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Brownie Brittle Peanut Butter Cookie Ghost Cups {Super Simple}

These Brownie Brittle and Peanut Butter Cookie Cups are filled with cream cheese frosting for a Halloween treat that is quick, easy and great for kids!

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C’est L’Halloween, C’est L’Halloween HEY!

I’m singing to you today.  In French.

Are you confused? Let me explain.

As ya’ll know, I’m a born and maple-bred Canadian chica.  In Canada, we didn’t have to study Spanish in elementary school, we had to study French.

And, this song was what we sang EVERY single year of my pre-high school life.

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It translates to “It’s Halloween.”

Bet you didn’t see that one comin’. Those tricky French and their adding L’ in front of English words to make it their own language.

Sidenote: aside from the one line to that song, the only other French word I remember is “fromage,” which means “cheese.”

But, really, do we NEED to know any other words in another languages? Pretty sure “cheese” solves all of life problems.

ESPECIALLY when it’s cream CHEESE frosting, stuffed into mini cookie cups made out of Brownie Brittle.

Badum CHA. See what I did there. #CleverSegue.

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Sidenote, the sequel. I am spending way too much time on Twitter. Hashtags are invading my everyday speak.  Mr. FFF is confused.  He doesn’t even know what a tweet is, let alone a hashtag.

It may not be Halloween for 25 days (is it sad that I just opened my calendar app to count, because I can’t do math?) but who says we can’t get the part-ay started early?

No one, that’s who.

Now, these cookie cups. They are based off of my PB and J cookie cups, and I am kind-of-sort-of-ok-A LOT obsessed with them.  I mean, LOOK AT THEM.  They’re so adorable with their little chocolate chip faces.

You know, the kind of adorable that makes you want to go grandma-style and pinch their little cheeks.

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Except, I watched Casper the Friendly Ghost growing up, I know you can’t pinch/hug/do anything really to a ghost.

Now that we’ve covered the OHMYGOSHSOADORABLE factor, let’s talk about eas-a-bility and yum-nosity factors.

Don’t go searching for Websters for those words kay?

Eas-a-bility:

Crush Brownie Brittle —> Mix with sugar, peanut butter and a few other goodies —> press into pan —> Bake —> Fill with cream cheese frosting —> Into face.

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Yum-nosity:  Brownie Brittle.  I mean, I COULD end it right there and that would be enough.  But then there is whole peanut butter addition that needs a mention.

Brownie Brittle. Peanut Butter. Cream cheese frosting.

What I’m trying to say is this:

If you don’t make these, well, BOO are you?

See what I did there.

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I’m done.

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Brownie Brittle Peanut Butter Cookie Ghost Cups {Super Simple}

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12
Author Taylor

Ingredients

  • 1/4 Cup Natural Peanut Butter
  • 2 Tbsp Packed Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp White sugar
  • 1 Egg white
  • 1/8 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 3/4 Cup Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle crushed into crumbs (this is about 7 full squares)
  • 1/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 1/4 Cup Butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 Cup Reduced-fat cream cheese softened (not fat-free)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 Cup Sifted Confectioner’s sugar
  • Mini chocolate chips

Instructions

  2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside
  3. In a large bowl, beat together the peanut butter, brown sugar and white sugar, using an electric hand mixer, until smooth and fluffy. Then, add in the egg white and vanilla extract and beat again until it’s all well combined.
  4. Add the crushed Brownie Brittle, baking powder and salt into the peanut butter/sugar mixture. Stir well until it forms into a ball.
  5. Divide the dough among the muffin tin in 1 Tbsp sized balls and press down and around the sides, so that it forms a little cup.
  6. Bake the cups for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges just begin to crisp up and brown *
  7. Let the cups cool in the muffin tin for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a rack. Let cool completely before filling.
  8. While the cups cool, make the cream cheese frosting:
  9. In a large bowl, beat together the softened butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
  10. Stir in the vanilla extract and beat again.
  11. Then, turn the beater down to low speed and add in the sifted confectioner’s sugar gradually. Once all of the sugar has been added, turn the beater back up to high speed, and beat again until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  12. Spoon the cream cheese icing into a piping bag and fill the cookie cups. Use the mini chocolate chips to create the ghost face. **
  13. DEVOUR

Recipe Notes

Your cookie cups will puff up when baking. Quickly press them in with your finger, or a spoon, to re-form the cup as soon as they are out of the oven, before they cool.
* Store cookie cups in the refrigerator until ready to serve, to keep the frosting from falling.
This post is sponsored by Brownie Brittle, but all opinion remain my own.

