Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Chip Tassies

Name: Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Chip Tassies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup sugar, divided; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted; 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup hershey's milk chocolate chips, divided; 1 cup reese's peanut butter chips, divided; 2 teaspoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil)

Submitted by Southern Polar Bear

"This recipe is from Hershey's Kitchen."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 3 dozen cookies

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
³⁄₄ cup sugar, divided
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
¹⁄₄ teaspoon lemon juice
¹⁄₄ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup hershey's milk chocolate chips, divided
1 cup reese's peanut butter chips, divided
2 teaspoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil)
Directions

directions

Beat 3/4 cup butter and cream cheese in medium bowl; add flour and 1/4 cup sugar, beating until well blended.
Cover; refrigerate about one hour or until dough is firm.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; press each ball onto bottom and up sides of about 36 small muffin cups (1-3/4 inches in diameter).
Heat oven to 350°F
Combine egg, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, melted butter, lemon juice and vanilla in small bowl; stir until smooth.
Stir together milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
Set aside 1/3 cup chip mixture; add remaining chips to egg mixture.
Evenly fill muffin cups with chip mixture.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until filling is set and lightly browned.
Cool completely; remove from pan to wire rack.
Combine remaining 1/3 cup chip mixture and shortening in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.
Drizzle over tops of tassies.

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Reviews

These are delicious little bites! I had a lot of trouble finding peanut butter chips for some reason, but then I found a bag of mixed chocolate and peanut butter chips, so that worked out perfectly for these. Thanks for sharing!

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