Every year I experiment with at least one new holiday baking recipe and I didn’t get around to this one until December 24th. But for goodness sakes– I am so glad I did. These peanut butter bites are not your typical peanut butter cookies; they have half a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup hidden inside. The result is a creamy puffy ball of wonder. Forget visions of sugarplums!
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While visiting historic Charleston, South Carolina, I picked up a Charleston Chew, a candy bar I assumed had a connection to the city.
Wrong. The treat was launched by the Fox-Cross Candy Company in 1922, during the popular dance craze – the Charleston. I imagine the makers realized the bars force one’s jaw to do a little jig.
Nabisco purchased rights in 1980 and Tootsie added the Chew to their line in 1993. Five years later, they created Charleston Mini Chews, bite-size servings resembling Milk Duds.
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