Three-ingredient homemade peanut butter cups are simple to make and taste even better than store-bought. They make perfect snacks or edible gifts for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.
These peanut butter cups are surprisingly easy: just three ingredients, a couple of glass bowls and a pot of simmering water. No special equipment required.
Homemade Peanut Butter Cups — Tips and Tricks
- Melt chocolate gently using a double boiler (glass bowl over simmering water). Avoid direct heat or the microwave to prevent fat separation and white streaks when the chocolate sets.
- Any creamy peanut butter works well; I often use honey-flavored creamy peanut butter but plain creamy peanut butter is fine too.
- Choose the chocolate you prefer. Dark chocolate gives a richer, less sweet result; use milk chocolate if you like sweeter peanut butter cups.
During recipe testing I tried various fillings. Many recipes call for butter and lots of powdered sugar, which made the center overly sweet and required extra ingredients. I also tested just peanut butter and powdered sugar, but the filling stayed too runny.
I discovered peanut butter chips work wonderfully as a stabilizer. They blend with the peanut butter to thicken the filling and intensify the peanut flavor without adding too much sweetness. That simple combination led to this three-ingredient version of homemade peanut butter cups.
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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Trang Doan
12 pieces
25
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Ingredients
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6 ounce
dark chocolate melting wafers -
1/2 cup
creamy peanut butter -
1/3 cup
peanut butter chips
Instructions
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Line 12 cavities of a mini cupcake pan with mini cupcake liners.
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Melt 2 oz of chocolate in a glass bowl over a simmering pot of water, stirring with a spatula. When nearly melted, remove from heat and stir until smooth.
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Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon of melted chocolate into each liner, using the back of the spoon to press chocolate up the sides to coat the liner.
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Refrigerate for about 5 minutes until the chocolate has hardened.
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In a separate glass bowl over simmering water, melt the peanut butter chips with the peanut butter, stirring until fully combined and smooth.
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Remove the pan from the fridge and fill each chocolate cup with about 2 teaspoons of the peanut butter mixture.
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Refrigerate again for about 5 minutes until the filling firms up.
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Melt the remaining chocolate in the first bowl over simmering water, stirring until smooth.
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Top each peanut butter-filled cup with about 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate to seal.
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Chill until completely hardened, or let set at room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 178kcal
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be used as an approximation.
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