Chocolate Acorns

I wanted to add some more decoration to the cookie tray and thought that these would be a beautiful edible addition. I originally wanted to do white Hershey Kisses as the bottom but because we live in the country and they are difficult to find (even when they are available). I decided to go for the traditional peanut butter and chocolate combo.

Items I used:
Peanut Butter
Egg
Sugar
Vanilla
Hershey Kisses
Chocolate Chips
Almond Bark

Bowls
Pan
Mixer
Parchment Paper
Knife
Fork
Microwave
Oven

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Step 1: Make the Cookies

The Peanut Butter recipe I used for the cookies is flourless and very simple. I figured since I was using such a small cookie that the strong peanut butter flavor would be a good idea.

Before I started my cookies, I went ahead and turned my oven on to 350.

Recipe for the Peanut Butter Cookies:

1 Cup Peanut Butter
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 Tsp of Vanilla

Combine the ingredients above and mix using the mixer.

20kdk says: May 31, 2013. 8:10 PM

Very unique

AussieAnglerGal says: Sep 13, 2012. 9:00 PM

so cool!

ashbegash says: Feb 13, 2012. 5:57 PM

CUTENESS! When I first saw it i squealed! :P

Beatle4 says: Dec 23, 2011. 2:52 PM

These look great. Will have to make these to go with the chocolate mice the wife makes. A maraschino cherry with the stem dipped in chocolate, a Hershy's Kiss for the face and nose and 2 almond slivers for the ears.

sandgurl (author) in reply to Beatle4Dec 24, 2011. 9:18 PM

That would be a really cute combo!

radarovich says: Dec 22, 2011. 8:08 AM

I understand what Almond Bark is, but I've never seen it look quite like your picture...could you just use a few kisses melted as the "glue" instead? Not sure where to get the stuff you are using...Very very cute. I may have to give these a try before Christmas!

sandgurl (author) in reply to radarovichDec 24, 2011. 9:16 PM

I'm not a chocolate expert but almond bark for me was a little easier. Plus we happened to have a bunch of almond bark left over from other projects. :)

earlyflyer in reply to radarovichDec 24, 2011. 6:22 AM

We used melted chocolate as you suggested and it worked great! We also used the mini vanilla wafers (as suggested in the comment below) after a failed attempt at making mini shortbread cookies. Saved a boatload of time! They came out great and will make great additions to cookie gift trays.

ironsidesnh says: Dec 23, 2011. 8:52 AM

Fellow chocoholic sandgurl

I got to find the special breed of tree that drops these sandgurl .....

These are what the tummy ordered for this bad chocoholic squirrel.

Yummy Yummy's for the this bad chocoholic squirrel too emptied tummy.

I'm a very bad chocoholic squirrel and you had ro make a recipe of this type.....YUMMY!!!!!! 8Dbd

sandgurl (author) in reply to ironsidesnhDec 24, 2011. 9:01 PM

As long as you don't forget where you hide your chocolate acorns... life is good!

RichardBronosky says: Dec 22, 2011. 6:48 AM

I made these with mini nilla waffers and a pretzel stem. I used a drill bit to finger drill a whole for the stem. http://cooperboone.com/cooperboone/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Acorn-Cookie-300x190.jpg

sandgurl (author) in reply to RichardBronoskyDec 24, 2011. 8:58 PM

Really cool! I can definately see the benefits of the mini vanilla wafers.