Peanut Butter Cups

This 3-ingredient peanut butter cups recipe takes a creamy milk chocolate shell filled with a mixture of smooth peanut butter and powdered sugar to make an easy homemade version of your favorite store-bought candy.

Why this recipe works

Peanut butter cups are pretty similar to chocolate peanut butter balls, but instead, they’re made in good old fashioned peanut butter cup form right in a cupcake liner and only require 3 ingredients to make.

Ingredients you will need

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Ingredient Info and Substitution Suggestions

CHOCOLATE – You can replace the milk chocolate with dark chocolate if preferred. You may also use a milk chocolate bar and chop it up in place of chips.

PEANUT BUTTER – For peanut butter, we’d recommend regular peanut butter over natural butters as they’re a bit too runny to use as filling. You could try your hand at cashew butter or almond butter but have not tried it ourselves.

How to Make Peanut Butter Cups

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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar with a handheld mixer.
2. Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, stirring with a whisk every 30 seconds. Use a cookie scoop to spoon chocolate into 9 cupcake liners.
3. Add a 2 teaspoon scoop of peanut butter frosting in to the middle of the chocolate. Cover with remaining chocolate and smooth with a frosting knife.
4. Chill in the freezer for 2 hours.

Frequently Asked Questions & Expert Tips

Keep your peanut butter cups in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They can be chilled in the fridge for up to 5 days or frozen for 1 month.

Serving Suggestions

Wrap the peanut butter cups up in a cellophane bag or in a box with other goodies to give as edible gifts around the holidays. If you’d like, sprinkle the top of the cups with sea salt or a drizzle of peanut butter, milk chocolate, or white chocolate.

These cups are delicious served chilled, frozen, and at room temperature but you will want to make sure they’re kept in the refrigerator while they sit to avoid the chocolate from melting.

More Chocolate Peanut Butter Recipes

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Lasagna
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Bars
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
• Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
• Reeses Pie

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