Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies

Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 64
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 118 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 2 Tbsps creamy peanut butter; 1 Tbsp About milk; 59 milliliters chopped peanuts; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 340 grams bag semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups); 4 teaspoons shortening; 1 teaspoons vanilla

You can never have too many condiment recipes, so give Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies a try. This recipe serves 64. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 76 calories. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, creamy peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; grease foil with butter.

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Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

In medium bowl, mix 1/2 cup peanut butter, the butter, peanuts and vanilla. Stir in 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until stiff dough forms. If dough is crumbly, work in additional 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Pat mixture in pan. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.

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Powdered Sugar

Peanut Butter

Peanuts

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Use foil to lift candy from pan; remove foil.

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Candy

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In 1-quart heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring constantly. Dip 1 peanut butter square at a time into chocolate mixture.

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Chocolate Chips

Peanut Butter

Shortening

Chocolate

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Sauce Pan

Place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm.

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Baking Sheet

In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Beat in milk with wire whisk until smooth. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle.

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Powdered Sugar

Peanut Butter

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Drizzle icing over tops of chocolate-covered squares. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm. Store candies loosely covered in refrigerator.

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Chocolate

Candy

Icing

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Servings:

59milliliters

butter or margarine, softened 118milliliters

creamy peanut butter 2Tbsps

creamy peanut butter 1Tbsp

About milk 59milliliters

chopped peanuts 118milliliters

powdered sugar 473milliliters

powdered sugar 340grams

bag semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)4teaspoons

shortening 1teaspoons

vanilla

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.