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DIY Peanut Butter Cups

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Wit & Vinegar
Updated Mar 16, 2017
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Peanut butter cups are an incredibly easy treat to make at home. DIY means endless possibilities for customizing with your favorite nut butter or chocolate.

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  • Peanut butter cups are an incredibly easy treat to make at home. Don't buy ... DIY! Peanut butter cups have always been my favorite candy. Any holiday that involves candy has me digging through the others and picking them out. As I’ve gotten older and started looking at ingredients, I’ve realized that there are way more things in my favorite candy than I would like. Making them at home means I know what goes in them – and endless possibilities for customizing with my favorite nut butter or chocolate. March just happens to be peanut butter lover’s month, so you can probably eat a whole batch of these to celebrate! The best part about these peanut butter cups is it only takes a handful of ingredients to make them. Three, to be exact: Chocolate, peanut butter, powdered sugar. Boom, done. This recipe should give you about 20 peanut butter cups so don’t make more than that or you’ll run out of chocolate for the topping! If you don’t want that little bump on top from the ball of peanut butter, just flatten each ball before you put it in the cup. These are so good and so easy to make you'll never need to buy store-bought peanut butter cups again!

DIY Peanut Butter Cups

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 20
  • Ingredients 3
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups chocolate chips (milk chocolate for classic flavor, or dark)

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Line mini Line mini muffin tin with mini cupcake wrappers. Melt peanut butter in the microwave in 30 second bursts until it’s melted, then sift in powdered sugar. Stir until mixture comes together and it’s smooth and the consistency of Play-Doh.
  • Step 
    2
    Use a teaspoon to measure out filling onto a plate, then roll into balls once it’s all measured out. Put in fridge while you melt chocolate.
  • Step 
    3
    Melt chocolate in microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring after each burst, until smooth. Place one teaspoon of melted chocolate in 20 wrappers.
  • Step 
    4
    Top each one with a peanut butter ball.
  • Step 
    5
    Top off each cup with two teaspoons of chocolate.
  • Step 
    6
    Chill in fridge for 20-30 minutes to harden.

Nutrition

140 Calories
8g Total Fat
2g Protein
15g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
140
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
8g
13%
Saturated Fat
3 1/2g
18%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
30mg
1%
Potassium
95mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
15g
5%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
13g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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