Best Santas Surprise Cookies Recipes

SANTAS SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat together butter, peanut butter, and sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; mix until combined.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add flour mixture; mix on low speed until combined.
• Cover cookie dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Do not bake cookies without chilling as they are prone to spreading
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Scoop dough into tablespoon rounds, or use a #50 disher in between; covering the Snickers completely and forming a ball.
• Place rounds of dough on a silicone baking mat/parchment paper lined baking sheet 2" apart.
• Bake 10-14 minutes or until edges have set.
• Cool cookies on a baking sheet on a wire rack for 8 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, add milk chocolate. Microwave on medium heat for 30 seconds. Remove and stir slowly. Replace in microwave for 15- second increments until chocolate is completely melted.
• Dip a fork or drizzling scoop into melted chocolate and drizzle over cooled cookies. Allow Santas Surprise Cookies to sit until chocolate hardens. Eat & Enjoy!

SANTA'S SNICKER'S BRAND SURPRISES

Steps:

• Combine the butter, peanut butter,and sugars using a mixer on a medium low speed until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flower, salt, and baking soda.
• Cover up and chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten.
• Place a snickers brand miniature in the center of each piece of dough.
• Form the dough in a ball around each snicker brand miniature.
• 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).
• 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.

DECORATED CHRISTMAS CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill until firm, 1 hour. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in thickness. Cut out with Christmas cookie cutters of your choice. Using a floured spatula, transfer cookies to greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks., Decorate cookies with frosting and colored sugars.

SANTA'S SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. If you want to make your own cookie dough for this recipe that works well too, it will just add to your prep-time.
• 2. Cut your cookie dough off and flatten it out in your hands take a snickers mini and place in the middle of the flattened cookie dough. Form the cookie dough into a ball around the candy bar and place on non-stick cookie sheet. Bake the cookies as directed and enjoy! Depending on how much cookie dough you use and/or, buy/make will depend on the servings you get out of it. Great to leave out on Christmas Eve as well!

SANTA CLAUS COOKIES

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt white chocolate at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth., Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire racks. For Santa's hat, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate. Press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pompom; let stand until set., Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered. Place on wire racks. With a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for eyes and a Red Hot for nose. Place on waxed paper until set.

CHRISTMAS SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, peanut butter, and sugars using electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs and vanilla until combined.
• Mix in flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Cover and chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• When dough is chilled, take 1 tablespoon of dough and flatten.
• Place miniature candy bar in center of dough and then form dough into ball around candy bar.
• Place on cookie sheet and bake at 325°F for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Let cookies cool on baking rack or on wax paper.
• When cooled, drizzle melted milk chocolate over each cookie.
• Store in a cool place.

SNICKER SURPRISE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
• Then mix in flour mixture.
• Cover and chill dough 2-3 hours.
• To form cookie, scoop a tablespoon of chilled dough and flatten.
• Place a miniature Snickers in the center and form the dough into a ball around the Snickers.
• Place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-20 minutes.
• Cool cookies on a rack.
• Optional: Decorate cookies with powdered sugar or drizzled melted chocolate or both.