Fudgy Puddles...AKA Chocolate heaven wrapped in a peanut butter cookie!

Ok, really, where could a cookie that contains chocolate and peanut butter go wrong? I don't even think it's possible. I even doubt anyone baking with those 2 ingredients could not get a perfect result.

This time I was searching Allrecipes.com as opposed to Google, surprising I know, when I came across these little gems! 

Have you ever had a peanut butter blossom? The cookie with the Hershey kiss in the middle? These are very similar. These cookies are not coated in sugar though and are baked in a mini-muffin tin. The chocolate center uses chocolate chips as opposed to the kisses. That eliminates the pesky task of unwrapping 48 pieces of candy just to make the cookie. I started all the ingredients for the centers in the 'double boiler' after I was done mixing the batter for the cookie.  (Disclaimer...I don't yet own a REAL double boiler, I will tho *hint to my AWESOME husband that read my blog, Mother's Day is in May* For now tho I use to pans)

So now have everything ready to go your first tray comes out of the oven. While they are still hot you use a melon baller to make the 'puddle'. That was interesting. I figured out you have to be creative with moving it around to get a good divot, just pressing it straight down doesn't work. Then the cool for a while in the muffin pan. Having more then one pan makes this project go quicker. Now to fill...

Anyone that knows me knows that for some reason I need things to be 'even'. When a recipe calls for filling to make 'x' amount I will break out the food scale, a bowl and calculator to even distribute said filling. Well with these you can't. The chocolate would certainly harden before any ever made it into the cookie. So with my OCD screaming 'no this is wrong' I start spooning chocolate into puddles. It wasn't the easiest task but certainly not the hardest either. I will be buying a pouring funnel before the next batch!

All in all, the project was easy and DELICIOUS!