Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
When it comes to making desserts there is nothing better than chocolate, but what’s even better than chocolate? That would be chocolate & peanut butter. I saw this recipe for homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups the other day and knew immediately I needed to make them.
Ingredients & Directions:
- 12 Mini Foil Cupcake Liners
- 1 C Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 C Peanut Butter, plus 2 heaping T to mix in with chocolate
- 1/4 C Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Melt chocolate chips in microwave or a double boiler (microwave is much easier). Heat in short intervals (20-30 seconds at a time and mix in between) so you do not burn them. Let cool for a minute and then add in the 2 heaping T of peanut butter until thoroughly mixed together.
Put 12 liners into a cupcake pan to make this next step easier. Drop a large teaspoon of the melted chocolate mix in to the foil liners. Spread the chocolate all over the sides and bottom of the liners. You should have about 1/3 C of chocolate left over for the tops (set this aside). Place the pan in the freezer for a minutes until chocolate hardens.
Stir together peanut butter, vanilla, salt, and sugar.
The chocolate shells should be ready. Drop a a little bit of the peanut butter mixture into the center of the shell and spread around.
Top each cup with a bit of the remaining melted chocolate (you may have to heat it again). Be sure to cover all the peanut butter with chocolate.
Chill in refrigerator or freezer until ready to serve.
These were so good and definitely didn’t last as long as it took for me to write this post.
(Steven)
