Homemade Peanut Butter Cups (may the drooling commence).

Maybe someday I’ll get my act together and post a healthy recipe. But, today is not that day. The other day I made Homemade Peanut Butter Cups, and it was too delicious/easy to not share. I found the recipe on Pinterest- my new obsession. Here’s the recipe:

Chocolate Coating
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons peanut butter
Pinch salt

While those 3 ingredients are melting in a saucepan, take a regular sized muffin tin (it should hold 12 muffins), and line them with cupcake liners. Once the chocolate mixture is melted, put 2 teaspoons of it in each liner, spreading the bottom and 1/4 up the side with the back of a spoon. Once they’re finished, refrigerate 20 minutes.

Peanut Butter Filling
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
Pinch salt

Combine all ingredients. Once the bottom part of the chocolate has hardened in the refrigerator, put 1 Tablespoon of peanut butter mixture on it, pressing it carefully down so there are no gaps between the chocolate and peanut butter.

 

Refrigerate this mixture 20 minutes, until the peanut butter has hardened at bit. Once that’s finished, take the remaining chocolate mixture (I had to re-melt mine at this point) and spread 2 teaspoons on the top of the cups, making sure none of the peanut butter is exposed.

Once finished, refrigerate for at least an hour. They need to be completely solid. It’s a painful hour to be sure, because at this point I wanted a TASTE! But it’ll be worth it. After the hour is up, you’re free to take the papers off and devour as many as you see fit.

They really do taste like the real thing. The recipe isn’t hard at all, it just takes some time to make. Definitely worth it if you ask me. 

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