Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
I posted this a few weeks ago on my Facebook page, but I thought I would reproduce it here. I might copy a few others over as I go along, and so I'm sorry for the repeat to my FB friends. I recently discovered the joys of candy-making when I had an excess of vegan caramel (and pecans and chocolate) leftover from making candy apples with friends (hence - turtles!). So I thought I would try making some of my other favorite candies at home. It is surprisingly difficult to find vegan peanut butter cups, but not so hard to make! They may not be pretty, but they're yummy! For the filling: 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs (I used a mini chopper, but you could probably crush them by hand) 3/4 cup powdered sugar 3/4 cup natural crunchy peanut butter (no added sugar) For the chocolate coating: 1/2 pound vegan dark chocolate (I used Trader Joe's) Mix the ingredients for the filling together with an electric mixer on low until it resembles cookie ...