4 Ingredient Mini Peanut Butter Cups
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These 4 Ingredient Mini Peanut Butter Cups are so quick and easy to make and that makes us happy! A delicious, homemade creamy peanut butter treat we cannot resist and they’re gluten free!
You know…Chocolate and Peanut Butter together is so dreamy! Yummy delish! That’s why we love these Super Easy Peanut Butter Cup Blondies and these Ultimate Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Chocolate Cookies!
Why We LOVE These Homemade Mini Peanut Butter Cups!
- First of all, 4 ingredients! Peanut butter, chocolate, butter and confectioners’ sugar!
- These are gluten free, but Vegan & Sugar-Free Options also available! Choose to make them as healthy or decadent as you want with the ingredients you use!
- Aren’t they the cutest Mini Peanut Butter Cups ever? We couldn’t wait to bite into a luscious, thick layered chocolate cups loaded with creamy peanut butter filling.
- These easy-to-make mini peanut butter cups are gonna blow your mind and they taste like Reese’s copycat peanut butter cups, only better because they’re fresher and can be as healthy as you want them to be with the ingredients you use from the peanut butter, to the powdered sugar to the chocolate!
- Since peanut butter cups are one of the most popular kinds of candy confection in America, it’s always good to have super simple peanut butter cup recipes like these around.
- We even added some salted, roasted peanuts on top of some of them for crunchy, sweet and salty peanut butter cup explosions for those of you who love the sweet & salty vibe!
- They are also perfect to serve on a tray or platter or in with a cookie or candy box that you might be making for a holiday or celebration.
- It’s obvious, these mini treats are always welcome at any kind of party, birthdays, holidays, gifting, hoarding, freezing, ok, so the list is eternal, no? Whatever reason we have these, it’s all good in my book!
Not only are these easy and inexpensive to make, but they are also much healthier than store bought peanut butter cups!
With just a few simple ingredients and some time in the kitchen, you can have your very own homemade peanut butter cups that you can be proud to share with friends and family.
Ingredients You Need for 4 Ingredient Mini Peanut Butter Cups Recipe
Peanut Butter Filling
- creamy peanut butter– if you’re nut allergic you can substitute Sunbutter or your seed butter of choice. However, some nut butters are looser than others, so you may need to add extra confectioner’s sugar to thicken up the filling to get the right consistency. You can also thicken with crushed peanuts or crushed graham crackers for a more crunchy-like filling.
- unsalted butter or vegan butter, softened
- confectioners’ sugar or vegan & sugar-free options – use sugar-free confectioners’ sugar like Lakanto
Chocolate Coating
- semi-sweet chocolate chips or dairy free semi sweet chocolate chips. We used Enjoy Life Chocolate Chunk for vegan or sugar-free options! For a softer chocolate use milk chocolate, but I like to use a combo of milk and semi-sweet for the chocolate coating, but there is also the option of dark as well.
- creamy peanut butter
How to Make Homemade Reese’s CopyCat Mini Peanut Butter Cups
- Line a mini muffin tin with 24 mini candy liners.
- In a small bowl, using mixer, beat together the peanut butter, butter and confectioners’ sugar to get a creamy peanut butter consistency for the filling. There should not be any lumps and smooth looking. Set aside.
- Put your chocolate chips or chunks and ½ cup peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate for one minute, stir, and continue to cook in 30 second increments after the first round until it’s melted and smooth. (Usually takes 1 & ½ minutes in mine, but stir well to continue melting chocolate between each time increment as the chocolate is tempering.
- Drop about a teaspoon of chocolate into your candy liners. Then place some peanut butter in the middle of the chocolate, very gently pushing it down on top of the chocolate, but keeping from the sides of the liner. Then add another thick layer of chocolate on top to cover the peanut butter. The mixture should fill the liner to the top. Add peanuts on top and drizzle some more chocolate on top if you like!
- Place PB Cups in the fridge and let them set completely before serving (about two hours depending on your fridge temp).
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze. Makes 24 – with Vegan & Sugar-Free Options as well! YUM!
More Peanut Butter Cup Healthy Options
- These homemade peanut butter cups are gluten-free, but you can make these vegan, Keto/sugar-free easily by switching out the ingredients you want to substitute to make them your own version of happiness. Enjoy!!
