Soft & Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies

1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Place ingredients in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 min., then beat on medium speed 1 min. or until mixture pulls away from side of bowl and forms soft dough.

Shape into 44 (1-inch) balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten each ball, in criss-cross pattern, with tines of fork dipped in sugar.

Bake7 to 8 min. or just until edges of cookies are set. (Do not over bake.) Cool on baking sheet 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Jazz It Up
Add 1/2 cup chopped Peanuts to dough before shaping into balls and baking as directed.

Frozen Nutty Buddies
For each frozen sandwich, spread 1 cookie with 1 Tbsp. thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping; cover with second cookie. Roll edge in chopped peanuts. Place in airtight container. Freeze up to 3 months. Serve frozen.