This homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups recipe will satisfy your peanut butter cravings in just minutes, and they taste just like the real thing! (2024)

This homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups recipe will satisfy your peanut butter cravings in just minutes, and they taste just like the real thing!

We love peanut butter cups in our family, and take them quite seriously. This homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups recipe came from our grandma, who made them for us for years. The layer of peanut butter filling has the same creamy texture as the candy you buy at the store, with rich, sweet chocolate on the outside. But these taste even better, because they’re homemade! They’re perfect as a special Halloween treat, or to keep on hand in the freezer for when your sweet tooth hits.

Ingredients in Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

This delicious, no-bake treat only needs six pantry ingredients. You’ll find yourself making these all the time! Here’s what you need:

• Graham crackers – use a food processor to crush the crackers into fine crumbs.
• Powdered sugar – make sure to sift the powdered sugar before adding to the ingredients.
• Butter – use unsalted butter to better control the sodium in the recipe.
• Peanut butter – Both creamy or crunchy nut butter works great.
• Chocolate chips – you can use any kind of chocolate you like: semi-sweet, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, even white chocolate chips would be delicious.

How to make these treats look like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

They may look fancy, but making these into cute cups couldn’t be easier.

• Place cupcake liners into a mini muffin tin, or regular muffin pan, depending on how large you want your homemade peanut butter cups.
• Using a paint brush (I like to use a flat brush, about an inch or so wide) paint melted chocolate on the inside of each cupcake liner until about halfway up.
• Place them in the refrigerator to cool.
• Then, put a ball of peanut butter cup mixture into each cup (see recipe for instructions below) and top with more melted chocolate.
• The amount of chocolate needed tends to vary each time, so keep a few extra chocolate chips on hand if you need a bit more.

A Quicker Method for Homemade Reese’s PB Cups

If you don’t have a lot of time or patience to create the “cups” in the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, you can make things a bit easier on your self. Here’s how:

1. You can make these “fondue” or “buckeye” style by first rolling the peanut butter mixture into balls.
2. Next, dip them directly into the melted chocolate.
3. Then, place them on wax paper to cool and harden. You will get the exact same taste and it’ll only take you about five minutes!

Variations

1. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups: Use dark chocolate for the outer layer
2. White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups: Switch to white chocolate for a sweeter and creamier version.
3. Cookie Dough Filling: Incorporate edible cookie dough for a delicious cookie-candy hybrid.
4. Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Cups: Add a layer of salted caramel on top of the peanut butter filling and sprinkle the top with some coarse sea salt.
5. Coconut Peanut Butter Cups: Mix shredded coconut into the peanut butter for a tropical twist.
6. Nutella Filled Cups: Swap peanut butter for Nutella for a hazelnut-chocolate twist.
7. Toffee Crunch Peanut Butter Cups: Mix crushed toffee bits into the peanut butter for added crunch.
8. S’mores Peanut Butter Cups: Layer peanut butter with marshmallow whip and crushed graham crackers.
9. Mini M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces Filled Cups: Add Mini M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces to the peanut butter filling for a crunchy (and delicious) surprise

Frequently Asked Questions About Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

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More Reese’s Recipes

If you love the taste of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and candies, check out these delicious recipes!

• Really Reese’s Cookies – With three different types of Reese’s candies, these are REALLY REESE’S Cookies! Chocolate and peanut butter in every delicious bite.
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Swirl – This fudge is so easy to make and it is incredibly delicious! It tasted like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in fudge form.
• Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats – It’s so easy to turn a traditional Rice Krispie Treats into Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats. Creamy peanut butter and mini Reese’s cups make it an extra special treat!
• Candy Bar Hot Chocolate – You’ve got to try this Reese’s Hot Chocolate. It is amazing how a little peanut butter can give a creamier, richer taste to hot cocoa!
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cake– This cake is so fun! It is a round cake that looks and tastes just like a giant Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup!