Peanut Butter Cups
Bite-size, 3-ingredient peanut butter cups just like the ones sold at Trader Joe's.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 9 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 6 oz . 72% dark chocolate, or milk chocolate, if preferred
Instructions
- 1
Melt the peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir in the powdered sugar until you get a cookie dough-like consistency.
- 2
Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon of the peanut butter into the palm of your hand and roll into a ball. Flatten out the top to create a chubby disc shape, then place on a wax paper-lined plate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 3
Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stop and give the chocolate a stir. Melt for another 15 to 30 seconds, stirring each time until the chocolate has completely melted.
- 4
Line 10 mini cupcake molds with paper liners. Remove the peanut butter discs from the fridge. Pour 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate into the bottom of each prepared cupcake mold, then follow with a peanut butter disc. Top each peanut butter disc with 2 teaspoons of melted chocolate.
- 5
Refrigerate the peanut butter cups for at least 30 minutes, until set.