Peanut Butter Cups & Peppermint Patties |
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Prep Time: 60 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 50 |
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Two recipes in one. Great cups, people will love them! Ingredients:
1 lb powdered sugar |
1/3 cup karo syrup |
water (just enough to form a ball) |
1 lb ghirardelli dipping chocolate |
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter |
2 teaspoons peppermint extract |
Directions:
1. Divide fondant ball into two pieces.
2. Peanut butter cups:-.
3. Add peanut butter to half of the fondant ball.
4. Roll about 1 T. of peanut butter fondant into a ball and flatten slightly with your palm. Repeat with all the peanut butter fondant. This makes the centers for the peanut butter cups.
5. Set out a mini-muffin cup for each of the peanut butter centers you made.
6. Melt half the chocolate microwave on half-power. Stir every 30 seconds until smooth and DON'T overheat.
7. Pour a little melted chocolate in the bottom of a mini-muffin cup and place a peanut butter center on top of the chocolate. Fill the cup about 3/4 full of chocolate. Save your dirty chocolate dish, you'll use it again.
8. Allow chocolate to harden and peanut butter cups are finished!
9. Peppermint Patties:-.
10. Add peppermint extract to the 2nd half of the fondant ball.
11. Roll about 1 T. of the peppermint fondant into a ball and flatten slightly with your palm. Repeat with all the peppermint fondant. This makes the centers for the peppermint patties.
12. Set out a mini-muffin cup for each of the peppermint centers you made.
13. Melt half the chocolate microwave on half-power. Stir every 30 seconds until smooth and DON'T overheat.
14. Pour a little melted chocolate in the bottom of a mini-muffin cup and place a peppermint center on top of the chocolate. Fill the cup about 3/4 full of chocolate.
15. Allow chocolate to harden and peppermint patties are finished!
16. Keep some for yourself and give the rest as gifts!
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