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Reese's Frankenstein Cookies

Our Reese's Frankenstein cookies are just plain fun! A chocolate cookie and green peanut butter cup, decorated to look like Frankenstein! 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword franken-cup, frankenstein cookies, frankenstein reese's, reese's peanut butter cup, reeses
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Chill/cooling 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 54 minutes
Servings 14 cookies
Calories 260kcal

Ingredients

COOKIES

  • 1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 14 Reese's Franken-cups
  • candy eyes
  • 1/3 cup chocolate chips melted

Instructions

Cookies

  • Melt 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup) in the microwave. Combine melted butter and cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl. Stir until smooth.
  • Mix brown sugar and white sugar with the butter/cocoa mixture.
  • Add eggs and vanilla.
  • Mix in salt, baking soda, and flour.
  • Chill dough for 60 minutes.
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Scoop dough onto parchment paper lined cookie sheets using a medium cookie scoop (2 Tbsp. size).
  • Bake cookies for 9 minutes.
  • While cookies bake, unwrap peanut butter cups and set them to the side.
    Leave cookies on the baking sheet instead of moving them to a cooling rack. 
  • Place a peanut butter cup onto each cookie as soon as it comes out of the oven.  Let the cookies stand for 5 minutes (or until the peanut butter cups start to look glossy).
  • Add candy eyes. Since the peanut butter cups are glossy and soft the eyes will stick right to them.
  • Refrigerate the tray of cookies for 15 minutes (this will prevent the peanut butter cups from melting too much).
  • Melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Spoon chocolate into a frosting bag or sandwich bag. Use a frosting tip or cut the tip off of the bag (making a TINY hole) and pipe the chocolate onto the cookies to add hair and a mouth.

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Notes

I use my stand mixer, but a hand mixer or Danish dough whisk works as well.
I always use salted butter in my baking, but you can use unsalted butter.
Melted butter can be used warm (no need to cool).

Nutrition

Calories: 260kcal