Peanut Butter Chocolates

Peanut Butter Chocolates - Squares or Cups

Very easy, optionally quick no bake recipe, and oh so more-ish.

I found this recipe a few years ago in a magazine (cut it out and put it in my file so unfortunately don’t know exactly where it came from) and it has been a reliable recipe that I use rather regularly. Taste something like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. It can be made rather quickly in a cake pan and then cut into squares or if you have time and patience you can make little individual cups using paper chocolate cases, decorated with white chocolate.

Base

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

1 ½ cups icing sugar mixture

50g unsalted butter, at room temperature

¾ cup smooth peanut butter

Topping

250g chopped milk chocolate

25g chopped unsalted butter

1-Grease and line (with baking paper) a 23cm square cake pan.

2-Beat brown sugar, icing sugar, butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer until well combined. Press mixture evenly into the base of the prepared pan.

3-Place the chocolate and butter in a glass bowl and microwave on high at 30 second intervals, stirring, until it is melted. (alternatively melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water)

4-Spread this over the peanut butter mixture and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until set.

5-Remove slice from pan and stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. Using a hot knife, cut the slice into small squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.