Homemade Peanut Butter Cups recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

140.1 calories
carbohydrate: 13.6 g
cholesterol: 10.6 mg
fat: 9.5 g
fiber: 0.4 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 4.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 54 mg
sugar: 11.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth (3 to 5 minutes).

  2. 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.

  3. In 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until melted (4 to 6 minutes). Stir in confectioners' sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.

  4. 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.

Recipe Yield

30 cups

Recipe Note

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

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