Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candies

Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candies is a gluten free recipe with 64 servings. For 6 cents per serving, this recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 49 calories. A few people made this recipe, and 23 would say it hit the spot. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. If you have semisweet chocolate chips, creamy peanut butter, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 25 minutes. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. It is brought to you by Betty Crocker. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 3%. This score is very bad (but still fixable). Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Candies, and Peanut Butter and Jelly Chocolate Candies are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 64

Preparation duration: 25 minutes

Cooking duration: 120 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter

About 1 tablespoon milk

1/4 cup chopped peanuts

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon shortening

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Equipment:

aluminum foil

frying pan

bowl

baking sheet

sauce pan

whisk

Cooking instruction summary:

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. 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. 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. 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. 5 Drizzle icing over tops of chocolate-covered squares. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm. Store candies loosely covered in refrigerator.

 

Step by 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.

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.

3. Remove from pan, using foil edges to lift.

4. Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows.

5. 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.

6. Place on waxed paper. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm.

7. 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.

8. Drizzle icing over tops of chocolate-covered squares. Refrigerate uncovered about 30 minutes or until firm. Store candies loosely covered in refrigerator.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
48k Calories
0.61g Protein
3g Total Fat
3g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
48k
2%

Fat
3g
5%

  Saturated Fat
1g
11%

Carbohydrates
3g
1%

  Sugar
2g
3%

Cholesterol
2mg
1%

Sodium
9mg
0%

Caffeine
4mg
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
0.61g
1%

Manganese
0.09mg
5%

Copper
0.07mg
4%

Magnesium
11mg
3%

Iron
0.37mg
2%

Fiber
0.51g
2%

Phosphorus
18mg
2%

Zinc
0.17mg
1%

Potassium
38mg
1%

Vitamin B3
0.2mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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