Name: Chocolate Cups with Ice Cream and Peanuts
Yield: Makes 12 frozen petits fours
Ingredients: Vegetable oil cooking spray; 4 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped; 1 pt superpremium ice cream, slightly softened; 1/4 cup chopped cocktail peanuts; a mini-muffin pan with 12 (1/8-cup) cups; 12 paper-lined foil mini-muffin liners* (1 1/4 inches across bottom and 1 inch high); a small watercolor paintbrush

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Chocolate Cups with Ice Cream and PeanutsRomulo Yanes

We particularly like this dessert made with coffee ice cream, but youcan use any flavor that goes well with chocolate and peanuts.

Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 2 1/4 hr

Cooks' note:

Petits fours can be frozen up to 1 day (cover with plastic wrap after completely hardened). Let desserts stand at room temperature to soften slightly, about 2 minutes, before serving.

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