Fudgy Peanut-Butter Mousse Cups

FUDGY PEANUT-BUTTER MOUSSE CUPS

Ingredients:

 1 (17. oz.) pkg. sugar cookie mix

1 c. pecans, toasted

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 stick unsalted butter

(Note: it doesn't have to be unsalted butter. There actually isn't enough salt in a stick of butter to effect this recipe.)

1 1/4 c. heavy cream

(Note: Sometimes called Whipping Cream.)

1 c. chunky peanut butter room temperature

(Note: if you prefer creamy, that's fine.)

1 8-oz package of cream cheese

1 c. powdered sugar

*1 tsp. vanilla extract*

1 c. semisweet chocolate chips

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 30 degrees.

2. Grease 12-cup mini-muffin tin. 

3. Mix together pecans, and flour in a food processor until nuts are finely ground. Transfer to large bowl and add butter,stirring until mixture resembles wet sand.

4. Press rounded tablespoon cookie mixture into bottom and sides of each muffin cup.

Note: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MUFFIN CUPS IN THE TIN!! If you don't it will turn out like mine- and mine wouldn't come out of the tin and they crumbled up..

5. Bake until golden brown- about 10 minutes.

6. Cool for 20 minutes, then remove from tin. Repeat if you have any remaining dough.

7. With electric mixer, on medium-high speed, beat 1 c.  cream to stiff peaks, about 2 minutes. In separate bowl,beat peanut butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.

8. Fold in whipped cream.

9. Microwave chocolate chips and 1/4 c. cream in small bowl, stirring occasionally until smooth, about 1 minute.

10. Portion 1/2 teaspoon chocolate mixture into each cookie cup, then fill cups with 1 tablespoon peanut-butter mixture. Pipe remaining chocolate over tops of cookies and refrigerate for 1 hr. or until firm.

 11. ENJOY!! :)

These were VERY hard to make. And the worst part is- they turned out horrible. When i tried to take out the cookies from the muffin tins, they crumbles into little pieces. Only 3 of them made it.. :( The peanut-butter part is verrrrrry rich. pics up soon.

~Adi