Name: 10 Minute Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup dark chocolate chips; ½ cup peanut butter; 1 teaspoon coconut oil

One of my very favorite treats is homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. So rich and creamy, they're a wonderful little bite of dark chocolate heaven.

Honestly, these homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are one of those sweet treats I kind of hoard for myself. And so, I decided to share my recipe so you can have some--as long as I can still have mine. LOL!

If you're ready to make a hoard-worthy treat, grab your dark chocolate chips and let's get cooking!

Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Tips for Working with Dark Chocolate

Do not overheat the chocolate. The is no coming back from overheated chocolate. You can add a little oil to it and try to stir it out, but then you run the risk of thinning the chocolate out too much. So, just take care not to overheat it, then you can avoid the whole mess.
Stir between each increment of heating very well. If you want to make sure not to overheat your chocolate, stir stir stir. There's nothing wrong with stirring. You can't stir too much. As a matter of fact, if you stir a whole whole lot, you can get a nice, shiny finish on your chocolate. But I am not that committed. So, stir well.
Work efficiently and quickly. Once you have the chocolate well-melted, you need to go ahead and get moving on making your homemade dark chocolate peanut butter cups. If you mess around and don't work efficiently, you run the risk of your chocolate cooling too much and again seizing up. So, go with purpose and get the chocolate in the mold as efficiently as you can.

What You Need to Make Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

1 cup dark chocolate chips
½ cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon coconut oil

How to Make Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

In a medium bowl, combine dark chocolate chips and coconut oil. Heat in 30 second intervals in the microwave stirring well after each until chocolate is melted and smooth.
Pour one teaspoon of chocolate into the molds.
Heat peanut butter in microwave for a few seconds. Just enough to make it smooth and easy to spoon out,
Measure ½ teaspoon of peanut butter into each mold on top of chocolate.
Place in fridge or freezer for a few minutes until it sets up.
Add another teaspoon of chocolate on top of the peanut butter, creating a peanut butter cup. Allow to sit at room temperature of place in the fridge or freezer until fully set.

Isn't that just one of the most simple and fun recipes?! If you're loving this easy homemade candy recipe, but you're not quite ready to break out the peanut butter, be sure to pin this to your favorite desserts board on Pinterest so you can find it again super quick when you are ready.

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Yield: 6 Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

10 Minute Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

I love how easy it is to make your own homemade dark chocolate peanut butter cups. They're so tasty, even better than Reece's peanut butter cups.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup dark chocolate chips
½ cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

In a medium bowl, combine dark chocolate chips and coconut oil. Heat in 30 second intervals in the microwave stirring well after each until chocolate is melted and smooth.
Pour one teaspoon of chocolate into the molds.
Heat peanut butter in microwave for a few seconds. Just enough to make it smooth and easy to spoon out,
Measure ½ teaspoon of peanut butter into each mold on top of chocolate.
Place in fridge or freezer for a few minutes until it sets up.
Add another teaspoon of chocolate on top of the peanut butter, creating a peanut butter cup. Allow to sit at room temperature of place in the fridge or freezer until fully set.

10 Minute Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups