Soft and Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

--Kraft Foods Kitchen

• 1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix


• 4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened


• 1/2 cup peanut butter


• 2 eggs

1. 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.
   


2. 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.
   


3. BAKE 7 to 8 min. or just until edges of cookies are set. (Do not overbake.) Cool on baking sheet 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Makes 22 servings (serving= 2 cookies)