Peanut Butter Buckeye Cookie Cups

By Lizzie on August 5, 2018

Hi my friends… I have to tell you about the terrible week I had beginning this Thursday.  I am usually not one to complain while writing my blog, but this is something I needed and wanted to share with all of you.  Today is the first day I could actually sit down at my computer to write, as I have been beyond upset.  The absolute worst thing that can happen to a blogger, happened to me this week.  My Instagram account was hacked and the thief who committed this crime, has taken over my account and used their own name and photo in place of mine.  As a blogger, this is devastating because it took me 4 years to gain over 5000 followers, along with posting over 2000 of my own photos.  I discovered what had happened while I was sitting in the parking lot of my doctor’s office Thursday morning…just killing time and checking my Instagram page.  Realizing that I had been locked out of my own account sent me into sheer panic mode, while I frantically tried to log in over and over again.  It wasn’t until I called my husband and asked him to check my page on Instagram that he told me that someone else was using my photos while they had changed my username, password and personal information.  For anyone who has anything valuable on the internet, you know what a terrible violation this is.  It feels as if someone has robbed me, then put everything I own on the internet so that I, and the world, can see the damage they have caused.  I have been desperately sending email after email every day to Instagram hoping that they will help me.  As of today, I have had zero help.  Following all of Instagram’s steps to recover a hacked account has been fruitless, and all of the time I have spent doing research online isn’t giving me any hope that my account will be given back to me.  I appreciate any words of advice or encouragement you might have.  This week really bruised my entrepreneurial spirit as I was in the direct path of an awful person out to hurt me.  Nonetheless, I am a tough cookie, and I will forge on.  Being proactive is the most important thing I can be now.  Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to me… ****** HAPPY UPDATE***** As of 8/8/18, my account has been recovered!!! I am over the moon with happiness, and this was all due to a lovely man from NYC that my Mom knows.  He has a nephew who works for Facebook, and after several days, he was able to assist me in restoring my account.  It was an unreal week, but I hope my incident will encourage everyone to secure your accounts!! Make sure you ALWAYS turn on the two factor authentication.  (This can be done in the privacy settings)  This way, if there are any changes made to your account, you will be sent a passcode to type in to assure that it is really you making the changes!! Don’t let my mess be yours too 🙂

Onto something more pleasant!!  Last week,  I created a delicious new recipe including two of my favorite treats…chocolate and peanut butter.  Making cookie cups is so much fun, and the perfect size goodie for one person.  Adding homemade peanut butter fudge to the center of a chocolate cookie cup made these soooo scrumptious.  Gilding the lily, as I always find myself doing, I drizzled homemade chocolate ganache on top of the finished cups.  My only real recommendation is to eat these warm.  The fudge needs to be soft inside the cookie cup in order to get the full effect of the richness only chocolate and peanut butter can give 🙂  So, pop them in your mouth as soon as you add the fudge and they are still warm.  🙂

Look at all these yummy ingredients!

This peanut butter fudge was so easy and ridiculously delicious.  I ate way more of this than I should have 🙂

This recipe makes lots of cookie cups!! Plenty for a crowd.

They will be all puffed up when they come out of the oven.

Use a teaspoon to make a well in the warm cookies.

Scoop the peanut butter fudge with a small confection scoop, then roll them into balls.

Push the fudge into the cookie cups.

Pop them into your mouth when they are warm.  You can drizzle the ganache over the top, or just eat them like this 🙂

Don’t they look decadent?

The fudge sets up quickly!!

You can make the ganache in a microwave safe cup.

Bake the world a better place….well, I’m trying 🙂

Drizzle the ganache over the filled cups!

I just love this photo 🙂

I just couldn’t stop taking photos of these 🙂

Decorating a shoot is one of my favorite things to do as a blogger 🙂

I hope you love making these yummies 😉