Buckeye cookie cups are chewy chocolate sugar cookies baked in a mini muffin pan, topped with peanut butter frosting!
Not to be confused with my peanut butter mousse cookie cups or brownie peanut butter cups, while these buckeye cookie cups are baked in a mini muffin pan, they are made with chocolate sugar cookie dough instead of chocolate chip cookie dough or brownies, respectively, and topped with peanut butter frosting.
Originally I had wanted to fill them with peanut butter mousse but unfortunately lacked one of the ingredients and didn’t feel like dashing to the store. Thankfully I pretty much always have the ingredients to make peanut butter frosting and was able to improvise.
The end goal was to create something that resembles a buckeye candy – chocolate on the outside and peanut butter on the inside/ It may not be mousse but these buckeye cookie cups still earn their name in appearance. For extra spirit I added some scarlet and gray sprinkles on top.
Why the worry about resembling a buckeye? Because today is THE GAME against that team up north! It may not be as even of a match up as in recent years but a big game like this is hard to predict sometimes. So I’ll be stuffing my face with these before heading to the shoe!
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Eight years ago:Â Gingerbread Brownies with Eggnog Frosting
Ten years ago:Â Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Candied Walnuts and Sage Vinaigrette
Eleven years ago:Â Quick Turkey Noodle Soup
Twelve years ago:Â Gluten-Free Ooey Gooey Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Thirteen years ago:Â Pecan Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake
Fourteen years ago:Â Matzo Ball Soup
Source: Inspired by my Peanut Butter Mousse Cookie Cups, adapted from my Chocolate Sugar Cookies and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake.