Homemade Peanut Butter Cups Recipe

How to make it

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• Prep time includes chilling
• In 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening.
• Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth (3 to 5 minutes).
• Loosen top paper cup from stack, but leave in stack for greater
• stability while being coated.
• With small paint brush, coat inside top cup evenly with about 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to about 1/8-inch thickness, bringing coating almost to top of cup but not over edge.
• Repeat until 30 cups are coated; refrigerate cups.
• In 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring ocassionally, until melted (4 to 6
• minutes).
• Stir in confectioners' sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
• Press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.
• Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate on top of filling; spread
• to cover.
• Freeze until firm (about 2 hours) carefully peel off paper
• cups.
• Store refrigerated.