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Whenever you want a special gift for someone you love or even a naughty little treat to satisfy your craving for chocolate and peanut butter, these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups with Sea Salt will hit the spot!
I have an absolute weakness for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I’m pretty good at resisting the candy in my kids’ Halloween baskets, but every year, without fail, I can’t help but pilfer a few packages of them for myself (that’s just between us, okay?).
A few months ago I came across a recipe for Chocolate Almond Butter Cups posted by the oh-so-brilliant Recipe Girl and I was immediately drooled, I mean, drawn to it. After seeing it, I obviously thought about my love for peanut butter cups and was inspired to make my own homemade version. I mean, how could I resist?! Especially when they’re so easy to prepare and made with two ingredients that my kids go absolutely wild for.
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My kids have been more than willing to be my sous chef (tough job, I know) every time I make these homemade Peanut Butter Cups for cookie exchanges, parties, and recently, as Valentine’s Day gifts. I top mine with a flake or two of fleur de del because it adds a fancy touch if you plan on giving them out as gifts to loved ones and friends. Also, the sweet blast of the chocolate and peanut butter combined with just a touch of salt is what makes them truly irresistible!
Over the years I’ve made several irresistible treats that use my favorite combination — chocolate and peanut butter. These delicious cups are high up on the list, but I also love these Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites, a classic Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie or simply some Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk. You really can’t go wrong with this combo!
Let me know in the comments if you make these!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups with Sea Salt
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon maldon sea salt
- 12 ounce bag chocolate chips (milk, dark or bittersweet)
Instructions
- Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and melt for 90 seconds, stirring halfway through until smooth.
- Place 1 heaping teaspoon of the melted chocolate into small paper liners in a mini-muffin tin and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
- Place the peanut butter and powdered sugar in a bowl and stir to combine.
- While the chocolate cools, roll 1 teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture into a ball and then flatten into a disk. Repeat with the rest of the peanut butter.
- When the chocolate has cooled, place a peanut butter disk in each cup on top of the refrigerated chocolate mixture.
- Top cups with the remaining melted chocolate to cover and finish with a few flakes of fleur de sel. Refrigerate until set.*
- Peel the papers off and eat!
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Notes
- * Chocolate Cups can be kept refrigerated or at room temperature
Yes definitely a few steps missing…. waiting to find out more! Sounds amazing!
We made them for christmas eve this year and added a tsp of strawberry preserves inside. So good!
what about the pbj recipe!! What other variations have you tried? I think that you could also add some caramel to this? Would love to hear more about making healthier valentines day treats.
The chocolate will remain melted for quite a while. I added the peanut butter mixture into step 1.
OMG – so excited about this recipe. But clarification please: What is the peanut butter mixture? And how do you form the peanut butter disc? After ten minutes of half of the melted chocolate cooling, will the other half (to place on top of the “peanut butter disc”) need warming again? My concern is it will have congealed in the ten minutes past??
Thank you in advance!
Ou can find those cups at Michaels/Joanns or Hobby Lobby
Do you have to use the paper liners if you use a nonstick mini muffin tin? I am pretty sure I won’t find that size paper liner where I live.
Absolutely!
Do you use natural peanut butter?
When you say “peanut butter mixture”, I assume you are supposed to mix the peanut butter with the powdered sugar, right?
I LOVE dark chocolate peanut butter cups. I think I have found a treat for myself for Valentine’s Day!
This is an awesome recipe! When does the powdered sugar get mixed in?
I think a step is missing but they sound yummy!
You could also use milk or semisweet chocolate.
Sounds divine! Does the chocolate *have* to be dark?
Favs*
These sound yummy and are one of my gabs to eat 🙂