Reviewed: May 18, 2012

Just like a Reese's!! Tried another recipe that wasn't quite that good...this one was great with a few modifications. I cut the butter in half, used smuckers natural creamy peanutbutter,and dumped out the oil(read about this in another review that someone did) before I used it to give it that drier consistency. A dash of salt, and just a handful of crushed graham crackers,turned out awesome! Also if it's not a thick consistency just add a little more powdered sugar.!

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brhoadsie

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2012

I should have read the reviews first :) There's some quick and easy tips on here for the chocolate and filling. I did find the method tedious with the paintbrush, but enjoyable at the same time. The one thing I would for sure do is cut back drasticly on the confectors sugar. Or eliminate. I am not experienced, but I found these awfully sweet, so much that it overpowered the peanut butter taste. I'd like to try and get the right texture simply with the graham crumbs and PB. I would try again and use the tips about rolling the cooled PB mixture into small balls and pack them in. Or penny size discs. I dont have fancy baking tools, so paintbrush it is for me! But I found that doing half of the cups at a time while leaving the chocolate on 'melt' setting worked well. End result is the family LOVED them. Just too sweet for me. :)

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TwinSpirit

Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2012

These are really good. I used parchment paper muffin cups - they don't stick at all. Also increased the peanut butter to 1 cup and added extra graham crumbs to make up for the extra PB. The graham crumbs give them a nice texture. Would be extra good with crunchy PB (I only have smooth).

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purplecookie

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2012

These are absolutely dangerous! I'm going to give them away as gifts. I didn't have mini muffin tins, so I created 5 gigantic cups with the recipe as it. A half or even quarter of one is more than enough. I added graham cracker to the PB mix (as suggested) and it turned out swell.

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aallenv

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

These were amazing and a huge hit! I have to admit I did alter it to make it a copycat of the well known brand. For the peanut butter mix I used half a stick of butter and 1 cup of creamy peanut butter. Then I added 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar. I stuck this is in the freezer to make it easier to roll into balls. I omitted the gram crackers entirely. I live in Japan and can't get Peanut butter cups, I'm glad to know that I can have the same exact thing if I make them myself! I don't think I can eat store bought again!

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ReginaC

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dublin, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2012

Was delicious I did not have the confectioners sugar or shortening so Improvised with granulated sugar and margarine. I did not make little cups and in stead of chocolate chips I used crushed aero chocolate bar which I had laying around. Instead of tiny little cups I took this same recipe and made one giant cup by taking a small cake pan and lining it with parchment paper then doing the chocolate the same as suggested and the filling I used 1 whole small jar of peanut butter and a lot of aero pieces 3 cups full this tasted great would be better with confectioners sugar. Total process took about 3 hours including the chilling

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Tattooedcook

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

I was so enthusiastic about this recipe, and then pretty disappointed. Really, the only problem I had with it is that the shortening mixed into the chocolate gives it that cheap 'mockolate' taste, like a discount chocolate Easter bunny. If I make this again I will leave out the shortening because it definitely alters the flavor of the chocolate. That would probably mean that the chocolate would not harden without some time in the fridge, but I'd be fine with that.

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tenthingsfarm

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2011

This was a hit!! Everyone who tried them said they were amazing! I didn't change a thing with the recipe and it came out perfect! I used Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips and Jif Extra Crunchy. I'll be using this again for my cookie exchange tomorrow :)

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