# Why do peanut butter cookies have that criss-crossed pattern on top? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 19, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030 "2003-12-19T19:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/21 "2003-12-20T19:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*[MPSIMS] I prefer to put chocolate kisses into my peanut butter cookies, I think that this is sheer Cookie Bliss. For anyone attempting to do the same, you roll the cookie dough into little balls, bake, and THEN insert the kisses. [/MPSIMS] > > Another way of flattening cookies is dipping the bottom of a drinking glass into sugar and pressing it into the cookie. I believe this is usually done with sugar cookies. \*\* Hershey’s kisses, right? I slightly flatten the dough ball, then moosh the kiss into the cookie so that the kiss is exposed. I want to find dark chocolate kisses, but no luck so far. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/22 "2003-12-20T20:43:06Z")
They do make Dark Hershey’s Kisses… They were made a permanent addition to the Kisses lineup [last July](http://www.hersheyskisses.com/kissable_pr.htm). Interestingy, the Hershey website has no other information about them…but the Hershey website lacks a lot of good information about lots of their products. As the ultimate example, go to their [product page](http://www.hersheys.com/products/index.shtml) and try to find information about the plain-old Hershey bar. Jolly Ranchers, yes. Twizzlers, yes. Hershey milk chocolate bar, no. On their own website!! :rolleyes: But here’s an [online store](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/drsoda/hedachki.html) where you can buy them. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/23 "2003-12-20T22:30:34Z")
Thanks, **audilover**. I thought I’d seen them advertised, but I also looked at Hershey’s site and found no mention. That’s gonna be good, peanut butter-chocolate kiss cookies. BTW; is your nickname literal? Rather, is it a literal expression of a preference for a certain automobile? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/24 "2003-12-20T23:05:11Z")
Yes, it it literal. I’ve got an unhealthy obsession with most german cars…ones bearing four rings in particular. But, it is not, however, _littoral_. And I’m not even gonna ask about your name. I always see it at first glance as “mange orange.” Now, when you make some of those cookies with the dark kisses, send a couple my way. Those are some of my favorite cookies, and I can barely imagine the goodness with dark chocolate (my favorite kind of chocolate). I’m drooling already. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/25 "2003-12-20T23:27:31Z")
Man George, a gift from an old girlfriend. I’m not sure where it comes from. She also called me “Jaws”. :o Big on nicknames, that one. I’m the lucky owner of an A4 3.0 (2002). First new car I’ve ever owned. Wanna go halfers on one of [these](http://www.audiusa.com/model_home/0,,modelId-200405,00.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/26 "2003-12-20T23:38:33Z")
Saying “jaws,” followed by the fellatio smiley, may not be the best choice. And I don’t think I could share a new S4. I’ve already got plans to buy one in a year or so…it’ll also be the first new car I’ve ever owned. I’ve wanted one through three generations of them, so it’s not a fleeting plan. I’ll let you know how it is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/27 "2003-12-21T01:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CheekyMonkey613 \* > \*\*Mixie, when I read your recipe for the apples, I was thinking, “Wow, she’s impressive. Way over my head ~ What a little Miss Martha Stewart she is.” I can’t bake/cook to save my life but even I KNEW HOW TO DO THIS! LOL > > Yeah hun … Maybe you should take a break. You’re putting too much pressure (and fire) on yourself! > 😉 \*\* 😃 Some things I do really well, other things, I’m a complete idiot. See, we just moved here, and I don’t have any studio space or a job, so basically, I’m amusing myself by cooking. It’s a creative outlet in a very minor way. But, any idiot can follow a recipe (I’m shining proof). The apples were super easy. Plus, a fun fireworks show at the end, and free hair removal! Martha Stuart is **scary**. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/28 "2003-12-21T03:42:37Z")
Fellatio smiley? 😛 I never noticed. Until now. Thanks. :dubious: Anyway, I want to know about **Mixie’s** pyrotechnic apples. Peanut butter apple pie. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/29 "2003-12-21T03:48:57Z")
I was [kidding](http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node=Peanut%20Butter%20Apple%20Pie). Sounds pretty good, though. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030/30 "2003-12-21T04:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > **Anyway, I want to know about Mixie’s pyrotechnic apples.** [One recipe for flame-throwing apples, coming up!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=230309) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-peanut-butter-cookies-have-that-criss-crossed-pattern-on-top/220030.md?page=1)