How to Make Peanut Butter Cups at Home?

In the 1920s, when everyone seemed so bored with the regular candies, a man working at The Hershey Company came up with an idea of making a chocolate and peanut butter confection as a part of an assortment of candy. He goes to the basement of the company’s manufacturing unit and starts working on the product. The outcome indeed made everyone go crazy, and his newly invented candies soon became the bestselling item of the company. They not only helped the firm earn huge profits but also helped the man earn wide recognition for his work. He was none other than Harry Burnett “H.B.” Reese, an American inventor and businessman known for creating the No. 1 selling candy brand in the United States, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and later founding the H.B. Reese Candy Company.

The story of H.B. Reese is indeed a revolutionary one, and through this blog, we will discuss more about his product. If you want to make peanut butter cups at home, grab the ingredients listed below and follow along with the instructions. Believe it! They are way easier to make than you might think.

Ingredients

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 4 milk chocolate candy bars (coarsely chopped)
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 4-1/2 teaspoons regular butter (unsalted)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Paper-lined mini muffin liners

Instructions

Step 1: Stir peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, salt, and regular unsalted butter together until smooth.

Step 2: Melt chocolate chips and milk chocolate candy bars in a microwave. Stir until smooth.

Step 3: In each paper-lined mini muffin liner, spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of chocolate mixture.

Step 4: On top of every chocolate mixture-filled liner, drop a scant teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture.

Step 5: Cover each liner's top with another teaspoon of the chocolate mixture, and smooth out the top.

Step 6: Refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.

Step 7: Remove the liners and enjoy your homemade peanut butter cups.

Final Thoughts

Who would reject a molded chocolate candy with creamy peanut butter filling inside? Peanut butter cups are one of the most popular kinds of candy confection. People often don’t believe how easy it is to make this irresistible candy. With only a few ingredients and the simplest of directions, you can make homemade peanut butter cups in no time.