Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
 
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Making your own peanut butter cups at home is an easy and delicious endeavor, plus you get to control exactly what goes into them.
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Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Yield: Makes 36 peanut butter cups
Ingredients
  • 1¼ pound (567g) milk or dark chocolate
  • ½ cup all-natural smooth peanut butter
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup confectioners sugar (plus more to taste)
Directions
  1. Line mini muffin pans with liners (36 total). Set aside.
  2. Roughly chop the chocolate and put it in a heatproof bowl. Set over a pot of gently simmering water and melt until it is completely smooth and shiny, stirring often (you could also melt the chocolate in the microwave).
  3. Spoon a bit of chocolate into each muffin liner. Gently tap the pan on a flat surface so it spreads to coat the entire bottom of each liner. Set aside. Put the chocolate back on the barely simmering water to keep it melted.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together the peanut butter, vanilla extract and confectioners sugar until smooth. Taste and add more confectioners sugar, a little at a time, if you’d like it sweeter.
  5. Spoon about ½ teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture into the center of each chocolate-filled muffin liner. It shouldn’t touch the sides, if possible.
  6. Spoon remaining chocolate over peanut butter-filled muffin liners, making sure to fully cover the peanut butter.
  7. Put in the fridge or freezer to set.
Notes
Gluten free, Vegetarian

Parve and Vegan if you use parve/vegan/dark chocolate

Kosher dairy if you use milk chocolate
Recipe by Katherine Martinelli at http://www.katherinemartinelli.com/blog/recipe/2012/homemade-peanut-butter-cups-and-a-halloween-blog-hop/