How to Make Easy Homemade Reese Cups

Ever want a Reese cup and not feel like running out to the store just for some candy?
After reading this article those days will be over.

Things You'll Need:

• 2 Small dessert bowls
• Plastic wrap
• Regular Teaspoon
• Microwave
• Freezer
• Semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• Peanut Butter
• Pot holders or oven mitts

Step 1

Grab your small dessert bowl and line it with plastic wrap.
Melt 1 Tsp of semi-sweet chocolate morsels in the other (No Plastic Wrap) small(microwave safe)bowl in the microwave. It should only take a minute. Microwave 10 and 20 seconds at a time. Results may vary between microwaves. Check the chocolate often and stop to stir the morsels so they will not burn.

Step 2

Once the morsels are melted, carefully remove from the microwave. (The bowl will be very hot to the touch.) Spoon the chocolate into the plastic lined bowl. Let the chocolate cool to about room temperature. chocolate cools pretty quickly.

Step 3

Take 1/2 Tsp of your favorite peanut butter and spoon it on the top center of the cooled chocolate in your plastic lined bowl. Leave room around the peanut butter for the rest of the chocolate shell.

Step 4

In the microwave, melt 2 Tsp of semi-sweet chocolate morsel in the first desert bowl as in step 1, checking every few seconds and stirring so not to burn. Then carefully remove the hot bowl and spoon the melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter in the plastic lined bowl. Make sure to cover and surround the peanut butter and make the surface as smooth as you can.

Step 5

Let the whole thing cool to room temperature. I know all this waiting is torture... So... feel free to lick the bowl that you melted the chocolate in clean. OK. Once the chocolate is room temperature and the bowl is cool to the touch(DON'T WANT THE BOWL TO CRACK),its time go in the freezer. Don't cover it if you can help it. If you do, don't let anything touch the chocolate and mess up your nice smooth surface. Let it stay in the freezer for about 30 minutes or more until the chocolate feels firm, cold, and you can't easily make a fingerprint in it.
Step 6

Now, the moment of truth. Remove the bowl from the freezer and lift your new peanut butter cup out of the bowl with a few gentle upward tugs on the plastic wrap. Now you have your own homemade Reese cup and the plastic wrap has made ridges on the outside. I suggest letting it warm up to room temperature before you bite into it. It gets pretty hard depending on how long you keep it in the freezer. You can keep it wrapped up in the plastic for later or chow down and make some more for later.

Tips & Warnings

• Use oven mitts when removing the bowl from the microwave.
• Place a pot holder under the bowl that you are pouring the melted chocolate into.
• If you have enough room in your freezer you could try making a bunch at a time in a muffin tin.
• Experiment with different kinds of chocolate and maybe, dare I say it... chunky peanut butter!
• Be very careful when dealing with hot containers and contents.
• Don't put hot or warm containers in the freezer. Glass and ceramic containers can crack when going from hot to cold or cold to hot environments too quickly.