Peanut Butter Meltaways (Bear's Favorite Candy)

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Well Bear you've done it again. I wanted to make these last Christmas but never got to it, I said this year would be no excuses. The wife went out to get some baking supplies today so I requested the ingredients. So tonight while she was yakkin on the phone with her mother I made them. Well oops if I didn't use her Belgian milk chocolates.
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she mentioned a few times that was the expensive chocolate, but once she tried one, whew I was out of the doghouse! Excellent!
Thank You!!

I'm glad they were good enough to keep you out of the Doghouse!!!

Bear
 
This is a thread that needs to be resurrected each and every holiday.  Definitely making these! 
I was going to do that for Christmas, but you guys beat me to it !!

Thank You!

Bear
 
Absolutely! Bear's recipes are no fail!

Update: still amazing I can't stay out of them.
Thank You Much!!

I found the only way to stay out of them is to not make them too often (Christmas---Easter & such).

Bear
 
I know this is an old post, but.....

Thanks for an easy and tasty looking holiday treat!  I could eat those!

Looking in your fridge?  Maybe I am just remembering Ron, but that sure did look like a big bottle of Yoshida's on the left door?

Besides the tasty candy, I also liked the nice gun case!

Thanks again, Bear!

Good luck and good smoking.
Thanks Merv!!

Sorry none of RonP's Yoshida's in there.

Glad you like my corner gun cabinet.

That was the first cabinet I made in my cabinet shop when I started my cabinet business, to make sure my shop was ready. 

A corner tall cabinet is a good test.

Bear
 
Good morning America & Bear, well Bear I put your Meltaways into practice last night.

As we do not have the same ingredients as you guys I had to make some changes and substitute the Wafers for everyday chocolate and convert the weights to grams/ounces. The outcome was ok I suppose as I ended up with a similar looking product that tasted like peanut butter with the consistency of chocolate. I only guessed the amount of peanut butter so next time I'll back off a bit and see what the results are. I can remember buying and eating those Wafers a long time ago but it looks like they have taken them off the market, the peanut butter was a product of the USA so I got something right.

Another thing I noticed with the Meltaways was that they did not set hard enough and go soft soon after leaving the fridge.

I have just discovered that we have an American Food Store here on Oz but it's at the other end of the country and freight is a killer.

Well my fury friend I'll report in when I have the results of my next batch of Meltaways. 

Cheers from Down Under
 
Pilch, still sounds like an edible effort!

I've got Ghirardelli baking chocolate, white and semi-sweet, plus the PB. My wife was baking her Christmas breads last weekend, monopolizing the kitchen. This Saturday though she's got an event that is going to tie up part of her day.  That's when I'll make them.  Can't wait! 
 
Thanks Bear, I think..... I don't know anymore..... Anytime I look at one of your threads older or new, it costs me $$. LOL

Seriously, I really need to try these as they look sooo good !

Thanks as always for sharing & hope you & the fam are doing well.....

Take care buddy !
 
 
Good morning America & Bear, well Bear I put your Meltaways into practice last night.

As we do not have the same ingredients as you guys I had to make some changes and substitute the Wafers for everyday chocolate and convert the weights to grams/ounces. The outcome was ok I suppose as I ended up with a similar looking product that tasted like peanut butter with the consistency of chocolate. I only guessed the amount of peanut butter so next time I'll back off a bit and see what the results are. I can remember buying and eating those Wafers a long time ago but it looks like they have taken them off the market, the peanut butter was a product of the USA so I got something right.

Another thing I noticed with the Meltaways was that they did not set hard enough and go soft soon after leaving the fridge.

I have just discovered that we have an American Food Store here on Oz but it's at the other end of the country and freight is a killer.

Well my fury friend I'll report in when I have the results of my next batch of Meltaways. 

Cheers from Down Under
Sounds like the ratio between PB and Chocolate was too high on the PB side.

We store ours in the fridge, but when we take them to a family get-together, they sit out in the trays with the cookies for at least 4 hours without melting or getting too soft.

Bear
 
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Pilch, still sounds like an edible effort!

I've got Ghirardelli baking chocolate, white and semi-sweet, plus the PB. My wife was baking her Christmas breads last weekend, monopolizing the kitchen. This Saturday though she's got an event that is going to tie up part of her day.  That's when I'll make them.  Can't wait! 
These are so easy, a Bear could make them, but Mrs Bear does all the cookie & candy making!!

Bear
Thanks Bear, I think..... I don't know anymore..... Anytime I look at one of your threads older or new, it costs me $$. LOL

Seriously, I really need to try these as they look sooo good !

Thanks as always for sharing & hope you & the fam are doing well.....

Take care buddy !
Thank You Justin!!

You won't believe how good these things are---No kidding!!

Bear
 
Nailed them!.

Another batch last night using 100g of Brown chocolate, 100g White chocolate and 100g Dark chocolate and 100g peanut butter.

This is moving away from your recipe I know but it is what I like so I'll now try it on some unsuspecting victims tonight at a Christmas party.

I am still going to try and crack your recipe and as you said it seems I was a little too heavy on the PB so I'll back off a bit and see what happens.

Oh, and by the way just for fun I put some coconut in the last of the mix and dam they are nice.

Cheers from Down Under
 
 
Nailed them!.

