I’ve always wanted to make my own chocolate and peanut butter cups. The recipes are so easy, I’m not sure why I’ve never gotten around to it until now.
They really took no time at all, in nearly 30 minutes I was already sinking my teeth into these oh-so-rich peanut butter cups.
I looked at a few recipes and skipped on most of them. Some of them used shortening, or called for ingredients I didn’t have. I used the recipe from Have Cake, Will Travel; they looked like the perfect ones.
My notes: I took the advice from Have Cake, Will Travel and added 2 tablespoons of peanut butter to the melted chocolate; I did not add extra salt; I melted the chocolate in a heavy-bottom saucepan rather than the microwave; I used regular sized cupcake liners, not minis, so mine are closer to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups size; I used the freezer instead of the refrigerator to set up the chocolate on the bottom.
They are so delicious. They are better and richer than Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Keep these stored in the refrigerator; they melt quickly.
Those look decadent and amazing – my brother in law would kill for homemade reeses – thanks!
I gotta go see if I have PB in the house. I need one now! Too brilliant! How did you keep from eating them all?
Mermaid Sweets, you’re welcome!
Little Miss Cupcake, they are awesome! Surprisingly, I still have 3 left. It’s so hard to not them all at once, it’s taken some amazing self-control!
Those look delicious!
Oh. My. Goodness. These look incredible. I can’t wait to try them!
Thanks!
My kind of treat! YUM!
Those look amazing, great job… if only I could purchase those at the local store
Oh my gawd, if I had these in the house, I’d be in SERIOUS trouble! Who could stop at one??!
Oooh I used to make a Peanut Butter Cup concoction like that when I was growing up, but the cupcake tins turn a great idea into brilliance! Now I realllly want to go home and make this…
I tried these this afternoon , I don’t particularily like the peanut butter filling , It’s not grainy , I enjoy the graininess of reeses – I might try them with regular white sugar instead of icing sugar and see how they are . Thanks for sharing the recipe !
Michelle, that’s actually what I do like about the peanut butter filling – the creaminess! :) Actually, I believe that some people have used finely crushed graham crackers in the peanut butter filling. Don’t quote me on that, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that before; I don’t have any of those recipes on hand to show you though. :)
WOW!!! I just made these to give as gifts for valentine’s day and of course had to taste test one to make sure they turned out! Oh my goodness, they are amazing. thanks for the suggestion!!!
Mine had the graininess of reeses. It happened by mistake, kind of. I didn’t have enough peanut butter (only half what the recipe calls for), but I had crunchy cashew butter which I used for the other half.
Awesome! That’s really neat about the cashew butter, I bet that helped with the amazing-ness factor, I love cashews!
These look amazing! What kind of chocolate did you use? The picture of the peanut butter cups on the Have Cake, Will Travel site look a little darker.
Hm… I can’t quite remember which one, but I’m pretty sure it would either have been Nestle or Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips.
this is the same question I was going to ask! glad I read the comments!
So cool! I made my own version of Have Cake Will Travel’s peanut butter cups just the other day. I love how quick it is to whip up a batch! Love your photos…they look sooo yummy! :)
My pb cup post is here: http://www.acupcakeformoose.com/2010/05/peanut-butter-cups.html
Have a wonderfully sweet evening!
:) Rachel from A Cupcake for Moose
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I saw them make these on Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe last night. Looking at these and watching that makes me consider making some. It will take some consideration because I need Guinea Pigs to be able to devour what I make. I hate having leftovers. :)
Wow!! These look amazing! My mom loves reeses- i will definatly make these for her birthday!!