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   Ben Collver to All   
   Reese's Peanut Butter Cups   
   24 Dec 25 13:11:31   
   
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   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups   
    Categories: Candy, Copycat   
         Yield: 12 Candies   
       
        12    Paper muffin cups   
        12 oz Milk chocolate chips   
         1 c  Reduced-fat peanut butter   
       1/2 c  Powdered sugar   
       1/4 ts Salt   
       
     Paper muffin cups and chocolate--what a glorious day!   
        
     The first Top Secret Recipes book features a version of this clone   
     recipe for America's most beloved candy creation. That recipe now   
     sits in just about every collection of "copycat" recipes passed   
     around the Web. But since 1993, I've learned a few things about the   
     delicate science of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup cloning. You know,   
     stuff like: "Never clone peanut butter cups while crossing a busy   
     intersection," and "Don't clone peanut butter cups while under a tall   
     tree in the rain." These are the sort of handy tips that you don't   
     find anywhere else on the Internet. These are the things that come   
     with experience, perseverance and a long, complicated thought   
     process. Over seven years have passed, and I figured perhaps it was   
     time to share some of the more useful of these discoveries with all   
     you great folks here on the site. Now when you make your Reese's   
     clones, you'll know to use reduced-fat peanut butter for a better   
     texture. Now when you're craving that delicate combination of   
     flavors, you'll know to get out the scissors to trim muffin cups for   
     the chocolate. This is the improved recipe right here, authorized,   
     and in its entirety! Now you can forget all about that other Reese's   
     clone formula. Although, you might want to keep in mind the thing   
     about the busy intersection.   
        
     Cut the top half off of the muffin cups so that they are shallower.   
        
     Pour the chocolate chips into a glass bowl and melt them in the   
     microwave: Microwave at 50% power for 2 minutes. Stir the chips   
     gently, and let them sit for a minute or so. If the chocolate needs   
     more melting, microwave those chippies again at half power for 30   
     seconds. Stir gently. Continue the process, stirring gently as you   
     go. But be very careful not to overcook the chocolate or it'll seize   
     up on you like day old Carolina roof tar.   
        
     Using a teaspoon, spoon a portion of the chocolate into the middle of   
     a muffin cup. Draw the chocolate up the edges of the cup with the   
     back of the spoon. Coat the entire inside of the muffin cup with   
     chocolate and place it into a muffin tin. Repeat with the remaining   
     muffin cups and then put the whole muffin tin in the fridge so that   
     the chocolate hardens.   
        
     Combine the reduced-fat peanut butter, powdered sugar and salt in a   
     medium bowl.   
        
     When the chocolate in the muffin cups has hardened, pop the sweetened   
     peanut butter into the microwave oven on full power for 1 minute.   
     This will soften up the peanut butter so that it easily flows into   
     the cups.   
        
     Spoon a small portion of peanut butter into each of the   
     chocolate-coated cups. Leave room at the top for an additional layer   
     of chocolate, which we'll add later. Pop the candy back in the   
     refrigerator to harden the peanut butter. This should take an hour or   
     so.   
        
     When the peanut butter filling has hardened, re-melt the chocolate   
     chips in the microwave on half power for 30 to 60 seconds. Use a   
     teaspoon to spread a layer of chocolate over the top of each candy.   
     Chill the candy once again to set up the chocolate.   
        
     Finally, remember to take the paper off the outside of the peanut   
     butter cups before eating them.   
        
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