Kids of all ages will love these sweet chocolatey and peanut flavored-covered apples.

Choco-Peanut Butter Apples

10 wooden popsicle sticks
10 medium tart apples, stems removed
1 (10-ounce) package peanut butter chips
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Chopped dry roasted peanuts

1. Insert wooden stick into each washed and thoroughly dried apple.
2. Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper.
3. Stir together peanut butter chips and oil in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or until chips are softened. Stir until melted. If necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.
4. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and cocoa and then gradually add dry mixture to melted chip mixture, stirring until smooth. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until very warm.
5. Dip apples in mixture; twirl to remove excess coating. (If coating becomes too thick, return to microwave for a few seconds.)
6. Roll lower half of coated apple in chopped peanuts, if desired.
7. Allow to cool on prepared cookie sheet. Store in refrigerator.

Makes 10 apples.