Peanut Butter Cups

Happy Halloween Everyone! Last year we didn’t have a single trick-or-treater come to our apartment, we’re hoping to have at least one this year. I know that most of the trick-or-treating on the east coast has been moved to this coming Saturday, more time to get your costumes ready, right?

As I said, last year not a single person showed up at our door so this year we didn’t by a huge bag of candy. This year I decided instead to make a treat for my husband and me to enjoy. Homemade peanut butter cups are so much better than the ones that Reese’s makes and they’re easy to make. On to the recipe…

What you’ll need…

4 – 4 ½ C Chocolate Chips

1 C Creamy Peanut butter

1 C Powdered Sugar

8 Tablespoons Butter, softened

1 teaspoon salt

In a small mixing bowl combine the peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, and salt. Make sure that the powdered sugar is completely mixed in. Once this is complete place the bowl in the refrigerator and allow to chill for at least half an hour. This allows the peanut butter mixture to be easier to work with.

Once the peanut butter mixture is chilled line muffin tins with cupcake papers. Scoop tablespoons of the peanut butter mixture into your hand, dust with powdered sugar and roll into balls. Once the peanut butter is rolled into balls flattened it slightly and put aside.

 

Melt the chocolate in the microwave, about two cups at a time. Now we begin to assemble the candy. Place a tablespoon of chocolate in the bottom of the papers and shake the pan to even it out. Obviously the peanut butter mixture goes on top of the chocolate. Once the peanut butter is in put another tablespoon of chocolate on top; shake the pan again to even the chocolate out.

Once all of the cups are assembled let them harden in the refrigerator or freezer. Store in an air tight container in or out of the refrigerator. This recipe makes 16-20 regular muffin size peanut butter cups. The amount all depends on how big the peanut butter mixture is rolled. 

Enjoy!