Another batch last night using 100g of Brown chocolate, 100g White chocolate and 100g Dark chocolate and 100g peanut butter.

This is moving away from your recipe I know but it is what I like so I'll now try it on some unsuspecting victims tonight at a Christmas party.

I am still going to try and crack your recipe and as you said it seems I was a little too heavy on the PB so I'll back off a bit and see what happens.

Oh, and by the way just for fun I put some coconut in the last of the mix and dam they are nice.

Cheers from Down Under
Looks like your first one would be close without the Dark Chocolate.

Only thing wrong with experimenting is calories consumed!!

The Coconut ones would last forever here---We both hate it !!

Bear
 
Well they weren't the big hit I thought they would be, some people just have no taste. LOL

The comments ranged from "what the hell is this?" to "gee I like that, did you make it?" so yeah all round not a bad response.

They have no idea that they will be my guinea pigs from now on.

Cheers from Down Under
 
 
Well they weren't the big hit I thought they would be, some people just have no taste. LOL

The comments ranged from "what the hell is this?" to "gee I like that, did you make it?" so yeah all round not a bad response.

They have no idea that they will be my guinea pigs from now on.

Cheers from Down Under
You're gonna have to keep experimenting if you can't get the same ingredients as I stated.

I never had any responses below---->>>>>>>
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Bear
 
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Hey Bear, I finally quit procrastinating & done some of these.... I could not find the exact ingredients that Mrs.Bear & yourself use, but tried to get as close as we could..... Oh man, are these tasty ! My kids helped me make em & they had a lot of fun as did I ! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe ! They are a hit ! Thumbs Up
 
My wife said "No way are you making these without me!"  She knew I'd get all the bowl scrapin's!

They are in the fridge as I type.  Easy peasy to make and OMG are they delicious in the molten state.  Can't wait to try them when they are set. 

THANKS BEAR!

Update:  I'm going to take pre-emptive action and enroll myself in an chocoholic recovery program.  They do literally melt in your mouth!  Smoooooooooth and creamy.  Wow.  The pricy Ghirardelli baking chocolate from the grocery store ($3/bar), plus the peanut butter, made these about 44 cents each, but hey, its the holidays and Ghirardelli is a local favorite.    

I liked them better than Reese's.  My wife, who has been having a love affair with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups since before we were married, won't make the same admission, but I can tell she wants to.  She's very loyal.  Plus she had fun filling the cups with the pastry decorating bag. 





 
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Hey Bear, I finally quit procrastinating & done some of these.... I could not find the exact ingredients that Mrs.Bear & yourself use, but tried to get as close as we could..... Oh man, are these tasty ! My kids helped me make em & they had a lot of fun as did I ! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe ! They are a hit !
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Thank You Justin!!

I'm real glad you all like them!!

I'm glad Mrs Bear only makes these 2 or 3 times a year, because I can't stop eating them when they're here!!!

BTW: If anybody has trouble finding the ingredients we used, Mrs Bear said she gets some at our local Grocery stores, and some at Craft stores, like Michael's, Joanne's, A.C. Moores, etc.

Bear
 
Now this is a good post, love reading pictures they tell a whole different story.

Another idea to add to my Melting Moments recipe is the trays for holding the little paper cups, I just used a flat tray.

Cheers from D.U.
 
 
My wife said "No way are you making these without me!"  She knew I'd get all the bowl scrapin's!

They are in the fridge as I type.  Easy peasy to make and OMG are they delicious in the molten state.  Can't wait to try them when they are set. 

THANKS BEAR!

Update:  I'm going to take pre-emptive action and enroll myself in an chocoholic recovery program.  They do literally melt in your mouth!  Smoooooooooth and creamy.  Wow.  The pricy Ghirardelli baking chocolate from the grocery store ($3/bar), plus the peanut butter, made these about 44 cents each, but hey, its the holidays and Ghirardelli is a local favorite.    

I liked them better than Reese's.  My wife, who has been having a love affair with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups since before we were married, won't make the same admission, but I can tell she wants to.  She's very loyal.  Plus she had fun filling the cups with the pastry decorating bag. 
Nice Job!!!---And you're very welcome!!

Looks like you make them bigger than we do. 

Mrs Bear just made 85 of them this afternoon. Good thing they're only little ones. "Candy Cup" size.

She was a busy girl---Also put the Christmas tree up & decorated it today.

After that first batch Mrs Bear got one of the Candy Funnels I showed in the picture----What a difference!!

And I agree with you----These are much better than Reese's, and Reese's were my life-long favorite.

Nice Job!!

Bear
 
 
Now this is a good post, love reading pictures they tell a whole different story.

Another idea to add to my Melting Moments recipe is the trays for holding the little paper cups, I just used a flat tray.

Cheers from D.U.
We just use a flat tray too, but the ones we make are only about an inch in diameter.

Bear
 
 
After that first batch Mrs Bear got one of the Candy Funnels I showed in the picture----What a difference!!

Bear
My wife walked in last night and handed me a candy funnel.  They cost like $5 at Joann's or Michaels.  "For our next batch" she said.

I'm not a chocolate guy at all, but I now need to have one of these Meltaways for dessert every night.  From our first batch 12 are already gone;36 left.  I suspect we'll make another batch before Christmas.   
 
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