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Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candies

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 30, 2006
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Favorite flavors marry in a melt-in-your-mouth, easy homemade candy. Sweet!

Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candies

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 2 hr 25 min
  • Servings 64
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

Candies

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon shortening

Peanut Butter Icing

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
  • About 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan. Grease foil with butter.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, mix 1/2 cup peanut butter, the butter, peanuts and vanilla. Stir in 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until stiff dough forms. (Work in powdered sugar with hands if necessary.) If dough is crumbly, work in additional 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Pat mixture in pan. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm. Remove from pan, using foil edges to lift. Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows.
  • Step 
    3
    Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In 1-quart saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring constantly. Dip peanut butter squares, one at a time, into chocolate mixture. Place on waxed paper. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm.
  • Step 
    4
    In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Beat in milk with wire whisk until smooth. Stir in additional milk, if necessary, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle.
  • Step 
    5
    Drizzle icing over tops of chocolate-covered squares. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm. Store candies loosely covered in refrigerator.

Nutrition

80 Calories
4g Total Fat
1g Protein
9g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Candy
Calories
80
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4g
6%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
8%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
15mg
1%
Potassium
40mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
9g
3%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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