Santa's Snicker's Brand Surprises

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1 cup margarine (softened)
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter (reduced-fat works great)
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (13 ounce) package snickers miniature candy bars
• 1 (11 ounce) package dove brand milk chocolate candies or 1 (11 ounce) package dark chocolate, gifts

Recipe

• 1 combine the butter, peanut butter,and sugars using a mixer on a medium low speed until light and fluffy.
• 2 slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. then mix in flower, salt, and baking soda.
• 3 cover up and chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• 4 remove dough from refrigerator. divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten.
• 5 place a snickers brand miniature in the center of each piece of dough.
• 6 form the dough in a ball around each snicker brand miniature.
• 7 place each on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes (baking time and temperature may need to be ajusted if using more than one tablespoon of dough per cookie).
• 8 let cookies cool on baking rack or wax paper. (holiday hint: spruce up santa's surprise by drizzling melted dove brand milk or dark chocolate gifts over the top of each cookie.