Chocolate-Peanut Butter Patties

This is not exactly a copycat of the peanut butter patties you can buy from the Girl Scouts, but they are delicious chocolate-covered sandwiches of vanilla wafers and peanut butter.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 181 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon shortening
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 (11.5 ounce) package milk chocolate chips
• 1 ¼ cups creamy peanut butter
• 60 vanilla wafer cookies (such as Nilla®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl until smooth.

Step 2

Spread about 1 teaspoon peanut butter mixture atop each of 30 vanilla wafer cookie and top with another cookie to make 30 sandwiches.

Step 3

Mix chocolate chips and shortening together in the bowl a double-boiler, cooking and stirring until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth, 5 to 7 minutes; remove from heat.

Step 4

Line baking sheets with waxed paper. Dip each cookie sandwich in melted chocolate to coat and place onto waxed paper.

Step 5

Refrigerate cookies until the chocolate hardens, 15 to 20 minutes.