Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Yummy! I just made these with my sisters and they were delicious and very easy! I bet you could make these with your kids.



For the chocolate:
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I preferred the milk chocolate over the dark chocolate)
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter (like Adams)
12+ Mini paper liners

For the filling:
3/4 cup natural peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine chocolate and 2 tablespoons peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 1-minute increments, keeping a close eye to avoid burning, and stirring often.

Using a spoon, thoroughly coat each mini cupcake liner with a thin layer of chocolate. Repeat with all 12 liners. Place the chocolate-covered liners onto a plate in the fridge to firm up, for about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the filling: Stir together peanut butter and sugar. Once the chocolate is hard, divide peanut butter into all 12 liners, about 1 heaping tablespoon per liner, pressing down gently to make sure the paste goes everywhere. Top with 2 teaspoons melted chocolate, spreading carefully so that none of the peanut butter can be seen. Let cups firm up in fridge for at least one hour before enjoying. Store in fridge.

You can use regular size cupcake liners to make large cups. Is using large cups, double the recipe.