Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Ridiculously easy to make and ready in just 30 minutes, these homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups taste just like the real thing!

I’m on a no-bake recipe roll since our stove got electrical damage from lightning a few weeks ago. While it has made coming up with recipes more challenging, I’m not complaining. After all, I probably wouldn’t have been inspired to make my favorite chocolate/candy bar at home if it hadn’t been for that one bolt of lightning! Anyway, I was surprised at how easy and quick these peanut butter cups are! Not to mention it’s cheaper making them at home than buying them at the store.

Ingredients you’ll need

You only need 6 simple ingredients to make these classic treats:

• peanut butter
• powdered sugar
• vanilla extract
• salt
• chocolate
• coconut oil

How to make Reese’s peanut butter cups

Start by lining 16 standard-sized muffin cups with muffin liners.

In a small bowl, combine the peanut butter, powdered sugar, salt and vanilla extract. This will give you a workable dough to roll into 16 balls. Then flatten each ball into a disk that’s just a bit smaller than the bottom of your muffin liners. Remember, you want the chocolate to surround the peanut butter on all sides.

Melt the chocolate and add coconut oil to thin it out. Spoon enough melted chocolate into the muffin liners to coat the bottom. Then place the peanut butter disk in the chocolate and pour over just enough of the remaining chocolate to cover the peanut butter. I have found that it’s easy to go overboard on the chocolate, so don’t add more chocolate than necessary; the liners should be less than half-full. If you end up with some leftover chocolate, that’s fine.

Place the peanut butter cups in the freezer until the chocolate hardens, about 5 minutes. And that’s it! They’re ready to be devoured!

Most recipes I’ve seen say that you should let the first layer of chocolate harden before adding the peanut butter, but I didn’t find it to be necessary. However, if your peanut butter is sinking down through the bottom layer of chocolate, then let the chocolate harden before adding the peanut butter and second layer of chocolate.

Store the peanut butter cups in an air-tight container at room temperature.

If you’re looking for more chocolate peanut butter goodness, check out my No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

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Serves: 16 Prep Time: 20 minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• ½ cup peanut butter
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces chocolate*
• 1-2 tablespoons coconut oil

Instructions

1. Line 16 muffin cups with muffin liners; set aside
2. In a small bowl stir together the peanut butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Divide into 16 equal pieces and roll into balls. Then flatten into disks that are just a bit smaller than the bottom of the muffin liners.
3. Melt the chocolate with the coconut oil; add more or less coconut oil, depending on how thick your melted chocolate is.
4. Spoon enough chocolate into each muffin liner to cover the bottom, then add the peanut butter disks. Pour over just enough of the remaining chocolate to cover the peanut butter. Place in the freezer until set, about 5 minutes.
5. Store at room temperature.

Notes

*I use a mixture of melting chocolate and chocolate chips