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    Home » Recipes » Candy Included

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Published: Apr 30, 2020 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups are so quick and easy to make and that makes us happy!  Bring in the usual suspects.  You know...Chocolate and Peanut Butter together is a dream! Yummy delish!

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    And since peanut butter cups are one of the most popular kinds of candy confection in America, it's always good to have super simple recipes like these around.

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    We couldn't wait to bite into a luscious, thick layered chocolate cups loaded with creamy peanut butter filling. 

    We even added some salted, roasted peanuts on top of some of them for crunchy, sweet and salty peanut butter cup explosions! 

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Aren't they the cutest Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups?  These are gonna blow your mind.  

    It's obvious, these mini treats are always welcome at any kind of party, birthdays, holidays, gifting, hoarding, freezing, ok, so the list is eternal, no?  

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Who would not be happy with receiving these from such a sweet friend?  (That would be you, right?)  Or making them for your family. (You again?)  Well then, get on it! 

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Store these peanut butter cups in the fridge when you don't have your face in them. They are also perfect to serve on a tray or platter or in with a cookie or candy box that you might be making for a holiday or celebration.

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    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Hey!! Make some Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups for MOM! These are gluten-free, but Vegan & Sugar-Free Options also available! 

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    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups

    Kim Lange
    We couldn’t wait to bite into a luscious, thick layered chocolate cups loaded with creamy peanut butter filling. The best chocolate peanut butter explosions ever!
    4.62 from 13 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24 Servings
    Calories

    Ingredients
      

    Peanut Butter Filling:

    • ½ cup creamy peanut butter if you’re nut allergic you can substitute Sunbutter or your seed butter of choice.
    • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or vegan butter softened
    • ½ cup confectioners' sugar or vegan & sugar-free options use sugar-free confectioners' sugar like Lakanto

    Chocolate Coating:

    • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or dairy free semi sweet chocolate chips We used Enjoy Life Chocolate Chunks for vegan or sugar-free options!
    • ½ cup creamy peanut butter

    Instructions
     

    • ine a mini muffin tin with 24 mini candy liners.
    • In a small bowl, using mixer, beat together the peanut butter, butter and confectioners' sugar to get a creamy peanut butter consistency for the filling. There should not be any lumps and smooth looking. Set aside.
    • Put your chocolate chips or chunks and ½ cup peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate for one minute, stir, and continue to cook in 30 second increments after the first round until it’s melted and smooth. (Usually takes 1 & ½ minutes in mine, but stir well to continue melting chocolate between each time increment as the chocolate is tempering.
    • Drop about a teaspoon of chocolate into your candy liners. Then place some peanut butter in the middle of the chocolate, very gently pushing it down on top of the chocolate, but keeping from the sides of the liner. Then add another thick layer of chocolate on top to cover the peanut butter. The mixture should fill the liner to the top. Add peanuts on top and drizzle some more chocolate on top if you like!
    • Place PB Cups in the fridge and let them set completely before serving (about two hours depending on your fridge temp). Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze. Makes 24 with Vegan & Sugar-Free Options YUM!

    Notes

    These are gluten-free, but you can make these vegan, Keto/sugar-free easily.  Enjoy!!
    Keyword candy bars, chocolate, dairy-free, no bake, peanut butter, peanut butter cups, reeses, vegan
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    About Kim Lange

    Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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    Comments

    1. Christie says

      July 13, 2020 at 2:32 pm

      These look so fantastic Kim! I could dive in immediately and have probably a dozen!

    2. Suzan J says

      May 07, 2020 at 9:10 am

      I cannot wait to try this recipe, as I just ran out of Reese's! Also, I've had multiple people ask me for the chocolate chip cookie recipe I use, and I always send them yours!
      http://www.suzanj.com

      • Kim Lange says

        May 07, 2020 at 1:15 pm

        Awesome Suzan! I hope you enjoy and love them like we do!

    3. Valentina says

      May 04, 2020 at 9:12 pm

      HUGE hit. Thank you! 🙂 ~Valentina

      • Kim Lange says

        May 04, 2020 at 9:44 pm

        So happy you made them Valentina! xo Thank you!!

    4. Valentina says

      May 04, 2020 at 4:51 pm

      I have all of the ingredients and I'm setting out to make them this afternoon. Two teenage boys in my house will be over the moon! 🙂 ~Valentina.

    5. Josiah - DIY Thrill says

      May 04, 2020 at 4:34 pm

      These peanut butter cups look yummy!

      • Kim Lange says

        May 04, 2020 at 9:34 pm

        They are! Thank you so much Josiah!! xo

    6. Catherine says

      May 04, 2020 at 10:43 am

      These look marvelous, Kim!! I'm sitting here with my cup of tea wishing I had a good handful of these for breakfast! (And lunch too!) And I love that you have guilt-free options, can't wait to try them! 😀

      • Kim Lange says

        May 04, 2020 at 2:20 pm

        I love the guilt free options too, and they are ever bit as yummy anytime of the day. Thank you Catherine!! xo

    7. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

      May 03, 2020 at 12:27 pm

      I'd eat the whole batch of these! Yum!

      • Kim Lange says

        May 04, 2020 at 7:40 am

        I have them in my fridge and eat one or two a day when I need that jolt of chocolate and peanut butter when the mood strikes. I definitely hear you Kelsie! Thank you!!

    8. Liz says

      May 02, 2020 at 8:36 pm

      Oh, my gosh, I'd have no will power with these around. However, I'd happily justify eating a couple handfuls instead of dinner! I think that's OK every now and then, right??? Pinning!

      • Kim Lange says

        May 04, 2020 at 7:41 am

        I like the way you think Liz! I am totally on board with you! Thank you so much!

    9. Justin from dailyveganmeal says

      May 01, 2020 at 9:53 am

      Oh hot damn! This is my jam! I love these PB cups. Super easy and so GOOD! I could have these everyday. Thanks for the recipe!

      • Kim Lange says

        May 01, 2020 at 9:57 am

        Yea and you can keep them in the fridge and dip into them like every 20 minutes or so...hahaha! Vegan too! 🙂 Grace would love these too! Thank you Justin! Happy Friday 🙂

    10. Katherine | Love In My Oven says

      April 30, 2020 at 10:48 pm

      I loooooove pb cups, Kim!!! They're my downfall. These look absolutely scrumptious!!!

      • Kim Lange says

        May 01, 2020 at 6:32 am

        Me too! 🙂 They were super yummy! thanks Katherine!

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