HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

By punk

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 bags high quality milk chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, beat together the peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla.

Pour chocoalte chips into a large, microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, remove and stir. Microwave again for 30 seconds, remove and stir. Continue doing this just until the chocolate chips are melted. You don’t actually want the mixture to become warm or hot to the touch because the chocolate will mottle when it re-hardens. So, make sure you are microwaving for no more than 30 seconds, then stirring very well just until the chocolate chips a smooth and melted.

Spoon a small amount of melted chocolate into the bottom of a standard-sized foil cupcake wrapper.

Roll a tablespoon sized scoop of the peanut butter mixture into a ball, then flatten slightly. (I made sure my hands were just a little bit moistened to keep the mixture from sticking to my hands). Place the peanut butter disc on top of the chocolate layer, patting it gently into place in the center of the cup. The peanut butter mixture shouldn’t touch the sides of the cupcake wrapper, that way, when you place the next layer of chocolate on top of the candy, it hides the peanut butter layer right in the middle.

Spoon a second scoop of melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer. Twirl your spoon around the top of the chocolate to create a pretty, swirl design.

Allow peanut butter cups to harden in a cool, dry place for 15-20 minutes. Don’t place them in the fridge to speed up the cooling time! Doing so can drop the temperature of the chocolate too quickly, making it dry with little white speckles