Giant Homemade Peanut Butter Cup

We love peanut butter cups, but they can be rather pricey and the serving size so small. So instead of buying them, we make our own as one giant peanut butter cup. It is so good, and it satisfies any candy craving we may have. This is super easy to make, and it uses six ingredients that most people already have in their pantry.

Ingredients

2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 c. peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (12 oz.) almond bark or 4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Line a pie pan with waxed paper or aluminum foil.

Melt half of the chocolate chips in the microwave in a microwave safe dish, stirring every 20 seconds until the mixture is melted and smooth. Or you can melt the chocolate over the stove top in a double boiler, stirring frequently to keep it from burning.

Pour the melted chocolate into your prepared pan. Refrigerate until firm.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter together until smooth and creamy.

Add vanilla and powdered sugar.  Mix until well combined.

Put in the peanut butter filling on top of the now hardened chocolate. Smooth the top of the peanut butter filling. 

Melt the other half of the chocolate chips. Pour the rest of the melted chocolate over the peanut butter filling. Make sure all the peanut butter is covered evenly. 

Allow the chocolate to harden. If you want it to harden quickly, place the pie pan back in the freezer.  We will also put ours outside if the temperature is below 32°.

* I usually don't use the microwave or a double boiler. What we do is put the chocolate chips or almond bark into a heavy saucepan. With the heat turned very low, we begin to melt the chocolate, stirring constantly, so it does not burn.