Can someone please tell me why it is that I am surrounded by Christmas decorations?

Well not right here as I sit and type but anytime I leave the apartment I get punched in the face with Christmas?

At the supermarket – Christmas snacks

In Target – – Christmas trees

K-mart  – Christmas decorations

. . . any and every retail store . . . mountains of Christmas decorations.

Too early people!

Seriously!

Sorry for all the !!! but come on. Christmas in october.

It’s just not right. We haven’t even had Halloween yet.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas. It’s my all time fave but, its october . . .

Now, because I have been punched in the face with Christmas and I warned you I was going to punch you in the face (in the nicest and most delicious way possible) with peanut butter today my friends we are making peanut butter cups.

In our family it’s not Christmas without home made peanut butter cups.

Who doesn’t love a good peanut butter cup?

No one, exactly.

These home made peanut butter cups are out. of. this. world!

I can’t even take it. They seriously are diiiiiiivvvvviiiiinnnnnneeeeeee

And dangerous because you can whip up a batch in 10 min flat.

And they are totally healthy because I made mine with dark chocolate so you know, its packed with all those antioxidants. Then you have the peanut butter which is protein, straight up. It’s totally healthy, a negative calorie snack 😉

Your welcome

These bite size morsels peanut butter filled chocolatey goodness of are perfect for you to wrap up and give out as halloween treats or as a post workout snack you know being totally healthy and all 😉 or for you to protest the early arrival of Christmas merchandise . . . by eating the entire batch while watching elf.

So not my fault people, I was just punched in the face, not once, not twice but repeatedly by Christmas . . . what else was I going to do?

Join me? You know you want to

PS – If you usually receive a batch of these from us at christmas time please pretend you don’t know how easy they are to make.  K – Thanks

Peanut Butter Cups
Makes 16 bite sizes pieces

Ingredients  –

3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used Dark)

1/4 cup peanut butter (homemade or store bought is fine)

1/8 cup icing/powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method –

Melt chocolate by your preferred method.

Spoon a teaspoon of melted chocolate into each chocolate case and carefully spread to the edges. Refrigerate or freeze until set.

While the chocolate is setting –

In a small bowl combine peanut butter, icing sugar and vanilla and stir until well combined. Mixture will be thick.

Once chocolate is set place a teaspoon of peanut butter filling into each chocolate cup and using the back of the spoon gentle press into the chocolate casing.

Top with a teaspoon of melted chocolate and refrigerate/freeze until set.

Dangerously simple to make, dangerously delicious to enjoy, dangerously addictive . . . you have been warned!

What’s your favourite holiday?

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Nutritional Info (approx per peanut butter cup) obtained using myfitnesspal.com –

Cal – 58
Fat – 3.4
Carbs – 6
Protein – 1
Fiber – 0