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Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups come together in just 15 minutes and are even better than the real thing!
Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are my jam. Hands down the first candy that I pick out of the Halloween bag. Love the peanut butter and chocolate combo. You can find Peanut Butter Bars or even Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs on the blog and they are my favorite treat!
As soon as I saw that you can make these easy peanut butter cups I had to make them. My youngest son loves to cook and help in the kitchen. He is always asking me to watch Food Network with him and already told me he would take over the blog when I die. So the blog won’t be going anywhere for a long time. 😉
We had so much fun making these on Friday night together. I had all of the ingredients on hand! And the best part is that we put them together in just 15 minutes.
The result was even better than expected! Dare I say that that these are even better than the real thing!? Because they ARE! The peanut butter center is out of this world. I could have eaten the peanut butter center by the spoonful. It is so good!
You just have to line the cupcake liners with melted chocolate, follow it with the delicious peanut butter center and top with the rest of the melted chocolate. These are so easy!
I am warning you that if you love peanut butter cups as much as I do, you won’t be able to stop eating them! They taste so much better homemade and they are fun to make! You are going to love these Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
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Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 1 sleeve graham crackers crushed (10 sheets)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cup peanut butter melted
- 3 cups milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line muffin tin with cupcake liners. In a medium sized mixing bowl mix together the crushed graham crackers, powdered sugar, and peanut butter. (I just softened mine for about 40 seconds in the microwave). Mix together until combined.
- Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl stirring 30 seconds at a time until smooth. Add a heaping teaspoon into the bottom of each cupcake liner and spread along the bottom. Follow it by a heaping tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture. Lastly add a heaping teaspoon of the melted to the chocolate and spread evenly over the peanut butter layer. Refrigerate for about an hour until set and firm.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are awesome. I did make a couple of adjustments per my family’s taste. I halved the peanut butter mixture and added a tablespoon of melted butter so that it spread easier.
Tried this today for a birthday celebration and it was definitely the favourite! This recipe is so easy and quick. Thank you very much!
Yum! I didn’t have any graham crackers so subbed some ritz crackers and worked out great! I love the texture it adds! Also the little
Bit of extra salt is good too! Thanks for the recipe!
Looks delicious and i am Looking forward to making these. How many does this recipe make of either the mini or regular size muffin tins?
The mini muffin tins make 30 cups and the regular make about 18.
Thank you. They taste great but perhaps a bit too sweet for some people (and a bit of a sugar rush). Next time I’ll try either less icing sugar, which will also make the filling a bit smoother (less dry) and easier to spread, or use semi-sweet chocolate with higher cocoa but less smooth. I’m curious if anyone has tried either variation.
The graham crackers is great texture.
These are SO good! I tried it with animal crackers because we were out of graham crackers and I liked it even better. we had extra peanut butter so I just ate that. SO good.
These look delicious and I want to try them…soon! My question is regarding the muffin tin. Am I to use the standard muffin tins and liners or are these for the mini muffin tins? Thank you!
These are mini muffin tins but either size will work. The amount will be different when serving.
My 15-year-old son made this by himself last week. They are DELIGHTFUL. I think I’d have to agree that these might be better than the real thing. For those commenters who are confused about graham crackers–do it. Use the graham crackers. He smashed them to near dust in the food processor, then used a masher and left some slightly larger pieces. It gave them a most excellent and tasty texture. Yes, the original Reese’s don’t have graham crackers in them, but the addition of them adds a nice texture that is similar to Reese’s filling and gave them a nice flavor. Thank you for this recipe!
Can I make this in a sheet instead of individual cups? What size sheet would I use?
Thank you! I can’t wait to try your recipe.
Yes, I would use a small sheet pan. It will crack and crumble a bit after hardening but it will be a great snack for sure!
Could I use ritz crackers instead? For some reason when I read 1 sleeve of gram crackers I grabbed a sleeve of ritz. Now that they are crushed I would kind of like to proceed with these crackers lol
You are welcome to try it with the Ritz crackers. That will give it a more buttery taste. Let me know how it turns out and what you think!
A few years ago I made these, which were to die for. I’m not sure where recipe came from but yours is closest to what I remember although it did call for ritz crackers. I’m trying again with your recipe. Thanks.
I don’t understand why graham crackers are in a homemade Reeses Peanut Butter Cup recipe. I promise I’m not stupid, but I don’t understand why graham’s are included. I will admit I can’t read the tiny print on the Reeses peanut butter cups, so if it is an ingredient I never knew it was.
I was trying to figure that one too. I just read the back of the reese’s and they do not contain graham crackers. I’m about to make them without out graham crackers.
how were they without the grame crackers.
The graham crackers gives the peanut butter its most accurate texture to the reeses peanut butter cup. Without it, it just doesn’t have that same peanut butter texture you would get when you eat a reeses peanut butter cup.
I love easy and fun recipes to share with my family
I have graham cracker crumbs in my pantry. Can I use them in the peanut Butter cup recipe? And, how much should I use?
Yes, that is a great idea! You would use about 1 cup for this recipe. These are delicious! Enjoy! XOXO
140 grams is the equivalent of about 10 graham sheets.
Alyssa, please explain
What is considered a sleeve? How much is this if the crackers are crushed?
1 sleeve graham crackers, crushed (10 sheets)
Yes, 1 sleeve is 10 sheets of graham crackers and then you would crush them up.
I want to make these today. I only have boxed graham cracker crumbs. How much will equal a sleeve of crackers in your recipe?
Also, other similar recipes call for adding coconut oil to chocolate chips. Is that necessary?
I am not sure about the other recipes. You may have to ask the blogger on those. For the graham crackers, you will need about a cup to 1 1/2 cups of graham crackers for 7-10 sleeves. Hope that helps! You will be in chocolate heaven!! XOXO
Do you use an all natural peanut butter? Would Kraft of Jif brand be okay?
Any type of peanut butter is great! Which ever that you love! These are amazingly delicious. Hope that helps! XOXO