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  2. Our son would love these.

    Oh, they look so delicious…I am going to have to re-evaluate my workout routine, and possibly step it up a notch or two, to help counteract all the treats I’ve been coming across lately. What’s an extra mile or two run a day? lol…it might just be worth it…

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    • Haha! That is how I think about it too…I’ll eat these and spend a few extra minutes lifting!
      Thanks Julie!

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  9. My mom bought me a bag of brownie brittle, and let’s just say it didn’t make it past one day……:)

    These seem super easy and I will have to make them soon!

    (PS – You mentioned oat flour, but I didn’t see any in the ingredients list or the directions?)

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    • UGH, I don’t know what I was thinking…no oat flour here! Thanks for catching that!
      And I don’t blame ya, the Brownie Brittle is SO great…thanks Katharine!

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  20. Awww.. I love these little guys. They’re too cute! And your photos in this post are great. A little sea of ghost faces. These sound delish.

    Hashtags made their way into my everyday speak too! But what’s weird is that I barely type them or use them in social media. I guess I just like to SAY them. I’m a weirdo, I guess. Hope you had a fabulous weekend!

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  21. Could you please speak Frenglish to me while we enjoy bite after bite of these delicieux ghost cups? We can wave our hands with fanciful grace as we add l’ and uh to all our words and call it Francais, ha! These cups. So cute!! I was obsessed with Casper when I was a kidlet and love these festive treats. Hope you had a great weekend, lady!

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  27. “OHMYGOSHSOADORABLE”!!! “OHMYGOSHSOADORABLE” x infinity – these are too cute – and you cannot belive that easability factor! I might have to skip the gut-churning-creamcheese frosting – and go with a straight up frosting – but gal – so so good!!!

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    • Hey, I definitely am NOT going to hate on ANY KIND of frosting. It’s ALL good in my books!
      Thanks lovely lady, I hope your Monday is rockin’! 🙂

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  32. These are sooo cute! And I totally see my daughter going crazy over these. In fact, I think I need to make these for her class on Halloween. My office is literally right next door and all the little kids go trick or treating in our condo area.Of course, that means I gotta be the cool mom and make my treats especially awesome. And these fit the bill.

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    • OH MAN! The PRESSURE to be the “cool mom”…I can feel it from here!
      How-ev-er, If I was a kid and got some of these, I think you would totally win! 😉
      Thanks Amanda!

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  42. There sure is one thing you can do to these yummy ghosts – eat them up!!
    So simple, so delicious, and so perfect for Halloween!
    We are already getting ready at my house. Dad has the decorations he made himself all ready to go, and Mum and I are costuming the family and planning our baked goods. They don’t even celebrate Halloween here in Australia, but give my family any sort of celebration and we are keen to get involved 🙂
    Also, cheese is the only word you need to know to communicate anything. Formaggio – BOOM! Italian done!

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    • That is SO said that they don’t celebrate Halloween in Australia, it’s one of the best holidays! But good on ya for getting in the spirit!
      HEY, THANKS. Now I’m Tri-lingual 😉 Thanks for the love girl!

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  45. Ugh, stop. Can’t take the cuteness. I’m the worst at holiday themed baked goods, but these are TO DIE FOR adorable. Love them, and they sound so delicious I want to eat up all the little ghosts!

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  51. These are super cute! I might do them only using the small brownie bites from whole foods for my daughter’s Halloween party! I’d love to try the recipe too, though. We’ll see how much time I have. Ha ha

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