Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Description
This recipe for Homemade Peanut Butter Cups uses smooth peanut butter mixed with icing sugar to create a creamy, sweet peanut center. Individual balls of this filling are frozen to firm up, making them easy to handle when adding the chocolate coating. The cups are formed by layering melted milk chocolate in small paper liners, adding peanut butter balls, and smoothing melted chocolate on top. This creates distinct layers of chocolate and peanut filling.
The chocolate used is good quality milk chocolate melted gently, providing a mild sweetness that balances the saltiness of the peanut butter. Freezing the peanut butter balls before assembly helps maintain their shape and prevents the chocolate from melting the filling during preparation. Once assembled, refrigerating or freezing the peanut butter cups allows them to set into solid, grab-and-go candies.
These peanut butter cups serve as a homemade alternative to store-bought versions and are sized as mini cups using a 24-cup muffin tin with liners. They store well in an airtight container and can be kept frozen for longer-term storage if desired.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup peanut butter smooth
- ⅓ cup icing sugar
- 14 ounce milk chocolate good quality, melted
Instructions
- Line a 24 cup mini muffin tin with candy cup liners
- Stir peanut butter and icing sugar together in a bowl until smooth
- Drop 1 teaspoon measures of the peanut butter mixture onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Freeze until firm, about 15 min
- Put 1 teaspoon melted chocolate into each paper candy cup
- Add one peanut butter ball, slightly flattened with your palm to each candy cup.
- Add 2 more teaspoon of melted chocolate to each candy cup, smoothing the tops with a spoon, and spreading to the edges.
- Refrigerate until firm, about an hour, or freeze, in an airtight container.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24pieces
Amount Per Serving
Calories 84 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 84kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 2mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 48mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Calcium | 4mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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