Making Homemade Peanut butter cups, a breakdown

Nov 11, 2020 64.8K views 2:06
MLB 2020

What Happened

With a craving for homemade peanut butter cups, settles in for an afternoon of candy-making. He starts by melting semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave, being careful to ensure the chocolate is microwave-friendly. then carefully pours the melted chocolate into the little cups, tapping them on the counter to flatten the chocolate. Next, prepares the peanut butter filling, using super chunky peanut butter. He adds a bit of butter and sugar to the peanut butter, blending it into a smooth, creamy consistency. then scoops the peanut butter mixture into the chocolate cups, some with the peanut butter reaching the sides of the cup and others left with just a dollop in the center. After freezing the cups for 15 minutes at a time, assesses his work. The cups with peanut butter reaching the sides look particularly enticing, as believes this will prevent the peanut butter from "exploding" when bitten into. He puts the cups back in the freezer for another 15 minutes to ensure they are fully set. When removes the cups from the freezer, he is pleased with the final result. He notes that the cups with the peanut butter fully encased in chocolate look "kind of cool" and "kind of beautiful." proudly declares that the homemade peanut butter cups tasted delicious and he plans to enjoy some more from the batch he has stored in the freezer. Throughout the process, provides a play-by-play of his candy-making journey, offering witty commentary and self-evaluation of his technique. His enthusiasm for the project is palpable and he celebrates the successful creation of his homemade peanut butter cups, a testament to his culinary skills.

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stuck at home all weekend with nothing

to do i decided to make homemade peanut

butter cups the recipe's pretty simple

peanut butter

chocolate butter some sugar that wasn't