Peanut Butter Cups
You will need twelve 5-ounce paper cups to make these oversize candies.Plus: More Dessert Recipes and Tips
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Ingredients
Directions
Make Ahead
The peanut butter cups can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week, but the chocolate cups may develop some white streaks on the outside.
Notes
Tempering TipsTempering melted chocolate ensures that it will set up firmly with a glossy sheen. Any leftover chocolate can be tempered again later.
1. Chop 1 pound of room temperature chocolate into 1/2–inch pieces.
2. Put 2/3 of the chocolate in a glass bowl. Microwave at medium–high power for 30–second periods, stirring with a rubber spatula in the intervals, until 3/4 of the chocolate is melted, about 1 1/2 minutes.
3. Stir the chocolate until completely melted, then scrape it into a clean, dry, room temperature bowl. Measure the temperature of the chocolate with an instant–read thermometer; it should be between 100 and 115 degrees. Add the remaining chocolate in large handfuls, stirring constantly until the chocolate is at 88 degrees. If the chocolate becomes too cool, melt a few more tablespoons of chopped chocolate and stir them in to raise the temperature.
4. Dip the tip of a knife in the chocolate; the chocolate on the knife should begin to set within 1 minute. Use at once.
Serve With
Cold sweetened whipped cream.