Recipe: Peanut Butter Cookie Pops

Peanut Butter Cookie Pops
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PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE POPS
For many years I have made these for the neighborhood children for Halloween and decorated the cookie to look like a jack-o-lantern.

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
10 fun sized candy bars -- Snickers or Milky Way
10 wooden sucker sticks

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine sugars, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off. Add flour, baking powder and soda. Mix well. Securely insert a wooden stick into small end of each candy bar forming a lollipop. Shape about 1/3 cup dough smoothly around each candy bar making sure bar is completely covered. Seal dough. Place 4 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 13-16 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from sheets. Cookies may be frosted and decorated before wrapping in clear wrap if frosting is allowed to dry completely.