Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
With only a few ingredients, you can make homemade peanut butter cups from scratch! Combine peanut butter and chocolate you can enjoy this sweet treat!
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter, (if you use unsalted peanut butter then add ½ teaspoon of coarse sea salt to the peanut butter mixture)
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 32 ounces chocolate
- Coarse sea salt for sprinkling
- mini-muffin wrappers
Instructions
- Mix together peanut butter, butter, and sugars in a bowl.
- Roughly chop chocolate.
- Melt chocolate in a heavy bottomed saucepan over low heat on the stovetop or melt in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring in between.
- Line a mini-muffin tin with paper liners or arrange the wrappers on a baking sheet.
- Transfer half of the chocolate to a heatproof measuring cup with a pour spout. I used this nifty candy funnel found on Amazon (see below).
- Pour just enough chocolate into each wrapper to fill the bottom about ⅛ inch.
- When all of the cups are filled, gently lift and drop the tray a few times to flatten out the chocolate.
- Place in the refrigerator to chill for about 10 minutes.
- While the chocolate is chilling, transfer the peanut butter mixture into a piping bag or plastic bag with a small bit of the corner cut off.
- Remove the chilled chocolate from the fridge.
- Squeeze about a teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture in the center of each chocolate candy.
- Using the tip of your finger, press the peanut butter mixture down to flatten a bit. You can press it all the way to the edge of the wrapper or leave a small space between the mixture and the wrapper that will fill with chocolate. (Moisten your finger with water so that it doesn’t stick to the peanut butter.)
- Transfer the rest of the chocolate into a heatproof measuring cup with a spout or a candy funnel. (If the chocolate is not as warm/pourable as you would like, reheat it for a moment or two on the stove top, or for 10-15 seconds in the microwave).
- Pour the chocolate into the cupcake wrappers until the peanut butter is just covered.
- Once all are covered with chocolate, gently lift and drop the tray several times to even out the chocolate.
- Sprinkle the tops with course sea salt.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Serve straight from the fridge or let them soften for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Gr8 Tip:
Peanut Butter Cups can be stored in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 2 weeks or in the freezer for 1 month. Bring to room temperature before serving.Gr8 Gift Idea:
These would make a wonderful gift for anyone young or old! Tried this recipe?Mention @Great8Friends or tag #gr8food!