Coco-Fever

I've been having a craving for a peanut butter cup recently because its been so long. The other other night me and c had a chocolate cook out. We made chocolate peanut butter cups, chocolate cups stuffed with a maple-walnut ganash, and chocolate walnut rounds. Best part about it was that it was all vegan!

Chocolate peanut butter cups
24 oz chocolate
2 cups peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp earth balance
tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
pack of wax paper cups

To make the peanut butter filling add the peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla, earth balance, and salt in a sauce pan. Cook until everything is mixed. Cool it in the freezer until its firm but not frozen. Reserve

To make the maple walnut ganash take a 1/2 cup of the melted chocolate and mix it with some crushed walnuts, 1/2 tsp vanilla and 2tbsp of maple syrup. Mix well. It will really sticky at first but eventually it form a ball. Chill. Reserve.

Melt your chocolate in a double boiler. After it is melted let it sit in the boiler for about 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Set up the wax papers in a muffin pan to make it a little easier to fill them. Fill the papers just enough to cover the bottom of them. Put them in the freezer to harden them up. When the chocolate has firmed up spoon some of one of the fillings over them. (the ganash is a pain if its room temp) Them fill up the rest of the cup with melted chocolate. Put them in the freezer as well until they firm up as well. Close you eyes and enjoy.

To make the rounds use the melted chocolate and pour it into a greased muffin pan. Make the rounds real thin. Top with crushed walnuts and freeze. Super easy and oh so delicious.