How to Store 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups
- Store in airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- If storing in the fridge, you will need to allow them to come back to room temperature again for a softer texture.
- If freezing, store in an airtight container for up to 3 months. To thaw, leave at room temperature for 1 hour.
In conclusion, these homemade peanut butter cups are a delicious and easy treat to make. With only four ingredients and a few simple steps, you can easily make the classic candy without the added preservatives and processed sugars found in store-bought versions.
Not only are they fun to make, but they make a great gift for friends and family. Who would not be happy with receiving these from such a sweet friend? (That would be you, right?) Or making them for your family. (You again?) Well then, get on it!
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Creamy Home-made Mini Peanut Butter Cups
We couldn’t wait to bite into a luscious, thick layered chocolate cups loaded with creamy peanut butter filling. The best chocolate peanut butter explosions ever!
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Filling:
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter if you’re nut allergic you can substitute Sunbutter or your seed butter of choice.
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or vegan butter softened
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar or vegan & sugar-free options use sugar-free confectioners' sugar like Lakanto
Chocolate Coating:
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or dairy free semi sweet chocolate chips We used Enjoy Life Chocolate Chunks for vegan or sugar-free options!
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
- ine a mini muffin tin with 24 mini candy liners.
- In a small bowl, using mixer, beat together the peanut butter, butter and confectioners' sugar to get a creamy peanut butter consistency for the filling. There should not be any lumps and smooth looking. Set aside.
- Put your chocolate chips or chunks and 1/2 cup peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate for one minute, stir, and continue to cook in 30 second increments after the first round until it’s melted and smooth. (Usually takes 1 & 1/2 minutes in mine, but stir well to continue melting chocolate between each time increment as the chocolate is tempering.
- Drop about a teaspoon of chocolate into your candy liners. Then place some peanut butter in the middle of the chocolate, very gently pushing it down on top of the chocolate, but keeping from the sides of the liner. Then add another thick layer of chocolate on top to cover the peanut butter. The mixture should fill the liner to the top. Add peanuts on top and drizzle some more chocolate on top if you like!
- Place PB Cups in the fridge and let them set completely before serving (about two hours depending on your fridge temp). Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze. Makes 24 with Vegan & Sugar-Free Options YUM!
Notes
These are gluten-free, but you can make these vegan, Keto/sugar-free easily. Enjoy!!
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!
These look so fantastic Kim! I could dive in immediately and have probably a dozen!
Awesome Suzan! I hope you enjoy and love them like we do!
I cannot wait to try this recipe, as I just ran out of Reese’s! Also, I’ve had multiple people ask me for the chocolate chip cookie recipe I use, and I always send them yours!
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So happy you made them Valentina! xo Thank you!!
They are! Thank you so much Josiah!! xo
HUGE hit. Thank you! 🙂 ~Valentina
I have all of the ingredients and I’m setting out to make them this afternoon. Two teenage boys in my house will be over the moon! 🙂 ~Valentina.
These peanut butter cups look yummy!
I love the guilt free options too, and they are ever bit as yummy anytime of the day. Thank you Catherine!! xo
These look marvelous, Kim!! I’m sitting here with my cup of tea wishing I had a good handful of these for breakfast! (And lunch too!) And I love that you have guilt-free options, can’t wait to try them! 😀
I like the way you think Liz! I am totally on board with you! Thank you so much!
I have them in my fridge and eat one or two a day when I need that jolt of chocolate and peanut butter when the mood strikes. I definitely hear you Kelsie! Thank you!!
I’d eat the whole batch of these! Yum!
Oh, my gosh, I’d have no will power with these around. However, I’d happily justify eating a couple handfuls instead of dinner! I think that’s OK every now and then, right??? Pinning!
Yea and you can keep them in the fridge and dip into them like every 20 minutes or so…hahaha! Vegan too! 🙂 Grace would love these too! Thank you Justin! Happy Friday 🙂
Oh hot damn! This is my jam! I love these PB cups. Super easy and so GOOD! I could have these everyday. Thanks for the recipe!
Me too! 🙂 They were super yummy! thanks Katherine!
I loooooove pb cups, Kim!!! They’re my downfall. These look absolutely scrumptious!!!