Peanut Butter Genius

I saw this commercial on TV for the new Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Minis. These babies come unwrapped and ready to eat! Seriously. They just upped the bar here.

I grabbed one at Meijer. They aren't in the baking aisle like I was thinking. These were right next to the other mini candies. Duh.



My plan was to bake with them. Believe it or not, I was a little baked out the last few days. So they sat in my pantry. And yes, I did have to call my family off them. "These are not a snack!"

Today after lunch, it was time.

I dug out my go-to family peanut butter cookie recipe. But no Crisco! I know. How do we survive? On butter, baby. Paula Deen: EAT YOUR HEART OUT.

But what's even better? After you're done adding all the fat and peanut butter, you add more SUGAR. Yup, these puppies are rolled in sugar and THEN baked.

Best part of homemade baked goods: there isn't a wrapper with a calorie count to stare you in the face.

What would you do with these? Not even buy a bag? Bake with them? Eat them by the handful?