Make these irresistible homemade chocolate peanut butter cups in an ice cube tray, and take one right out whenever a chocolate craving hits!
Reason number 5,789 that you really need to buy an ice cube tray.
Oh, this could be dangerous.
Like, really dangerous.
These addictive chocolate peanut butter cups are easy to make and way too easy to keep eating until every last one is gone.
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I’d been wanting to try out the idea for a while, and this past weekend offered the perfect excuse: a party on the other side of the city, so I needed a dessert I could easily transport that wouldn’t melt during the drive.
It was technically an Oscars party, but none of us were as interested in watching the awards as we were in having an excuse to throw a party and eat food.
Chocolate and peanut butter > Television awards shows
Making these chocolate peanut butter cups takes just a few steps:
Step One:
Carefully melt chocolate chips, and pour into the bottom of your ice cube trays.
Step Two:
Divide the nut butter evenly above each chocolate-filled ice cube tray.
Step Three:
Cover with the remaining chocolate, then freeze to set the chocolate.
Once set, these ice cube tray candies can be stored in either the fridge or freezer.
Or you can leave them out at room temperature for at least a few hours.
Adapted from Homemade Healthy Chocolate Candies
Ice Cube Tray Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar
- 3-4 tbsp peanut butter, allergy-friendly sub, or even mashed banana
- 2 tsp pure maple syrup (or stevia to taste, and add an extra tbsp pb)
- 1 ice cube tray or mini cupcake liners
Instructions
- Gather your supplies. Grease an ice cube tray, and set aside. Carefully melt your chocolate. Pour about a third of the melted chocolate into the bottom of 8-10 molds. Mix together the nut butter and sweetener. Divide the nut butter evenly among the molds, placing it in the middle of each mold. Cover with remaining chocolate. Freeze to set the chocolate. These can be stored in the fridge or freezer, or they can stay out at room temperature for a few hours. Feel free to double the recipe!View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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(Can Be Oil Free!)
This is such a fun recipe! I just made this with my 2 year old. It was messy (everything is messy with a toddler-helper). But so worth the mess
Delicious and easy. Only problem is they are so good I want to eat them all. That’s a good problem to have!
Why in the world would you need maple syrup…pure sugar…in something already very sweet with the chocolate?
Agreed. I made some from a different recipe and in cup cake tin yet I think we can all agree the combo of peanut butter and chocolate is AMAZING!
What a great idea ! And we can make infinite variations… I just tried a fruit flavored version with almond and berries…
Coating : chocolate, a litte cocoonut oil and red raspberry organic aroma
Filling : almond butter, coconut oil + a frozen berrie
They are still in the frige and I’m eager to eat them ! I will try your recipe when I buy some peanut butter (husband just finished it yesterday !). Please excuse my poor english, I’m french 😉
I LOVE mint and chocolate together, so instead of the peanut butter filling, I mixed honey and a few drops of peppermint oil and layered it inside the chocolate. I’ve also made a coconut almond filling by mixing a few slivered almonds to my coconut butter in the processor.
I’ve recently had a huge craving for peanut butter and chocolate!! I blame Dunkin’ Donuts and their Reese’s peanut butter donut. Thank you for his easy recipe that I can have ready by tonight!
What did you grease the ice cube tray with?
You can use oil or oil spray.
Thanks Katie! These are soooo good and easy to make!
“A couple of hours” no way. I live in AZ twenty minutes at the max. But thanks for the recipe, I’ll be making these for Christmas this year. ? 🙂