Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups are one of my favorite candies. The commercial peanut butter cup was introduced in the 1920s and has been going strong ever since. I never thought of making my own until I found this recipe which is amazingly easy. All that is required is to melt some chocolate, place a little in a candy cup, top with a little peanut butter mixture, and then drop a little more chocolate on top. That is it. What you end up with is a shell of chocolate with a smooth and creamy peanut butter filling inside. Delicious =D


Ingredients:
60 gr. creamy peanut butter
14 gr. unsalted butter, room temperature
1/8 teaspoon salt
20 gr. confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar
For Chocolate Coating:
100 gr. semi sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
150 gr. milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon shortening

Place the peanut butter, unsalted butter, and salt in a microwaveable bowl, and heat in the microwave for about one minute or just until soft, but not melted (check and stir the ingredients every 20 seconds). Stir in the confectioners sugar.
Melt the chocolates and shortening in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water.
Drop a teaspoon of the melted chocolate into each of the paper lined miniature muffin cups. Top with a scant teaspoon of peanut butter mixture. Then top with another teaspoon of melted chocolate. Refrigerate until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Makes about 18-20 peanut butter cups =D