My husband loves peanut butter. He especially loves the peanut butter cups you buy. I have tried several versions of homemade peanut butter cups over the years, but I have not found a recipe that we really thought was great.
This year though I found a recipe in an old Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine. It was a little different in that you use white chocolate in the peanut butter layer. I decided I would give Martha’s version a try and oh was it good.
Seriously, these were so good. I made these for our office party and I think they were the most popular dessert item. There were none left and my kids think I need to make some more.
These really were as close to the real store bought ones that I have made. I will be making these again. They were really good, really easy, and really frugal to make.
Easy Peanut Butter Cups
An easy homemade peanut butter cups by using just a few ingredients.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped or chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line two 12-cup mini muffin pans with paper liners and set them aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine white chocolate and peanut butter. Microwave, until almost melted, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, place semisweet chocolate in another microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted, 2 to 3 minutes total.
- Dividing evenly, use a spoon to layer semisweet chocolate and peanut-butter mixture into liners, beginning and ending with chocolate.
- Place muffin pans in the freezer or refrigerator until peanut butter cups are firm, usually15- 30 minutes.
- Store in refrigerator and bring to room temperature before serving. These are best at room temperature.
Notes
If you are gluten-free be sure to read labels to make sure the ingredients are gluten-free.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 267Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 63mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 3gSugar: 24gProtein: 4g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Yummo!!! These would be great to make for the tray of goodies I send into my husband’s work.
Oh Lynn…. You are now my best friend!!! 🙂
i had your website bookmarked for quite some time and decided to go to it tonight. read your post on peanut butter cups and i have recently discovered by using natural peanut butter that i grind at fred meyer health food section works wonderful to achieve the “real” peanut butter cup flavor. i was so desperate for chocolate one night i tried the pnut butter and choc and could not believe how close it was to the candy bar.
@chris parrill, I love natural peanut butter, but my husband doesn’t really like it. So, I have never thought to use it in a recipe like this. But thanks for suggesting it. I may have to give it a try.
Wow, these look amazing!
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I’m so glad that they’re easy, because they look dreamy!
Looks like I have a project when I get off of work today.
Those look and sound like a dream come true 🙂
Yum! I don’t have any mini muffin pans. Is there any reason I couldn’t just make these bigger in a regular muffin pan?
@Kristina, I think it would work fine to make these bigger.
Oh wow those look delicious, I just love peanut butter cups. I will have to try these. That is after my sugar fast.
Thanks for the awesome and festive recipe!
oh my husband is wild about reese’s peanut butter cups -I have to give this a try.
vickie
Those look really fun and easy
I think everyone loves peanut butter cups. Yours are very pretty. Doylene
I just had to make these little cups for our Open House this weekend. They’re chilling in the refrigerator as I type this. Way easy to do! Thanks for the recipe.
These little treats looks and sound so YUMMY!!!
Geri
This looks more like 2 layers of chocolate than a peanut butter cup – which actually looks even better! I’m a huge white chocolate fan, so I bet these would taste awesome.
They look yummy….i dont like white chocolate much though….maybe i can try using regular chocolate?
I’m making these right now….I can tell they are going to be awesome, because I tried the filling ;D lol shhh
I just made these and they are sooo good! Here is a pic of them :p
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Here are more pics ;D
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They were awesome!
@Xochilt, Thank you!
@Lynn,
You’re welcome >_<
Made these yesterday… very yummy, peanut butter middles were delicious, but the semisweet chocolate was very rich. Next time I will make them with milk chocolate chocolate chips, mmm… Thanks for posting!