Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

For years, the idea of making your own peanut butter cups seemed a laborous task. Now thanks to the efforts of vegan pioneers, recipes like this are only a little harder than making ice. (This recipe is from the cookbook "How It All Vegan.")

• Ready In: 9 hrs 10 mins
• Yields: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup vegan margarine
• 3⁄4 cup peanut butter or 3⁄4 cup  other  nut butter
• 3⁄4 cup  graham wafer crumbs
• 1⁄4 cup dry sweetener
• 1  cup chocolate chips or 1  cup carob chips
• 1⁄4 cup soymilk
• 1⁄4 cup  nuts, chopped
• 12  paper baking cups

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the margarine.
2. Once liquified, stir in the peanut butter, graham crumbs, and sweetener until well incorporated.
3. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the peanut mixture into the muffin tins lined with cupcake paper liners (the liners are important).
4. In a different small saucepan on medium heat, melt the chocolate and milk together until completely melted, stirring often.
5. Spoon over top of the peanut butter cups.
6. Garnish with nuts and allow to set in the fridge for 6-8 hours before serving.