Peanut Butter Cups

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup natural creamy peanut butter

2 tbsp Earth Balance Vegan Spread

vanilla
extra peanut butter for filling

mini cupcake wrappers or mold, if you prefer

1: Over low heat, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, Earth balance and vanilla together being careful not to overheat mixture

2: Using a very small spoon or the end of a utensil handle, scoop in chocolate mixture covering sides and bottom of paper cupcake:

3: Fill cup with natural creamy peanut butter.  You can get fancy and make your own peanut butter from scratch or various other fillings, of just keep it simple:

4: Cover with a tiny bit of the melted chocolate mixture:

5: Place cups in a container that will help hold them in place.  Freeze for one hour.  Enjoy!





Alternative:
* Add slivered or sliced almonds to chocolate mixture after it has been removed from heat.  Instead of filling them with peanut butter, simply pour the chocolate/almond mixture into mini paper cupcakes and freeze to make a fudgy-chocolate treat.  Delicious!