Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites are over-the-top delicious. Sweet, salty, creamy peanut butter-flavoured chocolate treats. Perfect little bites of dreamy goodness.
Homemade chocolate treats are so delicious. I love making them for food gifts. You might also like to try my chocolate coconut nests or bourbon chocolate fudge too.
If you love the taste of Reese’s cups and buckeye candy, you will love this recipe. You can never go wrong with the flavours of peanut butter and chocolate.
RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for these homemade peanut butter chocolate cups can be found at the bottom of this post.
I will be the first to say I am not a chocolate lover. How can this be? I like chocolate but won’t go as far as saying I LOVE it. Don’t fret, my hubby and oldest daughter are chocolate fanatics. They make up for me and my youngest daughter, we are the savory lovers in the family. Sort of the perfect balance of sweet and salty.
Now, I am a peanut butter LOVER. I can eat it off the spoon (and often do). If I am starving and need a really quick fix, sticking a spoon in the peanut butter jar is my go-to solution.
Warm a nice BIG spoonful of it in the microwave. Slice a banana into the warm peanut butter, mix and enjoy. Spread on toast, or in a peanut butter and jam sandwich, are both delicious too.
4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups
That’s right, you only need 4 ingredients for these chocolate bites.
- milk chocolate
- peanut butter
- roasted peanuts
- white chocolate
Making Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
Full instructions are in the recipe card below. Continue reading for some great tips as well.
Get some good quality milk chocolate. Don’t skimp here, buy the good stuff. I prefer milk chocolate, but by all means dark works just as well. You can even try a combination of both.
Melt the chocolate and the peanut butter. I used the microwave (yes I think chefs should use them sometimes). I poured the mixture into a measuring cup to make the next step easier.
Pour the chocolate and peanut butter mixture into each of the cups. You can make these as thick as you like. Guess it depends if you want these to be a 2-bite or 4-bite treat.
Next, top each cup with some dry roasted peanuts. This is where the sweet and salty flavour combo comes into play. Finish with a bit of melted white chocolate. If you happen to think white chocolate “is not a thing” like my daughter, replace it with dark chocolate.
Suggestions/Recipe Tips
All chocolate should be good quality, no matter if it is milk, dark, or white. It really does make a difference in the taste. Grab some really good chocolate bars, you won’t be disappointed.
Silicone baking cups really make the job easy, and make a really nice edge on the chocolate. You can also use a silicon muffin pan.
Peanuts can be any variety you like. I used dry-roasted. You can also use flavoured peanuts as well.
Store in an air-tight container. These will last for several weeks (but not in my house LOL).
However you decide to mix and match the chocolate peanut flavour combo here, you will have a delicious treat every time. Now the hard part, waiting till they set. If you are in a hurry (like me) put them in the fridge. They will set much faster, meaning you can eat them sooner.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
Ingredients
- 10 ½ ounces milk chocolate (good quality)
- 3 ounces peanut butter (I used smooth)
- 1 ½ ounces dry roasted peanuts (for garnish)
- 1 ½ ounces white chocolate chips (for garnish)
Instructions
- Roughly chop the milk chocolate, and place in a glass bowl
- Place in the microwave, and melt. This will take a few minutes depending on the temperature of your microwave. Be sure to stir often, and don’t burn it.
- Once the chocolate is melted, add the peanut butter and stir. Place back in the microwave for a minute to be sure the peanut butter is melted.
- At this point you can transfer your warm mixture into a measuring cup to ease in pouring. You can also use a ladle if you wish.
- Arrange your silicone cups on a dish or tray. This makes them easier to transport once they are filled.
- Pour a small amount of the chocolate/peanut butter mixture into each cup. The amount is totally up to you.
- Top each cup with some dry roasted peanuts.
- Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave.
- Place melted chocolate in a piping bag, with a small decorating tip attached.
- Drizzle some white chocolate over the peanuts. Alternatively you can use a spoon to drizzle if you wish.
- Let chocolate set. If you are in a hurry, place into the fridge. This will speed up the process.
Christine
Yum! These look delicious. Would love one of these right about now! Loving this recipe 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you give it a try…I know you would LOVE it.
Eileen
Chocolate & peanut butter are a match made in heaven. I can see that these would be completely addictive!
Homemade & Yummy
Yup…one is not enough.
Vanessa
So simple and yet I’m sure you’re right, completely addicting! I mean, who can say no to chocolate and peanut butter??
Homemade & Yummy
I can’t say no…that’s for sure.
Daniela Anderson
Yes, yes, yes to all the questions, l have a way too sweet tooth, addicted to chocolate and big fan of beanut butter. So, can l now have all of these beauties? I’ll have to make them now, that’s for sure. Perfect weekend treat!
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH…well totally ENJOY…but seriously how can you not…they are SOOOOO good.
Adriana Lopez Martn
What a perfect chocolatey treat nothing like homemade desserts. I need one now =)
Homemade & Yummy
Well they are easy to make….so you could have some made before you know it.
Joyce
Wow this looks good. Now I crave some good chocolates
Homemade & Yummy
OMG I cannot tell you how delicious they are. Hope you give them a try and see.
Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife
Your photos are gorgeous! They make me want to reach right in and grab a handful of these yummy milk chocolate peanut bites! My whole family would LOVE this recipe. Can’t wait to try it!
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks so much.They are so easy to make…and disappear right before your eyes.
Vicky Chin
This looks sooo delicious ! Any my daughter (she is 9) will love it ! The recipe is easy enough for her to make it, thanks for sharing ! I am pinning it !
Homemade & Yummy
Have fun making them…they are so easy….and SOOOO delicious.
Pamela (BrooklynFarmGirl)
They look irresistible! I will make these for sure 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
Yes…that they sure are. ENJOY…I know you will!!
Mari
You had me at chocolate milk! In adition to this great photos, you got yourself another one who will make sweets by your recipe! 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH…thanks so much. I know you will LOVE them.
Natalie Browne
You had me at chocolate and peanut 🙂 These look super yummy! I have no trouble believing they would be extremely addictive
Homemade & Yummy
Yes they are…hope you give them a try.
Srivalli Jetti
These bites look so sinful and inviting.I won’t mind a plate for myself right now. Bookmarking this for sure to make it myself. thanks for the recipe.
Homemade & Yummy
I know once you make them…you will want to keep making them…and eating them!!
Derek | Dad With A Pan
Yum – These look super creamy! I’ll have to make a batch of these over the weekend, my son will devour them!
Homemade & Yummy
Oh yes …will you…you won’t be able to resist eating them.
Veena Azmanov
Oh I haven’t made Peanut buttercups in years.. I use to love making something similar with really dark chocolate and now looking at these….. Oh I’m gonna make them soon.. Yum Gloria… They look perfect.!!
Homemade & Yummy
These are deadly delicious.
Nicole Shillings
Yuuuuummmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyy! These remind me of something my grandmother would have made when I was a kid!
Homemade & Yummy
They are soooooo goooood!!!