All posts for the day May 4th, 2011

peanut butter & chocolate sandwich cookies

to go along with the thin mint truffles, i also made some peanut butter and chocolate sandwich cookies. my boyfriend and his step dad both love desserts made with peanut butter and chocolate. so i am always on the hunt for different cakes, brownies and cookies using this wonderful combination. i found this recipe for homemade nutter butters (though with the chocolate filling they are not quite nutter butters) and the cookies looked sturdy enough for travel so i thought they would be the perfect treat to bring to maine with us. i tried one last night and they were great! the cookies are nice and soft and the ganache filling is perfect with the peanut butter-y cookies.

first make the cookie dough and refrigerate it for 1 hour…

then roll out the dough and use a pretty cookie cutter to cut out little cookies…

now bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes…

while the cookies are baking make the ganache, so it is nice and chilled once the cookies are baked, cooled, and ready to fill… and ta-da! peanut butter and chocolate sandwich cookies!

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thin mint truffles

this week, my boyfriend and i are going to maine. i am so excited! it will definitely be a much needed break after an incredibly busy semester (though it’s not quite over yet, eek!). either way it will be so wonderful to just hang out and to see his family. tonight i made some treats to bring up for them. first up are thin mint truffles. they are just like oreo balls but instead they are made with girl scout thin mints. genius! now don’t get me wrong. i love thin mints all by themselves especially right out of the freezer. yum.

but these truffles make thin mints extra special. if you have some extra girl scout cookies i suggest trying this recipe out. the author of confessions of a cookbook queen where i found this recipe also turned other girl scout cookies, like samoas into truffles too. she is amazing!