So Easy Chocolate Nut Candy Cups Food

CHOCOLATE CANDY CUPS

Steps:

• Gather your ingredients. Anything you'd like to fill the cups with, or you can simply make them just plain chocolate.
• Line muffin tins with mini muffin liners.
• Place what you'd like to have in the chocolates inside the liners.
• Over low heat in a saucepan, melt the chocolate, stirring constantly. When it's smooth, remove it from the heat and pour it into each cup. The ones that have quite a bit in them, it's a good idea to give them a little stir with a toothpick to get the chocolate to the bottom.
• Let set at room temperature. Store in a cool dry place. No need to refrigerate.

CHOCOLATE NUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add the flour, sugar and salt; beat just until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine milk and 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips. Cook and stir until chips are melted. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Spread mixture over crust., Combine the nuts and milk chocolate chips with the remaining semisweet chocolate chips and crumb mixture. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 15-20 minutes or until center is set. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

MAPLE NUT GOODIE BARS

Steps:

• Line 15x10x1-inch baking pan with foil. Butter or spray foil with nonstick cooking spray.
• In large saucepan, melt chocolate chops and 1 cup of the margarine over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove saucepan from heat. Add peanut butter; mix well.
• Spread half of mixture in buttered foil-lined pan. Freeze 10 minutes or until set. Place pan in refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, stir peanuts into remaining chocolate mixture. Set aside.
• Melt remaining 1 cup margarine in large saucepan over low heat. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Stir in pudding mix. Cook until mixture is slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Do not boil. Remove saucepan from heat. Add powdered sugar and maple flavor; mix well. Cool about 10 minutes or until slightly cooled.
• Carefully spread pudding mixture over chilled chocolate layer. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Stir reserved chocolate-peanut mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto chilled pudding layer; spread to cover. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.

NUT CUPS

Steps:

• Blend margarine and soft cream cheese until creamy.
• Add 1 cup sifted flour.
• Divide mixture into 16 balls and press into tiny muffins tins.
• Mix filling ingredients together.
• Fill nut cups with the filling mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 10 minutes or until done.
• Let stand a few minutes before removing from tins.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT DROPS

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. slow cooker, layer ingredients in order listed (do not stir). Cover and cook on low for 1-1/2 hours. Stir to combine. (If chocolate is not melted, cover and cook 15 minutes longer; stir. Repeat in 15-minute increments until chocolate is melted.), Drop mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

SO EASY CHOCOLATE NUT CANDY CUPS

Steps:

• Place chips and shortening in medium microwave safe bowl and microwave on high or 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until smooth when stirred.
• Stir in nuts.
• Spoon heaping teaspoonful of mixture into 1" paper candy cups.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• Peel off paper cups, if desired.