Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

5 from 10 votes

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

A homemade version of one of my favorite treats, this dark chocolate peanut butter cup recipe is easy to make and uses only 4 ingredients: chocolate chips, peanut butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup.

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Kosher, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: cups

Calories: 247kcal

Author: Candice Walker

Ingredients

Nut Butter Filling:

½ cup unsalted peanut butter or natural almond butter
1 tbsp pure maple syrup

Chocolate Coating

2 cups dark chocolate chips
1 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
Mix the nut butter filling ingredients well in a bowl. Freeze for 20 minutes.
Keeping your hands wet (so it doesn't stick as much) roll the nut butter filling into 12 2-3 tsp balls. Freeze for 5-10 minutes.
In the meantime in a double boiler melt the chocolate chips and oil. You can also do this using a mircowave*.
Add 2-3 tsp of melted chocolate to each muffin tin cup. Tap the muffin tin so the chocolate settles. (Tip: To add the 2-3 tsp, use the tbsp measuring spoon. If you fill the tbsp and pour, there is chocolate still stuck to the spoon... just the right amount.)
Gently add one nut butter disc to each cup.
Top with 2-3 tsp of melted chocolate.
Freeze for 20 minutes.
Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks...if they last that long.

Notes

This recipe works with milk chocolate chips, bittersweet chocolate chips, and even white chocolate chips, so pick your favorite and go from there. You can even use vegan chocolate chips to make this recipe vegan.

I use maple syrup as the sweetener in this recipe, but you can substitute with agave nectar, honey, and even monk fruit syrup.

I have used both unsalted creamy and unsalted crunchy peanut butter to make this recipe, depending on what I have in the pantry. Both work, but creamy yields a more classic texture.

*To melt the chocolate in a microwave, simply add the chocolate and coconut oil to a bowl and microwave it for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until fully melted.

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