Growing up, my absolute favorite candy was Reese’s cups.
Forget skittles and starbursts, I was always all about that chocolate + peanut butter!
I loved whipping up my Healthy Peanutbutter Freezer Fudge and wanted to created another delicious chocolate and peanut butter dessert.
These chocolate peanut butter cups are so simple to make.
No fancy ingredients or equipment required! All you need is a muffin tin with liners, and a few simple ingredients.
The first layer of chocolate will need to freeze for about 10 minutes, or until solid.
Then add the delicious peanut butter filling and top it with the remaining chocolate!
They were actually surprisingly easy to throw together!
The longer you freeze these, the creamier the peanut butter filling becomes. It all depends on how soft you like them!
These are amazing straight out of the freezer, or softened as well.
They are also fantastic cut up into pieces and served over vanilla ice cream (speaking from experience!)
Make these and watch them be devoured!
- 10 oz bag of semi sweet dairy free chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all natural peanutbutter, chilled in the fridge (only ingredients should be peanuts and salt)
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon coconut palm sugar
- Add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil to a saucepan and heat on low heat, until melted
- Add 10 oz bag of chocolate chips, stirring on low heat, until melted (can take 5 minutes) *be sure not to burn chocolate and only melt on low*
- Once chocolate is melted, add in ¼ teaspoon sea salt and ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Once chocolate mixture is stirred and melted, line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper muffin liners
- Pour 1 tablespoon of chocolate mixture in the bottom of each muffin liner
- Place muffin tin in freezer for 10-15 minutes, or until chocolate is set
- While chocolate is hardening, make the peanut butter mixture
- Add ¾ cup of chilled peanutbutter (see note above) to a bowl *note - peanut butter should be thick not drippy)
- Add maple syrup, sea salt, and coconut palm sugar and stir with a fork until well combined
- Remove muffin tin from freezer and place 1 tablespoon of peanut butter mixture on top of each layer of chocolate
- Drizzle one teaspoon of chocolate mixture over the tops of each muffin cup, making sure to cover the tops well
- Freeze for 15 minutes, or until chocolate is set
- Store in freezer or fridge (note - if left in freezer long leave out for a minute or so to soften slightly)
This is the single best peanut butter cup I have ever tasted. I changed absolutely nothing about the recipe, and everyone who tries them also says they are the best. My boyfriend is the number one fan of Reece’s cups, but even he told me these were BETTER. I have been telling everyone I know to come to your website and try this amazing recipe. Thank you!!!
Thanks so much Nina! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! We love these too – they are quite addictive 🙂
Loved this recipe! I actually only used 3 tablespoons of maple syrup and left out the sugar! For the chocolate chips, I used “Enjoy Life” brand that’s dairy, nut, & soy free!
Ahhhh-mazing! Absolutely delicious! Who needs junk candy when you can easily make a chocolate -peanut butter delight like this in just a few minutes?