Homemade peanut butter cups with homemade peanut butter

Nothing is better than making something from scratch. And what's better than peanut butter cups... so... Here it is....

First I made the peanut butter. You don't have to do this. I just thought it would be fun. So I threw some peanuts into the magic bullet with a tiny bit of oil.

I used corn oil. But you can use any type of oil. It will be creamier with oil. I just used a few drops... just experiment until you get a texture you like. But not too runny.  You can use the bullet or a food processor or a blender.

So then you want to take your peanut butter, about 1 3/4 cups and put into a bowl... add 4 cups of powdered sugar and 1/3 cup of soft butter or margarine. Blend together until a dough forms. 

It may be a little crumbly.  You can shape it to be whatever you want. Hearts.. eggs for easter... whatever. I just shaped them like cups. Put on a cookie sheet with wax paper and put into the freezer for an hour.

So after the hour, you want to melt 4 cups of chocolate chips, with a tablespoon of butter until it's creamy. 

 Dip your peanut butter batter into the chocolate, with a fork, and put onto wax paper. 

Complete them all and put back in the freezer for about a half hour.  Mine are a little messy, but yours do not have to be. Take out of the freezer, and viola! You are done... Enjoy.....