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How to make milk chocolate peanut butter cups

by lemonie on April 5, 2010 Table of Contents How to make milk chocolate peanut butter cups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro: How to make milk chocolate peanut butter cups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Ingredients & other materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Stage 1 - hollow chocolate cups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 3: Stage 2 - peanut butter filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 4: Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 6

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Author:lemonie author's website

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Intro: How to make milk chocolate peanut butter cups

This was a bit of an experiment to see if I could manage something like Reese's king size cups. I don't really like these things but my sister does and they're hard to find in the UK (and expensive). A fairly simple task I thought - chocolate, peanut butter, sugar. Reese's list the ingredients as milk chocolate, peanuts, sugar, salt (& preservative). The only other Instructable I could find like this is this one. The method of construction is different, but probably a bit easier if you don't want the classic cup-shape. Thank you for the peanut butter cups, i have just eaten one, it was lush. X (verdict by SMS)

Step 1: Ingredients & other materials

I used: ~100g Icing-sugar, otherwise known as confectioner's sugar. This packet is white powdered refined cane-sugar. ~100g Peanut butter (smooth). This jar claims the ingredients to include 92% roasted peanuts and some salt. Yes the label does advise that it "Contains peanuts." ~200g Chocolate. Use what you like, I went for "Chocolate flavour cake covering", as this is the sort of thing my sister likes. For making the cups, I used some "white baking cases", an improvised bain-marie and a few other common kitchen tools.

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Image Notes 1. 2.10, that's $3.20 today

Image Notes 1. white baking cases

Step 2: Stage 1 - hollow chocolate cups

If you take baking cases out of the packet, you tend to find them sagging, add weight to them and they'll sag some more. So I cut up a kitchen-tissue inner-tube to hold the sides of baking-cases vertical, which did a pretty good job. Melt the chocolate in whichever way works for you. I improvised a bain-marie by sitting a bowl on top of a pan simmering water gently. Add a spoon of molten chocolate to a baking case, and push it up the sides with a small spoon. It will relax back down to the bottom, leaving a coating on the sides. Leave the chocolate to cool and move on to the next case.

Step 3: Stage 2 - peanut butter filling

Mix peanut butter & sugar together until you've got the sweetness you like, I went roughly 50/50. To fill the cups - warm the filling, but only warm it, to around body temperature. I found the mixture to be thixotropic i.e. it would liquefy to an extent if shaken, so one blob in each cup, a bit of a shake and the filling settled nicely.

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Image Notes 1. It may look liquid, but it's really just smooth on top.

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Step 4: Finish
To finish the cups, add a spoon of chocolate to the top, give a bit of a shake, and let them cool. With a bit of practice I could do better, and so could anyone else. But the things worked, I ate one it was just fine (and I don't really like these things). I made 10 cups from the ingredients, they'll be ~40g (twice the Reese's) ~200 kcal.: they are high in fat and sugar.

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"Create Your Own" Brownies by werniea

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lil larry says:

Mar 6, 2011. 2:35 PM REPLY An easier way to make this: Simply take baking chocolate and melt it. Mix sugar and peanutbutter together and then get a cup cake thingy and stick the chocolate in and push the peanut butter in and let it sit. After it hardened then eat!

fretted says:
Im gonna try making mallo cups like this MMMMMMM Yummy

Feb 20, 2011. 7:20 PM REPLY

lemonie says:
Do show us what you do! L

Feb 22, 2011. 12:58 PM REPLY

Z.Backas says:

Feb 11, 2011. 5:41 PM REPLY I just made these, but made a few updates to them! -I put them in silicon heart-shaped cups which provide support on their own -i used organic peanut butter, but because of this I needed to use about two tablespoons of canola oil to the mix along with the sugar The only problem I had with them was that even after putting them in the freezer for ten minutes, the organic peanut butter did not harden to the usual peanutbutter cup consistency, but still tasted great!

lemonie says:
Yes, I wanted to use silicone - nice looking sweeties there! L

Feb 12, 2011. 1:56 AM REPLY

Freshy-42 says:

