Peanut Butter Cups

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Ingredients

• 1-1/3 cups roasted salted peanuts
• 2 tsp honey
• 1 tsp canola oil
• 2 Tbsp icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 12 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350F. Toast the peanuts on a foil-lined sheet pan until they are lightly browned and fragrant, about 7 minutes.

Allow the peanuts to cool; transfer to a food processor, and process for 3 minutes until the peanuts are the consistency of fine breadcrumbs scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as necessary. Add the honey, oil, sugar, vanilla extract and salt, and process until fully incorporated.

Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper inserts. Divide the peanut filling into 12 balls about 2 tsps each. Flatten the balls into disks that will fit inside the muffin cups without touching the sides.

In a medium saucepan bring 1 inch of water to a low simmer. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over the saucepan without the water touching the bottom of the bowl. Stir frequently until the chocolate is glossy, smooth and fully melted. (Alternatively, melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second blasts stirring to distribute the heat.)

Place about 2 tsps of chocolate in the bottom of each muffin cup. Top with a peanut butter disk gently pressing it, so chocolate partially coats the sides. Cover the peanut butter with about 1 tsp of chocolate smoothing it out with the back of a spoon.

Let the peanut butter cups sit at room temperature for at least 4 hours until they harden. Store in an airtight container, but do not refrigerate.