and I was trying them out for a bake sale.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
January 18, 2014 at 10:16 PMThey are a much thinner cookie than most. You could always try refrigerating the dough for 30 minutes before baking. I didn’t do that for this particular cookie, but I do it for other recipes to keep the dough from spreading. I’m not sure what else to suggest. I do hope you give them another try because they are definitely a favorite around here!
Molly says
May 3, 2014 at 8:40 PMI just made these to take to a friend tomorrow, I’m not entirely sure they will make it! I only had white chocolate chips that had a weird taste to them, so I just subbed regular chocolate chips 🙂 So yummy!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
May 3, 2014 at 10:25 PMI completely understand why they might not make it…these are pretty amazing 🙂
Mrs.T says
February 6, 2016 at 5:16 PMI just tried this recipe. Could not believe it would only take 1/4 cup flour, but that was absolutely fine. I did add another tablespoon or so, only because that was all that was left in the flour bag.
I chilled the dough just for the length of time it took the oven to preheat, and I did put it back in the fridge after each use. I found that this made the dough just firm enough so I could roll it into 1-inch balls, which is always my preference over drop cookies.
I baked the cookies about 13 minutes, and they didn’t flatten out like yours, but that is just fine and probably had to do with chilling the dough. These cookies are fantastic. Looking forward to seeing how they go over at a church potluck tomorrow!
Jocelyn says
February 6, 2016 at 6:12 PMI am so glad you liked the cookies!! My guess is that the extra little bit of flour and chilling the dough is why they didn’t flatten as much as mine.
Mrs.T says
February 6, 2016 at 5:17 PMOh, and I forgot to add, I got about 48 cookies making them the way that I did. Then my hubby discovered them …
jacqueline says
May 4, 2017 at 3:17 PMI just made these with my daughter. They are really good. Super rich! I like that everything mixes in one pan. The only discrepensy in the recipe is that it’s more like 2 rounded Tablespoons instead of teaspoons on the baking sheet. Also, my cookies turned out more puffy and not flat like in the picture.