homemade peanut butter cups

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs

Recipe

• in 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening. cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth (3 to 5 minutes).
• loosen top paper cup from stack, but leave in stack for greater stability while being coated. with small paint brush, coat inside top cup evenly with about 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to about 1/8-inch thickness, bringing coating almost to top of cup, but not over edge. repeat until 30 cups are coated; refrigerate cups.
• in 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter. cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until melted (4 to 6 minutes). stir in confectioners' sugar and graham cracker crumbs. press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.
• spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate on top of filling; spread to cover. freeze until firm (about 2 hours) carefully peel off paper cups. store refrigerated.