No-Bake Peanut Butter Cups

1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy) 
6 tablespoons butter (melted) 
6 tablespoons brown sugar 
1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup milk chocolate chips (melted)

Directions:
1. Mix together - Peanut butter, melted butter, brown sugar.
2. Stir in - Powdered Sugar & vanilla.
3. Melt Chocolate chips in double broiler or microwave.
4. Line up muffin pans with paper baking cups inside.
5. With a rubber spatula, drip some chocolate on the bottom of all the baking cups, then layer with peanut butter mixer, then add more chocolate on top. No thicker than 3/4" each.
6. Let cool in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to harden.
7. Peel paper and enjoy!

Source: www.food.com/recipe/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-no-bake-462582

copied from facebook 13/7/13


and if you, or someone you know, can't eat peanuts/peanut butter - here's an alternative 'Wowbutter'!  It's tastes just like peanut butter but it actually made from soya beans.  Which are tremendously good for us.  According to the packaging, it's gluten free, with no added colours, flavours or preservatives and made in a 100% peanut, nut, gluten, dairy and egg free facility.  There are even stickers inside the label which can be put on children's lunch boxes.
I bought it whilst on holiday, reduced from £4.50 a jar down to £1.13, so felt whatever it was like it would be worth risking.  But it's actually very nice.  Looking on the internet, the price seems to vary, betwee £4.99 and £3.29 per jar.  And they also make flapjacks using Wowbutter.

Also see: http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/bans-on-nut-free-spreads-in-schools-frustrate-parents-1.2023653