These delicious peanut butter dark chocolate cups have an irresistible melt-in-your-mouth texture. These one-layer treats are quicker and easier to make than most peanut butter cup recipes. Give them a try if you’re looking for simple homemade dessert ideas, like these soft and chewy peanut butter date cookies, which are another one of my favorite treats.

Ingredients and Substitutions

I prefer to use chopped dark chocolate when making these treats. You can substitute dark chocolate chips if you’d rather skip the step of chopping the chocolate.

Peanut butter dark chocolate cups on a white plate.

I like to use creamy peanut butter with no added salt or sugar in these treats. You can substitute any type of nut butter or seed butter you prefer.

Sea salt enhances the flavors of the peanut butter and chocolate nicely. You can use any type of sea salt you like in these treats.

How to Make Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Cups

Start by adding the chopped dark chocolate to a pot on the stove set to low heat. Cook, stirring constantly until the chocolate has melted, then immediately remove the pot from the heat.

Melted dark chocolate in a stainless steel pan.

Add the smooth peanut butter to the pot of melted chocolate, then mix well.

Melted chocolate and peanut butter in a steel pan.

Divide the peanut butter chocolate mixture into 12 portions in a mini muffin pan lined with mini paper baking cups.

Melted chocolate peanut butter cups in a mini muffin pan.

Immediately add a small pinch of sea salt on top of each chocolate.

Liquid peanut butter cups sprinkled with sea salt in a mini muffin pan.

Place the muffin pan in the fridge for at least 90 minutes before removing the chocolates and serving.

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Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Cups Recipe

These peanut butter dark chocolate cups are one of my favorite easy homemade treats. They have an irresistible melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 12

Cook Time 3

Chilling time 1 30

Total Time 1 45

Servings

Calories 173.7kcal

Author Jennifer Bell

Equipment

Mini muffin pan
Mini paper baking cups

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups chopped dark chocolate (or substitute dark chocolate chips)
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter (with no added sugar or salt)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

Add 1 1/2 cups chopped dark chocolate to a pot on the stove set to low heat.
Cook, stirring constantly, until the chocolate has melted, then immediately remove the pot from the heat.
Add 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter to the pot of melted chocolate, then mix well.
Divide the peanut butter chocolate mixture into a mini muffin pan with 12 slots lined with mini paper baking cups.
Immediately add a small pinch of sea salt on top of each chocolate.
Place the muffin pan in the fridge for at least 90 minutes before removing the chocolates and serving.

Notes

Store these treats in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two weeks.

Nutrition Estimates

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