Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

Surprises are fun aren't they? The best part of a surprise, assuming it's a good one, is that it usually requires that the person providing the surprise had to put some thought into it, which shows you how much they were thinking about you and care about you. I think that's why people are so touched when someone truly surprises them!

So these cookies aren't an exciting surprise, but they are a tasty one. They look like a normal chocolate cookie, and then when you bite into it, you get the surprise of a peanut butter middle. You may have read about my weakness for any and all things that combine chocolate and peanut butter. I could live on those two things alone. For real. So it's no "surprise" that this cookie is made, intended for ME! :)

Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
Cream together:
3/4 c. creamy peanut butter
3/4-1 c. confectioners sugar

Roll the mixture into small balls, about the size of a large marble. Cover with wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes:




With a mixer, combine:
1/2 c. softened butter
1/4. c. peanut butter

Add to it:
1 egg white
1 t. vanilla extract




Combine in a separate bowl:
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. baking cocoa
1/2 t. baking soda


Slowly add the dry mixture to the butter mixture. As the dough gets stiffer, stop using the electric mixer and stir in the rest of the mix by hand. The dough will be stiff and look like this:


Form this chocolate dough into 1-1/2" balls.

Remove peanut butter balls from fridge. On a lightly floured surface, flatten one of the chocolate dough balls with your hand:


Put a peanut butter ball in the middle:


Wrap the chocolate dough around the peanut butter ball, sealing all edges and making it back into a ball shape.

Place the dough balls on a lined cookie sheet. Dip the bottom of a small glass in water, then in some sugar. Push down on each ball, flattening it, but not completely:






Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Tops will become slightly cracked.


Eleven years ago today, I married a man who turned my life around in a wonderful way. Before I met him, I was in a situation I knew wasn't meant for me. My heart knew it, but I felt stuck. Along came Rich, not on a white pony, but in teal Chevy truck!

The first time I saw him, my heart literally flip-flopped. I'll never forget how good he looked in his khaki pants, dark hair, tan skin. What stuck out most, though, was his distinguished demeanor and laid back personality. Then he spoke...he has such a sexy voice, really. Every part of me was attracted, not just to outer, but to inner. I was smitten. He was much older, but that suddenly did not matter to me in the least. I knew I had to be with him and that I would be with him.

Ours is an unusual romance. We didn't do things in the traditional way. We jumped in head first and never looked back. Since then, life has thrown us some major "surprises". Some have been awesome, and others, horrible. I'm sure there are quite a few onlookers who just KNEW that our marriage would not make it-the odds were so stacked (age difference, death of a child, etc.)....yet I think that one day spent with us has proved them otherwise. People can feel our bond when we're together. He continues to keep my heart, and now in such a deep way that no petty disturbance or major life happening can take it from us.

I still get excited when I see him walk in a room and I still want to impress him in every way a woman can. Eleven years is just the beginning....I think that even better times must wait around the corner for us!