Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Bugles

A wonderful and different treat! Bugles are filled with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate. Yum! Recipe courtesy of Country Woman Christmas 2004

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 14 doz bugles

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups creamy peanut butter (room temperature)
• 6  cups  Bugles original flavor snacks
• 12  ounces  milk chocolate confectionary coating (or see note below for substitute for milk chocolate)

Directions

1. Fill plastic food bag with peanut butter.
2. Cut small hole in corner of bag.
3. Twist open end of bag tight and carefully pipe the peanut butter into the Bugles.
4. Do not overfill or the filling will leak out.
5. In a microwave safe bowl, melt candy coating at 70% power for 1 1/ 2 minutes. Stir.
6. Heat 1 to 1 1/2 minutes longer or until melted; stir until smooth.
7. Chocolate can also be melted in the top of a double boiler.
8. Dip the peanut butter filled end of each Bugle halfway into the chocolate coating.
9. Place on waxed paper to dry.
10. Note: You can also use chocolate chips melted with 2 teaspoons of shortening to dip the bugles. If chocolate needs rewarming while dipping, place in microwave for a few seconds til smooth.