Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups are so quick and easy to make and that makes us happy as hell! Bring in the usual suspects. You know...Chocolate and Peanut Butter.
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.
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 a crunchy, sweet and salty pb cup explosion!
Aren't they the cutest PB Truffles? 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?
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! 🙂
Store these 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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Hey!! Make some Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups for MOM! Vegan & Sugar-Free Options also available!
Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
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 confectioners' sugar or 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
- 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!
Christie says
These look so fantastic Kim! I could dive in immediately and have probably a dozen!
Kim Lange says
Awesome Suzan! I hope you enjoy and love them like we do!
Suzan J says
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!
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Kim Lange says
So happy you made them Valentina! xo Thank you!!
Kim Lange says
They are! Thank you so much Josiah!! xo
Valentina says
HUGE hit. Thank you! 🙂 ~Valentina
Valentina says
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.
Josiah - DIY Thrill says
These peanut butter cups look yummy!
Kim Lange says
I love the guilt free options too, and they are ever bit as yummy anytime of the day. Thank you Catherine!! xo
Catherine says
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
I like the way you think Liz! I am totally on board with you! Thank you so much!
Kim Lange says
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!!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
I'd eat the whole batch of these! Yum!
Liz says
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
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 🙂
Justin from dailyveganmeal says
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
Me too! 🙂 They were super yummy! thanks Katherine!
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
I loooooove pb cups, Kim!!! They're my downfall. These look absolutely scrumptious!!!