Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
From midgelet 17 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 30
great yummy cookie/candy
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips shopping list
- 2 tablespoons shortening shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter shopping list
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar shopping list
- 2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs shopping list
- 30 mini (1 3/4 by 1 1/4 inch) paper cups shopping list
How to make it
- Prep time includes chilling
- In 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening.
- Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth (3 to 5 minutes).
- Loosen top paper cup from stack, but leave in stack for greater
- stability while being coated.
- With small paint brush, coat inside top cup evenly with about 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to about 1/8-inch thickness, bringing coating almost to top of cup but not over edge.
- Repeat until 30 cups are coated; refrigerate cups.
- In 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring ocassionally, until melted (4 to 6
- minutes).
- Stir in confectioners' sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
- Press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.
- Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate on top of filling; spread
- to cover.
- Freeze until firm (about 2 hours) carefully peel off paper
- cups.
- Store refrigerated.
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Reviewed by 9 people-
Yippee!! I can make these now!!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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my favorite cand peanutbutter cups {Yum} wow
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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Looks great, think the granddaughter will have fun making these! Thanks
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in Tomball loved it
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