These homemade peanut butter cups taste exactly like the store-bought version. This super easy recipe delivers sweet peanut butter dough cups with a hard chocolate topping.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Chilling Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: candy, chocolate, peanutbutter
Servings: 24cups
Calories: 185kcal
Ingredients
1/2cupbutter or margarine
1/2cuppacked light or dark brown sugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupspeanut butter
2.5cupsconfectioner's sugar
2cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Line two muffin pans with muffin papers (24 total).
Place peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until butter and peanut butter are melted (one to two minutes). Time will vary by microwave.
1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/2 cup packed light or dark brown sugar, 2 cups peanut butter
Remove the bowl from the microwave and use a large spoon to stir all of the ingredients together (except chocolate chips) until they form a ball of dough that leaves the side of the bowl.
Pinch off pieces of dough and roll them into 1.5-inch-sized balls. Place one ball into each muffin paper then pat them into a 9x13 baking dish or muffin tin. Press the peanut butter filling flat into the papers with your fingers.
Pour chocolate chips into another microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until completely melted. Spoon over the top of the peanut butter layer and spread evenly.
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Allow them to cool completely at room temperature until the chocolate hardens again or place them in the refrigerator for faster hardening.