Chocolate and peanut butter come together in these delicious candies – an elegant dessert.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 2 hr 50 min
- Servings 64
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 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)
- 4 teaspoons shortening
Peanut Butter Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- About 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
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Step1Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan; grease foil with butter.
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Step2In 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. If dough is crumbly, work in additional 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Pat mixture in pan. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
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Step3Use foil to lift candy from pan; remove foil. Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In 1-quart heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring constantly. Dip 1 peanut butter square at a time into chocolate mixture. Place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm.
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Step4In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Beat in milk with wire whisk until smooth. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle.
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Step5Drizzle icing over tops of chocolate-covered squares. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm. Store candies loosely covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 20mg
- 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
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