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Chocolate Peanut Butter Witch's Brooms

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter chips {Can be found next to the chocolate chips in most grocery stores}
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour {Or all-purpose flour works fine too}
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 16 thick pretzel rods broken in half
  • 8 large shredded wheat cereal biscuits
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Red cookie icing

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, microwave the peanut butter chips and butter on high for 30 seconds, then in 15-second intervals until smooth.
  2. Stir in brown sugar, vanilla and egg until well combined.
  3. Add flour and baking soda and mix until blended.
  4. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  6. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
  7. Cut with a 2-inch bell-shaped cookie cutter. {Or if you're like me and you don't have a bell-shaped cookie cutter, an upside down heart works great as well!}
  8. Place the cutouts on an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
  9. For each cookie, place a pretzel rod on the top of the bell {or point of the heart}, leaving 2-1/2 inches of pretzel exposed.
  10. Bake 5-6 minutes, then let cool completely.
  11. Pull cereal biscuits apart until you have some straw-like pieces.
  12. Spread a thin layer of chocolate frosting on each cookie and the sprinkle cereal shreds to create brooms. {It works best if you press the shreds into the frosting, so they stick better.}
  13. Pipe thin rows of red icing near the top of the 'broom' to look like stitching.
  14. Let stand until set.