Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

1 plain yellow cake mix
1 c peanut butter
1 stick butter, melted
2 eggs
2 c semisweet choc chips
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 T butter
1 c coconut
2 t vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Set aside ungreased 13x9 pan.

Place mix, peanut butter, melted butter, eggs in mixing bowl. Blend on low for 1 minute. The mixture will be satiny and thick. Reserve 1 1/2 cups for the topping. Transfer mixture to pan. Using fingertips, press evenly onto bottom of pan.

For filling, place chips, milk, and 2 T butter in saucepan over low heat. Stir and cook until chocolate is melted and mixture well combined. Remove from heat and stir in coconut and vanilla till well distributed.. Pour over crust and spread evenly with spatula so it reaches edge of pan. Using fingertips, crumble to reserved crust mixture and scatter it evenly over the chocolate. Place pan in oven.
Bake till cake is light brown, 25-30 min. Cool 30 minutes.

Devil's Food Hearts

makes 5 dozen 2 1/2" cookes.

1 devils food cake mix
1 1/2 sticks butter at room temp.
1 egg
1 1/2 t vanilla
flour for rolling out the cookies
1/4 c sugar

Place ingredients in mixer for 1 minute. The dough will be thick and come together into a ball. Cover in wrap and chill at least 3 hours, or overnight. Remove dough from fridge. Dust counter with flour. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters. Sprinkle with sugar. Make till puffed up, then sink back, 8-12 min.

Icing:?
1 cup powdered sugar
2 T milk
Food coloring
Fill with squeeze bottles. Outline cookies, then fill, or make polka dots or other designs. Let rest for 1 hour before packing away.

Quick Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

1 pkg butter recipe golden cake mix
1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 c creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 t vanilla
hersheys kisses, unwrapped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place cake mix, milk, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla in mixing bowl. Blend for 1 1/2 minutes. The dough will be thick and will come together in a ball. Pinch off pieces of the dough and roll them into 1" balls. Place them on sheets. Bake till they puff up and lightly brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately place kiss in center of each.