Peanut Butter Mousse Cup Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE CUP

Steps:

• in a large bowl, beat egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 4 minutes.
• beat in the peanut butter.
• in a medium bowl beat egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy.
• gradually add remaining sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
• gently fold into peanut butter mixture.
• cover, refrigerate for two hours.
• pipe or spoon peanut butter mousse into chocolate cups.
• add the chocolate shavings, chocolate chips or roasted peanuts if desired.

PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, warm the peanut butter and milk then whisk to combine. In a mixer with a whip attachment, whip the cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla until medium peaks. Bloom the gelatin in the water and add to the warm peanut butter. Strain into a bowl and fold in the whipped cream mixture. Pour into flexi dome molds and freeze overnight.
• Pop the frozen peanut butter mousses out of the molds and place on a wire icing rack. Ladle the ganache over to coat. Remove from the rack with a spatula and place on parchment paper in the refrigerator until set, about 10 minutes.
• Garnish mousse with a pinch of chopped peanuts on the top and serve with caramel red wine sauce.
• Heat the cream and pour over the chopped chocolate. Whisk to combine.
• In a saucepan boil sugar and water together to make a light caramel. With a wooden spoon stir in the red wine, slowly. Chill.

FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE CUPS

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 12 cup mini-muffin tin. Combine cookie mix, pecans and flour in bowl. Slowly stir in butter until mixture resembles wet sand. Press 1 TBSP cookie mixture into bottom and sides of each muffin cup. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Cool 20 minutes in tin, then turn out cookies. Repeat with remaining dough.
• With electric mixer on medium high speed, beat 1 cup cream to stiff peaks, about 2 minutes. In another bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Microwave chocolate and remaining cream in a small bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour 1/2 tsp chocolate mixture into each cookie cup, then fill cups with 1 TBSP peanut butter mixture. Drizzle remaining chocolate evenly over cookies and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE CAKE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Blend cookies, sugar and cinnamon in processor to fine crumbs. Add melted butter and blend well using on/off turns. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Bake until crust starts to puff and darkens slightly, about 15 minutes. Cool.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat peanut butter and cream cheese in large bowl to blend. Add powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons vanilla extract and beat until well blended. Using clean dry beaters, beat 2 cups whipping cream in medium bowl until stiff peaks form; fold into peanut butter mixture in 4 additions. Spoon filling into prepared crust.
• For topping:
• Combine 1/2 cup cream, 1/4 cup sugar and espresso powder in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until espresso powder and sugar dissolve and mixture comes to simmer. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Whisk in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool topping 5 minutes. Spread topping evenly over filling. Refrigerate cake until cold, about 4 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover cake and keep refrigerated.) Serve cake chilled.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the candy bar, cream and peanut butter. Microwave at 50% power for 2-3 minutes or until smooth, stirring twice. Transfer to a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled. , Beat until soft peaks form. Spoon into dessert dishes; sprinkle with chocolate-covered peanuts.

PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CUPS

Steps:

• Add COOL WHIP to peanut butter in medium bowl; whisk just until blended. Stir in 2 Tbsp. chocolate chips.
• Spoon into resealable plastic bag; cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag. Use to pipe COOL WHIP mixture into shells.
• Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.