Recipe For Cooking Candy Bar Cookies On A Stick

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Candy Bar Cookies on a Stick

1 C. peanut butter
1/2 C. butter or margarine
1/2 C. vegetable shortening
1 1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tea. baking soda
2 eggs
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 1/4 C. flour
40 wooden sticks
40 miniature-size (about 1-in. square) chocolate-
    coated, caramel-topped nougat candy bars
    (with or without peanuts) or 20 fun-size
    candy bars (about 2x1" rectangles), halved crosswise
Optional: sm. multicolor decorative candies, chopped
    nuts, and/or colored sugar
Optional melted chocolate or frosting

Beat peanut butter, margarine or butter, and vegetable shortening in a lrg. mixing bowl with an electric mixer on med. to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, brown sugar, and baking soda; beat until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract or flavoring until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer on med. speed, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.

Insert a wooden stick into each candy bar piece. Form about 2 Tbsp. dough into a ball shape around each candy bar piece, making sure the candy is completely covered. If desired, roll ball in decorative candies, nuts, or colored sugar, gently pushing candies or nuts into dough. Place cookies 2 1/2 in. apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees F for 15 to 20 min. or until golden and set. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 min. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on rack. If desired, drizzle or frost the cookies with melted chocolate or frosting.

Makes approximately 40.