Tagalong cupcakes

Just in time for Girl Scout cookies.
cupcakes:
1 chocolate cake mix (with all ingredients that it suggests on the back of the box)
2 boxes of Tagalongs, or if it;s not GSC season you can use the Keebler knockoff brand)
24 cupcake liners

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup cream

Preheat oven to 350. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners (makes 24). add a tagalong to the bottom of each liner.
Make chocolate cake according to the package directions. and pour on top of Tagalongs, in the liners. and bake according to directions.

For frosting:
In a large bowl, beat butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in 1/2 of the confectioner's sugar. Mix in 1/4 cup of the cream. Beat in the remaining confectioners' sugar. If necessary, add a little more cream or milk until the frosting reaches a good spreading consistency.

Frosting recipe from: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/peanut-butter-frosting/detail.aspx

Peanut Butter Heart Cookies

How cute are these?
48 Dove or Reese's Heart shaped Candy
1/2 cupshortening
3/4 cupREESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cupgranulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoonsmilk
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1-1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
1 teaspoonbaking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar

Directions
1 Heat oven to 375°F.
2 Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
3 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.

Valentine Pretzel Buttons

Theses Pretty little bites were so easy and yummy. The recipe is from http://griffithsrated.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentine-prezel-buttons.html

What you'll need:

• square pretzels
• Hershey's Hugs (you can use Kisses, too, but I think the Hugs taste better and they definitely soften up better!)
• plain M&Ms

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200°. (If your oven runs hot you may want to turn the temp down to 170°.)

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. Place the pretzels on and top them with the hugs.

Bake for 4-5 minutes until the chocolate is shiny and soft (but NOT melting - they should still hold their shape).

Carefully place an M&M in the center of each hug and press it down to spread the chocolate.

Allow to cool completely (a few minutes in the fridge works perfectly) and enjoy!