Peanut Butter Cups & Peppermint Patties
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 13 cup Karo syrup
- water (just enough to form a ball)
- 1 lb ghirardelli dipping chocolate
- 14 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- Divide fondant ball into two pieces.
- Peanut butter cups:-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- Add peanut butter to half of the fondant ball.
- 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.
- Set out a mini-muffin cup for each of the peanut butter centers you made.
- Melt half the chocolate microwave on half-power.
- Stir every 30 seconds until smooth and DON'T overheat.
- 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.
- Allow chocolate to harden and peanut butter cups are finished!
- Peppermint Patties:-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- Add peppermint extract to the 2nd half of the fondant ball.
- 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.
- Set out a mini-muffin cup for each of the peppermint centers you made.
- Melt half the chocolate microwave on half-power.
- Stir every 30 seconds until smooth and DON'T overheat.
- 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.
- Allow chocolate to harden and peppermint patties are finished!
- Keep some for yourself and give the rest as gifts!
powdered sugar, syrup, water, ghirardelli dipping chocolate, peanut butter, peppermint
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-cups-peppermint-patties-267057 (may not work)