"Take 5" Sugar Cookies

These sloppy beauty's are based off of the candy bar, Take 5.  They were inspired by a picture text from my sister asking me to "make these also." (Meaning, along with ALL of the desserts I am already making for Thanksgiving, can I make these too?) Instead, I made them tonight.  I believe the picture she sent me was just the cookie, pretzel, and chocolate, but me, being a choco-holic, immediatly thought of the candy bar.

Sugar Cookie Ingredients:
(original recipe makes 2 dozen cookies but since these are layered, I made them much smaller)
Taken from Martha Stewart - Ideal Sugar Cookies

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 stick of unsalted butter (1/2 cup)
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

You will also need:

Chocolate (I used Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate)
Caramel Sauce
Peanut Butter Chips
Mini Pretzels
Sprinkles (optional)
Parchment Paper

Directions:

1. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder.
2. In an electric mixer, using a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar.
3. When light and fluffy, add in egg, milk, and vanilla, with mixer running.
4. Slowly add flour mixture & mix until combined.
5. Cover dough with plastic and refrigerate for an hour.
6. After the hour has passed, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
7. Roll out dough and cut into small circles.  (Two cookies are used in one, cookies cut-outs the size of a quarter are perfect!)
8. After 5 minutes, take cookies out and add a mini pretzel to half and peanut butter chips to the other half.
9. Let bake for another five minutes or until a light golden color.
10. Let cool.

11. Meanwhile, melt chocolate. (I used the Wilton Chocolate Pro but in the microwave in a piping bag would work as well.)
12. Add caramel sauce to the cookies with the peanut butter chips.
13. When chocolate is melted, dip the bottom of cookies with the pretzels in the chocolate and place on top of the peanut butter/caramel cookie.
14. Let cookies set; about 10-15 minutes.
15. Dip half of the cookie in the chocolate so that half of the pretzel is half covered and place on parchment paper to harden. (While chocolate was still wet, I poured on some sprinkles.)

And then...... SMILE & EAT!