Peanut Butter Honeybees

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (crushed very fine, approximately 24 squares)
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 cream peanut butter and butter together.
• 2 add powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
• 3 add graham cracker crumbs; mix well.
• 4 shape rounded teaspoonfuls of "dough" into 1 1/4" ovals.
• 5 place 2" apart on waxpaper-lined cookie sheets.
• 6 place chocolate in small microwave-safe bowl; cook 1 minute or until melted.
• 7 put melted chocolate into a ziploc bag and snip off a tiny piece of one bottom corner of the bag.
• 8 make a stripe of chocolate approximately 1/3 of the way from the "front" of the honeybee.
• 9 follow the first stripe with two more stripes closer to the first stripe and evenly spaced.
• 10 use an almond slice for each wing, placing near first stripe and angling the wings slightly toward the back of the honeybee.
• 11 use a toothpick to "poke" in the eyes of the honebee at the top of his "face".
• 12 arrange on serving platter/plate.