homemade peanut butter cups

7 Pinches
Warren, MI
Updated on Nov 29, 2017

This is an easy sweet for giving and a snack for anytime.

prep time 20 Min
cook time
method Refrigerate/Freeze
yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 18 ounces milk chocolate chopped(about 2 1/2 cups)
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 cup saltine crackers finely crushed
  • 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • Pinch - salt

How To Make homemade peanut butter cups

  • Step 1
    Melt chocolate in top of double boiler and keep warm.
  • Step 2
    Combine peanut butter, confections sugar,saltines,butter,and salt with a mixer till well combined.
  • Step 3
    Prepare muffin pan with 18 paper liners (cupcake ones). Add 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to bottom of liner.
  • Step 4
    Using a spoon spread the chocolate in a thin even layer on the bottom and a third way up the side. Repeat with rest of liners.
  • Step 5
    Put muffin pan in freezer for about 5 minutes till hardened.
  • Step 6
    Spread 2 heaping teaspoon fulls of peanut butter filling in the bottom of a chocolate coated muffin liner. Should come to below the chocolate line.
  • Step 7
    Top peanut butter filling with 2 teaspoonfuls of melted chocolate spreading it over the top so no filling is visable. Repeat with rest of liners. Freeze 10 minutes.

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