Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients:
spartan, real semi-sweet chocolate baking chips,
shortening confectionery, coconut (hydrogenated) and or palm kernel (hydrogenated)
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened
sweetener, syrup, agave
sweetener, herbal extract powder from stevia leaf
peanut butter, smooth style, without salt

Directions:
Coarsely chop chocolate bar into small chunks and place in an oven safe mixing bowl.
Carefully melt chocolate with microwave oven on high, stopping and checking every 10 seconds.
Add remaining ingredients except peanut butter into the melted chocolate and use a spoon to mix until smooth.
Place mini cupcake liners in a mini muffin pan.
Spoon approximately 1 1/2 teaspoons of chocolate batter into each muffin cup, making about 10 to 12 cups.
Refrigerate the muffin pan until the chocolate is hard, approximately 15 minutes.
Microwave natural peanut butter for a few seconds until it is slightly runny.
Spoon approximately 1 teaspoon peanut butter into chilled chocolate cups.
Refrigerate muffin pan until peanut butter layer is stiff.
Spoon the rest of chocolate batter into each muffin cup evenly.
Refrigerate the muffin pan until the cups are hard.
Serve cold.
These cups can be refrigerated in an airtight container at least 1 month.