Fudgy Peanut Butter Mousse Cups

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/2 ounce) package sugar cookie mix
• 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease 12 cup mini-muffin tin. combine cookie mix, pecans and flour in bowl. slowly stir in butter until mixture resembles wet sand. press 1 tbsp cookie mixture into bottom and sides of each muffin cup. bake until golden, about 10 minutes. cool 20 minutes in tin, then turn out cookies. repeat with remaining dough.
• 3 with electric mixer on medium high speed, beat 1 cup cream to stiff peaks, about 2 minutes. in another bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
• 4 fold in whipped cream.
• 5 microwave chocolate and remaining cream in a small bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, about 1 minute. pour 1/2 tsp chocolate mixture into each cookie cup, then fill cups with 1 tbsp peanut butter mixture. drizzle remaining chocolate evenly over cookies and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.