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.
Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free
Yummo!!! These would be great to make for the tray of goodies I send into my husband’s work.
Lisa@blessedwithgrace
Oh Lynn…. You are now my best friend!!! 🙂
chris parrill
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.
Lynn
@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.
niki
Wow, these look amazing!
🙂
Lauren
I’m so glad that they’re easy, because they look dreamy!
Iowa personal injury attorney
Looks like I have a project when I get off of work today.
Katie
Those look and sound like a dream come true 🙂
Kristina
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?
Lynn
@Kristina, I think it would work fine to make these bigger.
Jenna @ Newlyweds
Oh wow those look delicious, I just love peanut butter cups. I will have to try these. That is after my sugar fast.
Org Junkie
Thanks for the awesome and festive recipe!
vickie
oh my husband is wild about reese’s peanut butter cups -I have to give this a try.
vickie
Brenda
Those look really fun and easy
Doylene Brents
I think everyone loves peanut butter cups. Yours are very pretty. Doylene
Oklahoma Granny
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.
Geri@heartnsoulcooking
These little treats looks and sound so YUMMY!!!
Geri
Micah
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.
Jo
They look yummy….i dont like white chocolate much though….maybe i can try using regular chocolate?
Xochilt
I’m making these right now….I can tell they are going to be awesome, because I tried the filling ;D lol shhh
Xochilt
I just made these and they are sooo good! Here is a pic of them :p
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Xochilt
Here are more pics ;D
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They were awesome!
Lynn
@Xochilt, Thank you!
Xochilt
@Lynn,
You’re welcome >_<
Kali M
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!