Landies Candies of Buffalo, N.Y., and Wegmans Supermarkets are recalling a number of products that contain chocolate and peanut butter because they could be contaminated with salmonella. No incidents have been reported. The recalled products are:

- 11-ounce bags of Landies Premium Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

- Wegmans Swiss Recipe Ultimate Peanut Butter Cups sold in 8-ounce tubs, bulk food bins and other packages

- Wegmans Swiss Recipe Medium Chocolate Holiday Platter

- Wegmans Swiss Recipe Large Chocolate Holiday Platter

- Wegmans Swiss Recipe Large Chocolate Holiday Platter with Sponge Candy

The Landies Premium Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were sold at Wilson Farms stores under the Landies brand name. The various Wegmans brand products were sold at Wegmans stores. All were sold between October 2008 and January 2009. The recalled candies were available in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.

Details about the Landies brand candies are available at 800-955-2634. Details about the Wegmans brand candies are available at 800-934-6267, extension 4760.

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I got my little hands on some Reese’s Whipps not too long ago. One of my favorite combinations is chocolate and peanut butter, and one of my most favorite candies are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I’ve tried other chocolate and peanut butter patties/candies, but nothing compares to Reese’s, who just seems to get the right combination of sweet with a tiny bit of salty in the peanut butter, which makes the whole thing perfect.

So when I saw the Whipps I snatched them up, eager to try them. I was, sadly, disappointed.

The bars weigh in at 1.9oz each. They are a whipped peanut butter nougat concoction coated in chocolate. The texture of the peanut butter nougat reminded me exactly of Three Musketeers, which I’m not terribly fond of. I don’t know why I was expecting this to be different – maybe the thought of a new Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate product blinded me to my own preferences.

Anyway, the peanut butter nougat is wholly underwhelming. My husband said it was too sweet for him, but I thought it was pretty bland and tasteless. The chocolate adds nothing to the bar. The only taste I got was from the nougat and seemingly light peanut butter coating around that, and even those didn’t add much.

Overall, I’m disappointed in this one. I’ll stick to the cups!

[Even though I'm not crazy about these, you can enter to win one for yourself!]

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There are few combinations as perfect as chocolate and peanut butter. To really make this decadent and over the top you could cut up some peanut butter cups to mix into the batter before adding the chocolate chips on top.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Marble Bars

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate chips
2 teaspoons vanilla

Cream peanut butter, butter and sugar; add eggs. Add dry ingredients and vanilla, mixing well. Spread in a 13×9″ pan. Sprinkle chips over top.

Bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven; swirl chips through the batter for marble effect. Return to oven, bake 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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