Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Name: Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters crunchy peanut butter; 158 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 473 milliliters milk chocolate chips; 2 Tbsps shortening

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 30. One serving contains 144 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat. Head to the store and pick up milk chocolate chips, confectioners' sugar, shortening, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate Chips

Shortening

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Sauce Pan

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.

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Chocolate

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.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Powdered Sugar

Peanut Butter

Chocolate

Butter

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Sauce Pan

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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Chocolate

Spread