Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

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Description

Just like the candy! You’ll need 30 mini (1 3/4 by 1 1/4 inch) paper cups for filling.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons shortening
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • ⅔ cup graham cracker crumbs

Instructions

  1. In 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening. Cook over low heat
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until melted and smooth (3 to 5 minutes).
  4. Loosen top paper cup from stack
  5. but leave in stack for greater stability while being coated. With small paint brush
  6. coat inside top cup evenly with about 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to about 1/8-inch thickness
  7. bringing coating almost to top of cup
  8. but not over edge. Repeat until 30 cups are coated; refrigerate cups.
  9. In 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter. Cook over medium heat
  10. stirring occasionally
  11. until melted (4 to 6 minutes). Stir in confectioners’ sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.
  12. 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.

Servings: 30

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