Disclosure: The information and samples have been provided by Pillsbury through Platefull Co-Op.
Baking sweets and treats is one of my many guilty pleasures. Whether it’s cookies or cakes I am always in the kitchen whipping up some sort of dessert. Do you know anyone who is passionate about cooking and baking too? If so, their creativity in the kitchen could land them a spot to compete for $1 million and other prizes in the 47th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest! Their original recipes may be submitted online at www.BakeOff.com now through May 8, 2014. The Bake-Off® Kitchens will evaluate all eligible entries and choose the top 100 recipes to compete at the 47th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest Finals at the Omni Nashville Hotel on November 3, 2014.
For added inspiration Platefull Co-Op sent me a big box of baking and cookie goodies which included the 100 winning recipes from last year’s bake-off contest. All of these delicious and unique recipes competed for the $1 million prize. While only one of them took home the big bucks, they are all winners in my book! The Loaded Potato Pinwheels took the win and look just as tasty as they sound. Flipping through the book gave me a lot of my own ideas and I am hoping to have my own creation to submit into the contest this year.
Until then I could not resist re-creating one of the winning recipes from last year’s contest. Naturally, I gravitated right towards the dessert section of the book and had to make something to satisfy my sweet tooth. The Malted Milk Ball Peanut Butter Cream Squares were calling my name. It combines two of my favorite things, peanut butter and malted milk balls. It’s sweet. It’s salty. It’s creamy. It’s everything you want in a dessert. Not to mention, it’s extremely rich and indulgent. I can see why it was a winner. This has to be one of the best things I have ever made in the kitchen!
Ingredients:
- 1 roll Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 can Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme Vanilla Flavored Frosting
- 2 cups Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 jar (7 oz) marshmallow creme
- 2 cups coarsely chopped malted milk balls
- 1/2 Smucker’s® Sundae Chocolate Flavored Syrup
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 13×9 inch pan with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Break up cookie dough and press evenly in bottom of pan. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- In medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form.
- In large bowl, beat frosting and peanut butter with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Carefully fold whipped cream, marshmallow creme and 1 1/2 cups of the malted milk balls into peanut butter mixture. Spoon and spread mixture over cooled cookie crust. Refrigerate 2 hours or until cream layer is set. Cut into 6 rows by 4.
- To serve, place cream squares on dessert plates. Drizzle each with 1 teaspoon of the chocolate-flavored syrup. Sprinkle with remaining chopped malted milk balls. Store covered in refrigerator.
Do you have a yummy recipe you plan on submitting into the Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest?
I am the same way.. I gravitate toward the sweet section also and I will pin this and my daughter currently has some Malt Balls in her room right now.. Oh ya!
That looks AMAZING! I love that they still have the Pillsbury Bake Off – I watch those specials on TV all the time. I'm not a baker at all so I wouldn't enter, but I'd love to be one of the judges!
These look AMAZING. Great recipe. I'm definitely going to try!
Oh. My. GAWD….would you please send some of those to me? Or better yet, move up here to Southeastern Massachusetts, so I can come mooch off of you. I have the worst sweet tooth ever!
Holy cow, I love Whoppers. This sounds divine!
Didn't even know about the contest, but against recipes like yours I don't stand a chance!
Wow! What an amazing looking dessert! The yummyness is just jumping off the screen. Great recipe
That contains like all of my Dad's favorite things. He'd devour that!
Wow! What a unique recipe! I know where to look next time I have a sweet tooth!
These treats look so delicious. I could go for one right now.
Oh my goodness, these look amazing! I love brownies and bars, these look perfect! Malted milk balls are so nostalgic too. This looks like the perfect treat!
Wow! Those look so good!! I really want to try making these. I need to check out this Bake Off!
Seriously? These look sinful, and oh so yummy. I'll have to try them!
Yum yum yum!!! I will have to make these with my kids!
Can I come over and try one? These look fantastic!
Ooooh yummy. I would definitely do something chocolate based if I participated
This looks so good! Thank you so much for sharing, I love this recipe. I am going to try this with my boys.
Droooooling. These would be SO good right now. Or any time, really!
This is an amazing recipe! It's deliciously mouth-watering! Ooh I can almost taste it through the photos. I would like to try this recipe this coming weekend. 😀
i probably won't submit. but i will happily eat my way through the competition.
These look so good! Do you deliver? 😉
Oh these look absolutely incredible! Yummy, yummy, yummy! Pillsbury is a great company for shortcuts!
I just sent this to my mother! Fingers crossed she makes me some 🙂
Malted milk balls are my favorite! Pinning this one!
Wow that looks crazy rich and completely delicious! I don't typically create my own recipes worth sharing, but I love testing out other people's creations.
My mom loves malted milk balls! I will have to make this for her as a surprise!
Malted milk balls are my favorite – especially around Easter. That dessert looks so good!
Oh my goodness! I love malted milk balls but when I bite into them it's like nails on a chalkboard. I've never understood it but I do suffer through it since they are awesome.
You had me with malted milk. These look awesome. You've made me hungry lol!
I love malted milk balls. You had me at malted milk balls anything!! Printing recipe now!
Those looks so decadent. I think that everything tasty on earth might be in that recipe!
Those look beyond delicious! I wish I had some right now! Maybe I'll make some for Easter…or tomorrow!
Looks divine! I am going to try this recipe