PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

If you are making these for a holiday cookie/candy tray use the mini gold foil candy cups. If you're making these because you love peanut butter cups, try making Peanut Butter Buckets, using a muffin pan and cupcake liners. Obviously, you will need to use more chocolate to cover the paper cup and tops and more peanut butter mixture to fill the "buckets".

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Peanut Butter Cups

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2 Cups sifted confectioners' sugar

1-1/2 Cups smooth peanut butter

3 Tablespoons butter

1 Pound bittersweet or milk chocolate

36 mini foil or paper candy cups

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Place foil or paper candy cups on 2 cookie sheets. Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from over water. Use a small candy paint brush or drop 1 teaspoon chocolate into each candy cup. Rotating cup to spread chocolate 3/4 inch up insides of cups, or if using painbrush brush chocolate up sides of cups . Refrigerate until chocolate is set, about 20 minutes.

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Drop 1 rounded teaspoon peanut butter mixture into each cup. Flatten slightly with back of spoon. Remelt chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water. Spoon 1 teaspoon chocolate onto each cup to cover filling completely. Refrigerate until chocolate is set, about 20 minutes.

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Makes 36. (using mini foil candy cups)