Feb 8, 2011. 8:02 PM REPLY Wow, being American, I didn't realize other countries don't have Reese's Cups widely available. That's really an abstract thought for me.. Anyway, love the idea and even though it'll cost more for me to make them than it would be to drive to any nearby store and buy some, I am totally going to make these :)

Cr4zy_Dud3_0n_F1r3 says:
I was just about to say the same thing.:)

Feb 9, 2011. 12:51 PM REPLY

loopty says:

Feb 8, 2011. 7:38 PM REPLY I'm American so I can get actual ones fairly easily but I've always wanted to make a less processed version, so thanks! I will have to try this!

shauden says:

Dec 8, 2010. 3:32 AM REPLY i make these all the time now, its hard to find peanut butter cups here in australia and omg, since i found this recipe myself and my whole family love them, so thank you so much!

pinkpanther says:
Oh!!! These look delicious!!! I'm planning to use cup shaped chocolate moulds to get mini cups.

Dec 8, 2010. 1:40 AM REPLY

Luna Panda says:

Dec 3, 2010. 9:12 PM REPLY My first batch was a bit bitter because I used baking chocolate. So, I tried again with Hersey's chocolate. *V* It was AMAZING! <3 :D Now I'm going to make lots! Thanks so very, very much for this lovely instructable. <3

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lemonie says:
Hershey's would be best, but I couldn't find any. Glad you got something nice out. L

Dec 4, 2010. 12:53 AM REPLY

sharlston says:

Dec 1, 2010. 6:22 AM REPLY just made these,they failed,I melted all 200g of chocolate and put them in the bottom of the cases since you didnt mention saving any for later, :(

lemonie says:
Well I had assumed that people would think about what they were doing.

Dec 1, 2010. 12:47 PM REPLY

sharlston says:

Dec 2, 2010. 5:06 AM REPLY Well it wasnt me it was my mum,i printed the ible out and give it to her,apparently shed never made or seen these before,they failed but there still as nice :D

graeme.t.cooper says:

Nov 30, 2010. 8:09 AM REPLY I am addicted to peanut butter cups. Have been since I was a little boy. I just finished the clean up for this. I can't wait to have my first, homemade peanut butter cups! I'd better leave one for my wife.

graeme.t.cooper says:

Nov 30, 2010. 9:35 AM REPLY ok, my wife has come and gone for lunch. I am never to buy peanut butter cups again, no matter how much work (and I didn't tell her how easy these were to make) this recipe is.

lemonie says:
Oh good, I thought similar thoughts. L

Nov 30, 2010. 12:49 PM REPLY

shauden says:
we have them here in australia but only in special stores. and last week i tried them for the first time and fell in love ;)

Nov 28, 2010. 8:22 PM REPLY

hope_1998 says:

Nov 22, 2010. 5:50 PM REPLY I am about to go down stairs at my house go in the kitchen and make me some deeeeeeeelisous peanut butter cups homemade!!! OMG!!!

Worsmt956 says:
mmm, i want it. who can cook for me? i kiss you =) This is my site - http://megaxak.ru/

Nov 22, 2010. 4:01 PM REPLY

your dog says:

Oh yeah every time I visited my friends in the UK we brought a TON over! Thanks for the flashback, those look good!

Nov 22, 2010. 8:42 AM REPLY

Zion_Sphere says:
we don't have these in the uk but I am drooling like a fountain of biscuits, pure kitchen dreams :)

Aug 29, 2010. 1:30 PM REPLY

rawknexstuff says:
Drooling like a fountain of biscuits... I might use that sometime. :)

Nov 21, 2010. 3:00 PM REPLY

sharlston says:
We do you just have to look for them

Nov 7, 2010. 11:37 PM REPLY

dlewisa says:

Nov 21, 2010. 1:13 PM REPLY I have never liked the powdered sugar and peanut butter mixture used in these. Aside from always being too sweet I always think (though it might be imagined) that I can taste and feel the 10% corn starch in the powdered sugar. Check out the chow.com recipe for these. Theirs is the closest match I've found for that Reese's taste and texture. The texture is spot on, but the taste is still not quite there. At least they are not cloyingly sweet.

