Homemade Peanut Butter Cups- SP

By srumbel

I happened upon this treat by accident, or desperation this summer when my son was going to a pool party and needed to bring a snack to share. My first thought was brownies, then cake, then cookies and I went on down the list until I came up with something that would be really good but not make a lot of mess in the kitchen. So I took a standard peanut butter bar recipe and flipped it into peanut butter cups.
from southernplate.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (or margarine, whatever you have)
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark, again whatever you have)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 2- 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 24 regular sized muffin papers or 48 mini sized muffin papers

Preparation

Step 1

Line two muffin pans with paper papers (24 total).
Place peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave until butter and peanut butter are melted, one to two minutes (time will vary by microwave).
Remove from microwave and use a large spoon to stir all of the ingredients together (except chocolate chips) until they form a ball of dough that leaves the side of the bowl.
Pinch off pieces of dough and roll into 1+1/2 inch sized balls. Place one ball into each muffin paper.Pat into a 9x13 pan. Press dough flat into papers with your fingers.
Pour chocolate chips into another microwave safe bowl and microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring after each, until completely melted. Spoon over top of peanut butter pats and spread evenly.
Allow to cool completely at room temperature until chocolate hardens again or place in the refrigerator for faster hardening.
Enjoy!