Gourmet Dark Chocolate Nut Butter Cups
- 1 cup peanut butter or 1 cup hazelnut butter or 1 cup almond butter or 1 cup smooth cashew butter
- 14 teaspoon salt (less if using pre-salted butter)
- 12 cup powdered sugar
- 1 (12 ounce) package bittersweet chocolate chips, the ghirardelli 60% cocoa ones are my favorite and are non-dairy (if you like really dark chocolate)
- in a small bowl, mix the nut butter, salt, and powdered sugar until firm.
- you can microwave it for 30 seconds or so to make the butter easier to stir.
- melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water.
- grease the muffin-tin cups (or use cute liners!)
- and spoon some chocolate into each cup, filling halfway.
- with a spoon, draw the chocolate up the edges of each cup until all sides are coated.
- cool in the refrigerator until firm (a minute or so is sufficient).
- spread about a half-teaspoon of nut butter onto the chocolate in each cup, leaving room for the final chocolate layer.
- pour some chocolate onto the top of each candy and spread it to the edges.
- you can garnish with a sprinkling of crushed nuts.
- Let sit at room temperature, or covered in the refrigerator.
- turn out of the pan when firm.
- yum!
peanut butter, salt, powdered sugar, bittersweet chocolate chips
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gourmet-dark-chocolate-nut-butter-cups-174966 (may not work)