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.
Wanda
Chocolate and peanut butter are my favourite combo (fortunately my husband doesn’t like it so more for me!). I’m going to try these on the weekend!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
ENJOY…these are addictively delicious.
Amy
These were so delicious! What a tasty recipe that was the best of both worlds.
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I love these chocolate peanut butter cups too.
rebecca
seriously chocolate + peanut butter is the best flavor combo. Great idea to add nuts to the top for a nice crunch
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I love the crunch from the peanut topping too.
Dana Sandonato
Ohhh Gloria, these are fantastic! I’m a sucker for anything with PB so these were calling to me. Definitely going to make them again! (And again and again, lol 😉 )
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
Hard to resist for sure. Good thing they are easy to make.
Jean
Holy goodness, I died and went to heaven with these. I am now in a food coma and can’t wait to make them again.
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I know right? Move on over store bought candy, these chocolate peanut bites rock.
Marie-Pierre Breton
I moved to Europe or no ReeseLand and miss a lovely Reese bite so much! This recipe will bring me back home I’m sure! Yum!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
Well enjoy, this will fix your craving for the popular brand for sure.
Oscar
Oh yes, these look amazing. Chocolate and peanut butter is the best combo. Going to make these this weekend, I can’t wait.
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
Enjoy, they are so delicious.
Elizabeth
I need to try this with dark chocolate! I’m a total dark choc fiend and this looks gorgeous.
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
Dark chocolate will be great in these peanut butter bites.
Tara
These were so easy thanks! I used paper cups and it worked quite well. A big hit!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
Glad to know that paper cups work too. Makes for great looking chocolate cups.
Tina
These are the perfect combo of sweet and salty, plus super easy to make!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I agree, and we even like them better than the store brand.
Jessica Formicola
I made these bites with the kids last night and we all loved them! Our new go to snack when we want something sweet!
Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy
I am so glad to hear your family enjoyed these chocolate peanut bites.
Gail
Do these need to be kept refrigerated?
Homemade & Yummy
No you do not need to keep them refrigerated. They are very similar to the peanut butter cups in the store (ONLY BETTER)!!
Helene
Oh it’s that easy to make these peanut bites?! I found your video really useful in that case. So going to make this for my husband, he is a peanut addict and the peanuts we get here are really good and high in quality.
Homemade & Yummy
So easy….and these are soooo addictive too. Enjoy!!
prasanna hede
These sure are addictive! lovely recipe and clicks!.
Homemade & Yummy
You are right….they are ADDICTIVE….and DELICIOUS.
Megan M
These look like such an easy way to make your own chocolate peanut butter cups! Looking forward to trying this out.
Homemade & Yummy
YES…so EASY…and so ADDICTIVE!!