Did that get your attention?
Thought so.
Now here’s something that got mine:
“how can i clean my butts as they have some black part”
I don’t know either. That was a search engine term that led someone to my blog yesterday. I get some pretty strange/funny ones, but this by far, was the most troublesome.
Have I ever blogged about how to clean your butt if you have a black part?!
What does that even mean?!!!?
I’m mostly intrigued that this person claims to have more than one butt. I truly hope he or she figured out how to clean his or her butts, especially the black part.
Welp, it provides the perfect segway into today’s topic: homemade chocolate. Except, this kind was made in my kitchen. And it’s edible.
I’ve always wanted to make my very own Reese’s peanut butter cups and I finally took the plunge. I shelled out some cold hard cash to buy mini muffin tins specifically for these babies. It was the best $24 I’ve spent in a long time.
These are actually fairly easy to make, if you have the patience.
I don’t have patience, but I do have an undying love for chocolate.
And peanut butter. And black part on my butts.
And chocolate and peanut butter together.
Peanut Butter Cup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter, divided
- 4 1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup Confectioners’ (powdered) Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups Semisweet Chocolate Chips (I used Milk Chocolate)
- 4 Milk Chocolate Candy Bars (1.55 ounces each), coarsely chopped (I used Hershey’s)
- Colored sprinkles, optional
Directions
- Fill mini muffin tins with mini paper liners.
- In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup peanut butter, butter and confectioners sugar and salt until smooth, set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips, candy bars and remaining peanut butter, stir until smooth. (this usually takes about 2 minutes)
- Drop a teaspoonful of chocolate mixture into paper liners. Top each with a scant teaspoonful of peanut butter mixture (I rolled mine into small balls)
- Top each with chocolate mixture to cover. Decorate with sprinkles if desired. Refrigerate until set.
As you can see, I lined my pan with adorable, overpriced mini liners, which didn’t even matter in the end, because you couldn’t see the design, and the paper was hard to peel off. I would recommend using cooking spray on the liners for easy removal.
These were seriously TDF- even better than old faithful, Reese’s. I clearly haven’t perfected the art of making them look pretty, as peanut butter is leaking out of the sides, but that didn’t matter.
The taste… ohhhhhh the taste!
Foodgasm after foodgasm as I pop these in my mouth like, well, candy. The flavors were smooth and creamy, and the peanut butter filling had a great consistency. The chocolate to peanut butter ratio was like 2:1 but it was the perfect balance.
Having 48 of these little fellas sitting in my fridge was bad news. With bite-sized confections as tempting as these, it was too easy to just have “one” followed by another “one,” so I did my hips a favor a good deed: I bagged up the most presentable ones, tied them with some Christmas ribbon, and gave them away to co-workers.
These are make great gifts for the holiday, or favors for weddings, showers, etc. That’s if you’re willing to part with them, of course. 
If you need me, I’ll be cleaning my butts- they have some black part.
Haha! I get some really weird search terms on my blog too! They make for good laughs! I have seriously been looking for a recipe for homemade peanut butter cups! Thank you for posting this. These are my favorite candies ever! I am definitely making these
They are EASY and delish- promise!
mmm love the idea of homemade, that way you can control the proportion of chocolate to peanut butter
hahaha oh that’s too funny! I love seeing what keywords people put in to find me blog! I’ve never gotten anything quite that ridiculous but I did get “rug fo” once. What does that mean?? haha
Yum! I love peanut butter cups
. Need to make some. Soon.
Uh, yeah that is the strangest search phrase ever. What entry did it lead to? I haven’t checked out the search terms for my site but maybe I should! I bet some of them are so funny.
These homemade peanut butter cups look amazing – I love how you have it wrapped up in the last photo. They make great gifts! Who doesn’t love peanut butter cups?
HA! That is truly very, very weird and gross. But these delicious little peanut butter cups are the exact opposite – My god, they’re beautiful! So impressive that you pulled this off, Liz. You’re truly a baking inspiration to us all! Thanks so much for sharing, and happy holidays to you.
what??? someone actually said that? too funny… these cups are fab… who is getting them will love them!
isn’t it weird what some people search and end up finding your blog. Its so weird! ive had one that was “fitnessista laxative” I told Gina @ Fitnessista, and we both got a good laugh, because it doesn’t make sense!
i love pb cups!
Good call on gifting them out… I do the same or I end up covered in chocolate on the couch with “black part on my butts?” muahahahahaha! I cant believe that term was a. entered and b. lead to your blog!
too funny!
I bet those cups are better than the reeses kind… they look it!
xoXOxxo
Jenn @ Peas & Crayons
ps: my weirdest one was “pasta that you cook”
umm… what kind of pasta don’t you cook? weirdo
I’ve been so intimidated to try to make peanut butter cups for some reason, perhaps you have inspired me to face my fear!
hahaha that is hilarious about the search engine!!
Those look and sound so yummy!
OMG!!! Yes… you totally have my attention. You have my all time favorite ingredient combo, and they look perfect at that! Love the story too!
Your post made me laugh out loud! Isn’t it funny to see what some people are searching? I love chocolate and peanut butter too, so needless to say, I’m drawn to these delightful cups. Thank you for sharing. I hope you have a weekend of love, joy, and laughter!
Okay…That’s really funny!!!
Anyway, love the Reese’s! YUMMMMMMMMMM
That’s so funny and so extremely weird at the same time…the search, NOT the cups. The cups look amazing! I made some of Averie’s vegan PB cups using nutritional yeast a few weeks ago and they turned out really tasty, but sadly not as pretty.
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2009/11/raw-vegan-peanut-butter-cups.html
I found your blog through Da at Kichen Corners. You made me laugh so hard! Those searches are always the best. That comment has all of mine beat though, definitely. I remember making homemade peanut butter cups in high school home ec but I haven’t thought to make them ever since! What a great idea…these would make an awesome gift!
Use a 13×9 casserole dish. Line the bottom of the dish with graham crackers. You may have to break a few to make them fit. Next, prepare a box of brownies according to package directions. Pour the brownie mix over the graham crackers. Bake about thirty minutes at 350 degrees. Brownies should be cooked through. Place mini marshmallows on top and cook an additional five to seven minutes. Marshmallows should turn golden brown.
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Hi-
What is this- a recipe?