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)

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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!

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! (1)
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  1. Ingredients in Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
  2. How to make these treats look like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
  3. A Quicker Method for Homemade Reese’s PB Cups
  4. Variations
  5. Frequently Asked Questions About Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
  6. More Reese’s Recipes
  7. Homemade Reeses Peanut Butter Cups Recipe

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.
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! (2)

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.
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! (3)

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!
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! (4)

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
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! (5)

Frequently Asked Questions About Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Can I use something other than chocolate chips for the candy coating?

While this homemade peanut butter cups recipe calls for chocolate chips, you can use chocolate melts instead. It won’t be quite as soft as the chocolate on the store-bought brand, but they’ll still taste chocolatey and delicious!

Do Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Need to Be Refrigerated?

Once the chocolate shell has hardened, there is no need to refrigerate these peanut butter cups. You can store them at room temperature until ready to eat! But, if you’re like me and you happen to love cold chocolate, pop a few in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container. Perhaps hide them behind the veggies so nobody but you knows they’re there!

Can I use other kinds of nut butter in this recipe?

Yes! Almond butter or cashew butter are delicious options for this homemade treat.

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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! (6)

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

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  • 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.
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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! (11)

Homemade Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

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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!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 0 minutes mins

Refrigerate 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course candy

Cuisine American

Servings 18

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a medium-sized bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and powdered sugar until well blended. Set aside.

    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! (12)

  • In a microwave-safe dish, combine peanut butter and 6 tablespoons butter. Cook in the microwave in 15-second increments, stirring in between, until melted and combined. Pour over the graham crackers mixture. Continue to stir until well combined. Set aside.

    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! (13)

  • In a microwave-safe dish, combine half of the chocolate chips (6 ounces) with 2 tablespoons of butter. Cook in the microwave in 15-second increments, stirring in between, until melted and combined. Set aside.

    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! (14)

  • Place cupcake liners in a cupcake tin.

    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! (15)

  • Using a paintbrush or pastry brush, paint each cupcake liner with melted chocolate. If using full-size cupcake liners, paint about one-third of the way up each cup. If using mini cupcake liners, paint halfway up each cup. Be sure to evenly coat the bottom and sides. You don't need to paint the chocolate super thick, just enough so you don't see any of the liner underneath. Place in the refrigerator to cool for about 5 minutes, or until chocolate hardens.

    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! (16)

  • Press about 1 tablespoon graham cracker mixture in each full-size cup (about 1 teaspoon for mini cups), making sure the top is somewhat flat. It doesn't need to be perfect; just make sure you don't go above where you painted the chocolate on the cup. Set aside.

    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! (17)

  • Add the remaining chocolate chips to the remaining melted chocolate in the microwave-safe dish. Melt with remaining 2 tablespoons butter, stirring every 15 seconds.

    Spoon a little chocolate over each peanut butter cup until the peanut butter filling is completely covered. You can lightly shake or tap the cupcake pan to even out the chocolate over the filling. You want the top of the peanut butter cups to look completely flat.

    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! (18)

  • Place in the refrigerator or cool area until chocolate hardens, about 20 minutes, or until the chocolate is no longer shiny, then serve!

    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! (19)

Notes

  • The paintbrush I like to use is a roughly half-inch-wide flat brush.
  • The amount of chocolate needed tends to vary each time, so keep a few extra chocolate chips on hand in case you need a bit more.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 276kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 5gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 158mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 237IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 1mg

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