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Xamith says:
I just made something similar with white chocolate, thanks for the inspiration!

Nov 21, 2010. 11:38 AM REPLY

missylim says:

Apr 14, 2010. 3:35 AM REPLY i used smaller baking case...& used a ferror rochers tray to hold the cases...but having problem melting my chocolate...it became grainy...any ideas why?

think3000 says:
if you melt it to much it burns it then it becomes dry and grainy

Aug 19, 2010. 12:36 PM REPLY

WhyHello says:
add whipped cream hope this helps :3

Nov 19, 2010. 5:19 PM REPLY

lemonie says:

Apr 14, 2010. 10:41 AM REPLY It depends what chocolate you use of course. If the cocoa solids settle and the fat floats, you get stiff stuff at the bottom, and runny up top. Stirring it well will fix that. (If you've got water in the chocolate you'd have to start again). L

gedda says:

Nov 19, 2010. 2:07 PM REPLY Can't wait to try this! I've always had a terrible time using a double-boiler to melt chocolate. One errant drop of condensation and the whole lot seizes-up like mortar. A while back I stumbled upon this ganache recipe by Alton Brown (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/ganache-frosting-recipe/index.html). Using the 1:1 ratio in the recipe yields a very soft ganache so it wont work for this application. But I suspect that 1 part heavy cream to 3 or 4 parts chocolate would produce a much firmer consistency. Really the lesson to take away from Alton's recipe is his use of very finely chopped chocolate to ensure quick and even melting.

sharlston says:

Nov 14, 2010. 12:13 PM REPLY I dont normally cook or bake but this inspired me to make some,theyre awesome ill have pictures soon,they where amazing,thankyou.

Squash says:

Nov 6, 2010. 4:50 AM REPLY $3.20??? Wow. That is crazy. Reese's is my favorite candy bar and I think if that price was the only choice I had, I would also make them from scratch! On sale, I can get two packages of two count for $1. The vending machine at work would be $1.80 for two packages. That is crazy talk. LOL. Thanks for the idea!

lemonie says:
Expensive import. L

Nov 6, 2010. 7:38 AM REPLY

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Sep 27, 2010. 11:47 PM

S189 says:
They look great and I bet they tasted great too. Now I want one...mmm.

Aug 11, 2010. 8:50 AM REPLY

farzadbayan says:
Nice and delicious !

Jul 17, 2010. 5:31 AM REPLY

kray953 says:

Jul 13, 2010. 12:33 PM REPLY i dont like penut buter so i filled it up with melted chocklate nd when you bite it the chocklate inside is not hard so its like lindults or summit like dat

uniqueutopia says:
Groovy butter cups! Thanks for the instructable... will be trying this out soon...

Jun 23, 2010. 8:50 AM REPLY

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cowscankill says:
Delicious. I just used this instructable as guide lines and made some pretty nice looking peanut butter cups :D

Jun 22, 2010. 6:06 PM REPLY

geodez says:
I bet a peanut butter cup pie would go over well this thanksgiving.

Jun 2, 2010. 4:43 PM REPLY

lemonie says:
When is that? (I'm not in the US) L

Jun 3, 2010. 1:39 PM REPLY

geodez says:

Jun 3, 2010. 8:30 PM REPLY Thanksgiving is a holiday in america where we all celebrate the taking advantage of and ousting the Native Americans from their homelands, it is celebrated by everybody eating a lot and watching football (except at my grandmothers house where we celebrate thanksgiving.) Which is why thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays (not because of my grandmothers house.)

lemonie says:
I knew roughly what it was, I can't remember when. L

Jun 4, 2010. 12:42 PM REPLY

geodez says:
The Third Thursday in November.

Jun 4, 2010. 5:19 PM REPLY

lemonie says:
Thanks L

Jun 6, 2010. 8:41 AM REPLY

geodez says:
You are welcome.

Jun 6, 2010. 10:00 AM REPLY

cupcake43 says:
yum

May 13, 2010. 4:45 PM REPLY

Punkguyta says:
Awe what the hell lemonie?!? These look so friggin awesome!

May 7, 2010. 3:19 PM REPLY

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