Peanut Butter Cup Recipe

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups made with a handful of ingredients & so much better than store bought! Fun, festive addition to holiday candy trays!

Peanut Butter Cup Recipe is an amazing homemade version that is so delicious and sure to surpass the store-bought candy option. Everything about these homemade peanut butter cups is perfect, from the simple steps to the end results, they do not disappoint!

Prep Time15

Cook Time0

chilling time10

Total Time25

Course: Candy, Dessert, No-Bake Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Peanut Butter Cup Recipe

Servings: mini cups

Calories: 138kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

Chocolate Coating

2 ⅓ cups milk chocolate chips or semi sweet
2 tsp shortening

Peanut Butter Filling

1 ¾ cup powdered sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup salted butter room temp
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt

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Instructions

Prep: Begin by lining a mini muffin pan with mini muffin pan paper liners. Note, you may have to do this in batches, depending on the size of your pan. Set pan aside.
Melt chocolate: In a medium size bowl, add half of the chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon of shortening, heat in the microwave for 1minute and 30 seconds, stopping every 30 seconds to stir, until it is completely melted and smooth. It is very important to stop every 30 seconds and stir when melting the chocolate, this will prevent any scorching, which would make the chocolate have a bitter taste.
Chocolate base: Once the chocolate has melted completely, spoon about 1 teaspoon of chocolate into the bottom of each paper liner. Then use the back of a spoon to drag the chocolate up the sides of the paper lines and allow the excess chocolate to pool at the bottom of the liner. Once all of the liners have been coated with chocolate, place the mini muffin pan into the fridge to chill for 5minutes.
Filling: While the chocolate is setting, begin on the filling. In a medium size bowl, combine the powdered sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla extract, and salt, whisk by hand, or beat with an electric mixer, until smooth and well combined. Set aside.
Top layer of chocolate: Once the chocolate in the paper liners has set, remove the pan from the fridge. In a small bowl, microwave the remaining chocolate chips and shortening. Place into the microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds, stopping to stir every 30 seconds until completely smooth. Once fully melted, remove from the microwave.
Assemble: Proceed to scoop out about 1-1.5teaspoons of the peanut butter mixture and place it into the chocolate-coated muffin liners. This amount should be enough to fill the muffin liners, leaving just a little space at the top for more chocolate. Once all the liners have been filled with peanut butter, spoon enough of the melted chocolate over the top to cover the peanut butter and smooth out the top.
Let set: After all the peanut butter cups have been made and covered in chocolate, let them set until the chocolate has hardened before serving. You can speed this process up by returning the muffin pan to the fridge for about 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

This Peanut Butter Cup Recipe is simply heavenly, it is easy to make and the results are a tasty treat. These homemade peanut butter cups are great to make and share at many different occasions, it makes 36 mini treats!

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