Homemade peanut butter cups

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Peanut butter, creamy

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 cup Milk chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp Shortening

• Snacks

  • 1/3 cup Graham cracker crumbs

• Dairy

  • 1/4 cup Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• ¼ cup butter
• ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ⅓ cup graham cracker crumbs

Directions

• Melt chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave, stopping and stirring at 30 second intervals till melted and smooth. Set aside.
• Place 15 small liners into a mini-muffin tin. (Or use a candy mold like I did...purchased at a local candy store) With a small silicone brush, coat the inside of each cup with about 1 teaspoon of the melted chocolate. The coating should be about ⅛ inch thick and almost up to the top of the cup, but not over the top. Refrigerate when coating is complete.
• Gently melt the butter and peanut butter together in the microwave, stirring at 30 second intervals till butter is melted.
• Add powdered sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
• Press about a teaspoon of the filling into the chocolate lined cups.
• Spoon about a ½ teaspoon of the chocolate (you may need to reheat chocolate slightly if it has cooled) over peanut butter to cover.
• Chill till firm, at least 2 hours. I sped this up by chilling in the freezer. You can also add a chocolate drizzle if desired as I did. Peel paper liners off to serve. Store in refrigerator.