Peanut Butter Cups

Reese's claim to fame is their "perfect mix of peanut butter and chocolate". Since their classic peanut butter cups Reese's have come up with many other twists to keep their pb & chocolate fans happy. Check out their product website to see all of them. I, myself, have never really been a huge fan of peanut butter cups but I do admit to indulging in some Reese's Pieces every once in awhile (pronounced Reesees Peesees of course!)

A whole "section" dedicated to
 Reese's in the checkout line at Wal-Mart!!

If you look on the iconic orange & yellow Reese's Peanut Butter Cup wrapper you'll find that the only ingredients are: Milk Chocolate, Peanuts, Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, and TBHQ & Citric Acid (to preserve freshness). Seems pretty simple huh? (well minus the last couple weird ones at the end) Well it is! Here's the super simple recipe to make your own:

Reese's vs. Kelso's

Peanut Butter Cups


1 pkg milk chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
Mini baking cups

chocolate "painted" cups

1. If you wish, cut your baking cups down into the shape you desire--I cut about half off the top of regular cupcake cups.


2. Melt half the milk chocolate. Use a small spoon or brush to coat the cups with the chocolate, making sure to go up the sides. Refrigerate cups for about 30 minutes to let the chocolate set.


3. Combine peanut butter, sugar, & salt in bowl. Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a round tip.

Piped in pb...kinda looks like ___ !
Glad it doesn't taste it!!

4. Pipe the pb mixture into the cups, filling to just below the tops-make sure to smooth out so there are no air bubbles in it (I tapped them on the counter a little to settle them.


5. Cover the pb mixture with the remaining chocolate. Use a spoon to smooth the tops to the sides.


6. Refrigerate the peanut butter cups until set (about 1 hour) before removing them from their wrappers. Enjoy!

Smoothing out the chocolate tops with my chocolate brush

The crafty part of me really enjoyed this recipe, because I got to use paper, scissors, & a paint brush to make candy! I set up camp in the middle of my living room floor with all my chocolate painting supplies spread around me. I had the urge to paint the walls, furniture, my face with chocolate when I was done because it was so fun! Maybe I should consider becoming a chocolate artist!!

Obviously not the right size :(

So I cut off the tops!!

Yes, these did turn out pretty good, but I have to admit that after Matt tried one--he asked if he could also eat the store-bought Reese's that I was comparing my cups to...just goes to show it's hard to beat a classic :)