Truffle Football Cupcakes Recipe

18 Servings / Prep: 25 min. + standing

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces white chocolate coating, coarsely chopped, divided
• 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup crushed granola cereal with oats and honey
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 2 cans (6 ounces each) vanilla frosting, divided
• Green paste food coloring
• 36 cupcakes of your choice

Directions:

1. In a microwave, melt white candy coating at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-seconds intervals, stirring until smooth. Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and cereal. Chill for 2-3 hours or until easy to handle.
2. Shape into 1-in. balls; form each ball into football shape and set aside. In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip footballs in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on a wire rack over waxed paper; let stand until set, about 30 minutes.
3. Pipe frosting laces onto footballs. Tint remaining frosting green, using a 233 or 234 tip, pipe grass over cupcakes. Just before serving, insert a toothpick into each football. Insert toothpick into cupcake to position football. Yield: 3 dozen.

Frosted Peanut Butter Football Cookies

Prep: 35 minutes / Total: 1 hr 25 mins / Makes: 2 1/2 dozen cookies

Game-time sweets? Turn cookies jump-started with a cookie mix into armchair quarter back winners.

Ingredients:

• 1 pouch Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix
• Oil, water and egg called for on cookie pouch mix
• 1 container Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 tube Betty Crocker white decorating cookie icing

Directions:

1. Make cookie dough as directed on package. Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets; press each ball into ovals, 1/4-inch thick.
2. Bake at 375 degrees F 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Cool; place cookies on cooling racks. Cool completely.
3. In small bowl, stir chocolate frosting and peanut butter until blended. Spread frosting over cookies; pipe laces with white frosting.

Did you know?

You can bake and freeze cookies up to two months ahead of serving.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)

• Calories 160
  • (Calories from Fat 70),

• Total Fat 8g
  • (Saturated Fat 2g,
  • Trans Fat 1g),
• Cholesterol 5mg;
• Sodium 135mg;
• Total Carbohydrate 21g
  • (Dietary Fiber 0g,
  • Sugars 14g),
• Protein 2g;