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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Better than Reese's and you control the peanut butter ratio. The piping bag trick makes these look professional but it's just melted chocolate in a zip-top bag.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Cooling Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 2 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces semisweet chocolate
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 1/4 tsp table salt

Instructions

  • Line 24-cup mini-muffin tin with paper liners.
  • Crush chocolate into small pieces using rolling pin in zip-top bag.
  • Microwave half the chocolate at 50% power for 2 minutes total, stirring halfway.
  • Transfer melted chocolate to zip-top bag, cut small corner.
  • Pipe chocolate spirals into bottom of each liner.
  • Freeze 15 minutes.
  • Microwave peanut butter 1 minute, stir in powdered sugar, butter, and salt until smooth.
  • Transfer peanut butter mix to zip-top bag, cut corner.
  • Pipe peanut butter over frozen chocolate layer.
  • Melt remaining chocolate, transfer to bag, pipe over peanut butter.
  • Freeze 30 minutes until set.
  • Store in airtight container in fridge up to 2 weeks.