Recipe: Peanut Butter-Caramel Candy Bites with Colorful Candies

1 (16.5 ounce) package refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough

24 bite-size chocolate-covered caramel-peanut nougat (Snickers bar)

72 candy-coated chocolate pieces (M&Ms)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Shape cookie dough into 24 (1-inch) balls, and place in cups of lightly greased miniature muffin pans.

Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

Remove from oven, and press 1 bite-size Snickers bar into each cookie.

Sprinkle cookies evenly with M&M pieces.

Makes 24 cookies.

NOTE: Instead of buying the bite-size Snickers bars, I got a regular sized bar and cut it into 1-inch pieces and pressed the pieces into the center of each cookie.

Southern Living, July 2009