Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Description
This recipe creates homemade peanut butter cups by blending creamy peanut butter with softened butter, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract, then folding in powdered sugar to balance sweetness and form a pliable filling. The filling is shaped into small flattened balls and chilled on wax paper to firm up slightly before coating.
The coating consists of milk chocolate chips combined with shortening melted incrementally in the microwave, which creates a glossy, smooth chocolate shell. Each peanut butter ball is partially enrobed in the chocolate, then topped with more chocolate, creating a layered candy cup form.
The final treats are set to harden in cupcake liners, making them easy to handle and serve. They combine the creamy, sweet peanut butter center with a smooth chocolate exterior for a recognizable homemade alternative to store-bought candy cups.
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy
- 3 Tablespoons butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar tightly packed
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar (add more if needed)
- 3 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
Instructions
- Combine peanut butter and butter in a medium-sized bowl and use an electric mixer to beat together until well-combined.
- Stir in brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar, about ¼ cup at a time, stirring until completely combined. Set aside.
- Roll about 2-3 teaspoons of your peanut butter mixture into a ball, slightly flatten, and set aside on a wax paper lined cookie sheet (if the peanut butter mixture is too sticky to handle, add more powdered sugar, stirring in 1 Tablespoon at a time until it is manageable).
- Set out 20 cupcake liners on a large cookie sheet.
- Prepare your chocolate by combining the chocolate chips and shortening in a large, microwave-safe bowl and microwaving in 25-second increments (stirring well between each) until chocolate is completely melted.
- Spoon a small amount (about 2 teaspoons) of chocolate into a cupcake liner and use the back of a small spoon or use a pastry brush to spread the chocolate so the entire bottom of the liner is covered.
- Press a prepared peanut butter ball gently into the chocolate layer, and then spoon additional chocolate on top until all of the peanut butter is completely covered in chocolate.
- Repeat until all cupcake liners have been filled.
- Allow cupcake liners to sit undisturbed until the chocolate has hardened (this may take over an hour), or you may speed up the process and place the cups in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 20peanut butter cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 259 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1peanut butter cup | |
| Calories | 259kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 137mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 87mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 113IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 39mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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