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Saturday, October 7. 2017

Home-made Reese's

My chef friend told me that home-made Reese's are better than store-bought, and you can make whatever sizes you want. (I wonder whether you can make them pie-sized and cut them in slices. Why not? Might be good with ice cream on top)


Easy:


- Buy whatever sort of peanut butter you want. Put it in silicone candy molds and freeze in freezer. 
- Make some tempered chocolate. That's the specialized part.
- Dip the frozen pieces of peanut butter in the tempered chocolate, and let air-dry at room temperature on waxed paper. Done.


- To make them even better, sprinkle a little kosher salt on top before the chocolate hardens. 



Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 15:43 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Many years ago a relative used to make chocolate covered peanut butter balls. I magic ingredient that I found surprising was a small amount of paraffin added to the chocolate. I woldn't eat them but most family member scarfed them down.
#1 JC on 2017-10-08 07:11 (Reply)
These are easy to make and a party favorite. You'll have the satisfaction of bringing home an empty plate.

My recipe is slightly different. Using lined, mini muffin tins, I spoon in chocolate, bang the tin on the counter to even out the layer of chocolate, and chill for about 10 minutes. Then I add a layer of a peanut butter/butter/powdered sugar mix, bang again and chill, and then add a final layer of chocolate, bang and chill.

Ingredients:
1 (12 oz.) bag semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter- I use Adams Crunchy
2 Tblsp unsalted butter, softened. The butter will chill in the fridge, setting the peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
#2 Portlandmermaid on 2017-10-08 11:41 (Reply)
the easiest way I've found to spoon in the various layers is to use two long handled tea spoons, one to hold the choc or peanut butter, and the other to scrape it into the tin.
#2.1 Portlandmermaid on 2017-10-08 11:43 (Reply)

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