Killer Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients

• 12 cupcake liners
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch fine sea salt (if your PB is already salted, it's optional to add more)

Directions

1. 1

   melt the chips in your microwave, keeping a close eye on them and stirring often to make sure they don’t burn. it should take between 1-2 minutes. add the 2 generous T and stir to incorporate.

2. 2

   give it about 5 minutes to cool down a bit, it’s easier to spread around when not lava-hot.

3. 3

   place a heaping teaspoon of melted chocolate in each mini cupcake liner and spread it all over the place with the back of a spoon. repeat with all 12 liners.

4. 4

   place the chocolate-covered liners onto a plate, into your fridge, to let it all harden.

5. 5

   meanwhile, stir together peanut butter, vanilla, salt, and sugar. if your peanut butter is anything like mine, it should form a sort of paste that you can start kneading to make sure all gets incorporated really well.

6. 6

   the chocolate should be hard by now, so divide peanut butter paste into all 12 liners, pressing down gently to make sure the paste goes everywhere.

7. 7

   top with heaping teaspoon of chocolate [melt it again if needed], spreading carefully so that none of the PB paste can be seen.

8. 8

   chill in fridge for at least one hour, until ready to devour.