These homemade peanut butter cups are a favorite at our house. My husband is as big of a peanut butter cup fan as I’ve seen and my kids follow suite after him. I love them too.
These are a tasty, easy, fun and delicious treat we all enjoy making. They also require no cooking or baking so they are easy enough for a child to make and my eleven year old loves to make them by herself.
You can use smooth or chunky peanut butter, dark, semi-sweet, white or milk chocolate or a mix of different kinds. The ones pictured here are semi-sweet in the bottom and the tops are milk chocolate.
What you need to make these homemade peanut butter cups:
Makes 12 extra large peanut butter cups
- 1/2 cup peanut butter – smooth or chunky
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons salted butter – softened
- 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers – about 4 graham crackers
- Pinch of salt
- Splash of vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips – milk, dark, semi-sweet or white
- 12 cupcake liners
Instructions
- In a bowl, add peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, graham crackers, salt and vanilla extract and blend together until it forms a dough.
- divide dough into 12 balls, then press down into slight discs.
- Prepare your cupcake liners in a cupcake tin or just on their own.
- Melt chocolate in microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds until chocolate is melted and shiny or heat chocolate in a double boiler (A heat proof bowl over a boiling pot of water, stir until chocolate melts)
- Spoon a little chocolate into the bottom of the cupcake liner.
- Add the peanut butter mixture on top of the bottom layer of chocolate.
- Spoon chocolate over the rest of the peanut butter until it’s covered.
- mid using a cupcake tin, bang it again the counter and move from side to side so any air bubbles come to the top and the chocolate settles smoothly across the top.
- Place in freezer for about 10 minutes or until chocolate is firm.
- Remove from freezer and enjoy!
- keep leftovers in refrigerator to keep the chocolate firm because we didn’t temper it or on the counter if you want your chocolate a little softer.
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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Easy, fast and delicious peanut butter cups every peanut butter cup lover will devour!
Servings 12 Large peanut butter cups
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter – smooth or chunky
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons salted butter – softened
- 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers – about 4 graham crackers
- Pinch of salt
- Splash of vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips – milk dark, semi-sweet or white
- 12 cupcake liners
Instructions
- In a bowl, add peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, graham crackers, salt and vanilla extract and blend together until it forms a dough.
- divide dough into 12 balls, then press down into slight discs.
- Prepare your cupcake liners in a cupcake tin or just on their own.
- Melt chocolate in microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds until chocolate is melted and shiny or heat chocolate in a double boiler (A heat proof bowl over a boiling pot of water, stir until chocolate melts)
- Spoon a little chocolate into the bottom of the cupcake liner.
- Add the peanut butter mixture on top of the bottom layer of chocolate.
- Spoon chocolate over the rest of the peanut butter until it’s covered.
- mid using a cupcake tin, bang it again the counter and move from side to side so any air bubbles come to the top and the chocolate settles smoothly across the top.
- Place in freezer for about 10 minutes or until chocolate is firm.
- Remove from freezer and enjoy!
- keep leftovers in refrigerator to keep the chocolate firm because we didn’t temper it or on the counter if you want your chocolate a little softer.