{"id":2674,"date":"2009-04-11T04:10:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T08:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2009-04-19T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T15:02:14","slug":"peanut-butter-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Butter Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My college roommate Kelly Boyd used to call Reese\u2019s peanut butter confections \u201cstaples\u201d of our pantry. Unfortunately for my waistline, she had a point.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know what made Mr. Reese decide in 1928 to put peanut butter together with chocolate, but I have always been glad he did. As a pairing it\u2019s right up there with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, dogs and kids, and friends and cooking. The cups make great Easter eggs as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is a homemade (and truly delicious) version of this classic treat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Happy Easter!<\/p><\/div>\n

Ingredients: <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

3\/4 cup peanut butter<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

1\/3 cup graham cracker crumbs<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup confectioner\u2019s sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/4 cup brown sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

about 1 pound chocolate\u2014milk, semi-sweet, white, or a combination (you may swirl them together as we did in the photo)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Instructions:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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In a bowl with an electric mixer combine the peanut butter, graham-cracker crumbs, and sugars. Beat until well blended. Carefully shape this dough into 16 or so small egg-shaped pieces (it will be sticky!). Place\u00a0the pieces\u00a0in wax paper and freeze\u00a0them for at least 1 hour but no more than 2.<\/span><\/div>\n

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When you are ready to complete the process, put the chocolate in a double boiler over hot water. Melt it, stirring frequently. <\/span>Remove it from the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dip the eggs in the chocolate, and place them on wax paper or a silicone mat to harden (this will take several hours\u2014be patient!).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Makes about 16 irresistible eggs. Keep them from getting too warm, and try to eat them within 48 hours. My family had no trouble doing this!<\/span><\/p>\n

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My college roommate Kelly Boyd used to call Reese\u2019s peanut butter confections \u201cstaples\u201d of our pantry. Unfortunately for my waistline, she had a point. I don\u2019t know what made Mr. Reese decide in 1928 to put peanut butter together with chocolate, but I have always been glad he did. As a pairing it\u2019s right up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,17],"tags":[122,161,163,164,312,313],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}