Well, it’s the New Year.
All you people are fresh and sparkly and full of resolutions and new beginnings.
Me? I’m about the same.
I am definitely not fresh and sparkly.
I am tired and need a shower.
I mean, I didn’t have any major, party people plans for NYE, but I did stay up and watch the ball drop.
My 7 year old was slightly disappointed with the whole “ball” situation.
He was fully expecting there to be damage. Anything less than the ball smashing, shattering glass and oozing lava was completely unacceptable.
So when the ball began it’s 2012 decent at the usual geriatric speed, I could see his thoughts loud and clear: “I stayed up for THIS?”
On top of that, we were watching Ryan Seacrest’s NYE special and I don’t know about you, but Jenny McCarthy frankly scares the poop out of me and I was worried the children might have nightmares.
My NYE in a nutshell.
But anyway, since I stayed up past midnight, I will now be moving at geriatric speed all day long.
Maybe tomorrow too.
And since I am so tired, I am a little cranky, which makes me want to squish-squash all your New Year’s diet resolutions.
So I made Peanut Butter Cup Spread.
It’s basically the filling of a peanut butter cup, in spread form.
Spread it on your graham crackers, a chocolate bar, your toast, a sandwich, or even your {gasp} celery.
But ideally on a spoon to shovel into your face when no one’s looking.
Get on it.
I want to tell you guys how very easy this spread is.
BUT trying to come up with an honest replication of the innards of a Peanut Butter Cup wasn’t as easy as I had anticipated.
Yes, I have made Peanut Butter Balls before, yes, I’ve made Buckeyes, and yessss I’ve even made Peanut Butter Eggs.
And while all of those are delicious, the peanut butter filling isn’t very spreadable.
It took me 5 tries, 6 cups of peanut butter, 2 pounds of powdered sugar, a whole box of graham crackers, 413 curse words and infinity tears to crack the code.
Round one…I thought I would be all smart and use my blender.
Well.
This worked. Until I went and added too much milk.
Trash.
Curse 1-6.
Then I tried it again. In the blender.
Then I didn’t add enough milk and overheated the blender. Which subsequently makes everything in the blender hot, and in this case greasy.
Curse 7-30.
So then I tried it in the mixer.
Better.
Then I messed it up again by adding too much other stuff.
Curse 31-267.
Meanwhile my kitchen started to look like this…
Another try, too crumbly…
Curse 268-412.
Then I stopped taking pictures because I was over it.
But I’m not one to let peanut butter beat me.
And I had one more cup left.
So I went for it…and it worked.
This is the only picture I have of the final product being made…
Curse 413.
Any guesses?
Finally…
Happy New Year!
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Peanut Butter Cup Spread
Description
makes about 2 1/2 cups spread
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2–3 Tbsp milk
- 1 Tbsp graham cracker crumbs (about 1/2 a full cracker)
Instructions
- In mixer cream together peanut butter and butter until smooth.
- Add in powdered sugar and salt and beat until mixed in. Mixture will be crumbly.
- Slowly add in milk and turn mixer up to medium-high until a spreadable consistency forms.
- Add in graham cracker crumbs and mix until incorporated.
Notes
serve on cookies, crackers, sandwiches etc.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 weeks.
If you choose to refrigerate, let it come to room temperature before serving.
Your test batches are huge! I would have cried, sacrificing so much peanut butter. We thank you for your dedication to this recipe. 🙂
And I don’t get the ball dropping either. The Jenny McCarthy thing sounds kind of disastrous so I’m not sure if I should be happy about missing that!
I also remember being utterly disappointed when I learned that the ball wasn’t so much “dropped” as “slowly and carefully lowered”.
Ok I just have to ask…curse number 413?
The jar of peanut butter fell right? Because that would have happened to me!
Love the fact that SOMEONE else (i would have made a bigger mess) made it spreadable. I know a few birthday people this month who will be getting some.
There are going to be so many spoonfuls (okay who are we kidding…bowl-fulls) of this in my new year. It’s not even funny.
Also…at the end when Jenny McCarthy was lying on the ground humping that Justin Bieber poster. Wrong. Just so wrong.
Wow, I missed the Jenny McCarthy thing. My husband has a hard time staying on one channel. I did see Kathy Griffin constantly poking fun at Anderson Cooper, which was hilarious! You could tell he was so embarrassed!
This looks dangerously good! As for the ball dropping, my two boys had the same reaction. Why drop it if it’s not going to break spectacularly?!
Peanut butter + peanut butter cups are two favorites… why didn’t I think of this. Seriously though I love making my own nut butter and adding in whatever I can find. Need to try your version next!
God bless your sweet tooth! this is awesome!
At one point I swore I saw Jenny McCarthy lying on top of a Justin Bieber cardboard cut out, kissing it. I wish I coud say it was an alcohol-induced hallucination….however, I had no alcohol in me. I can never un-see that. Hopefully your PB spread can help bring some better images to my mind!
Happy New Year!
This really is amazeballs. Which is a much better ball than the one that dropped. My daughter was underwhelmed too! Peanut butter spread is waaaaaay better.