Halloween Peanut Butter Cups

These peanut butter cups are the perfect Halloween candy to make at home! We use a combination of milk and white chocolate to make these adorably spooky bats and ghosts. They’re perfect as a fun activity for the whole family to make and enjoy once the chocolate has set, along with their gooey peanut butter filling.

To make this recipe vegan, you can change out the milk chocolate for dark, or use your favorite dairy-free milk chocolate brand. White chocolate may contain milk products as well, so feel free to substitute for dairy-free substitutes such as Pascha™ White Baking Chips, which the co-op carries in the baking aisle. If you’d prefer to use natural sugars in your peanut butter cups, you can substitute 3-4 soaked dates for the powdered sugar and blend the dates and peanut butter together. If you or someone you’re serving has a peanut allergy, any nut butter would be a perfect replacement in this recipe.

Additionally, a 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips contains about 2 cups. If you’d like to make the exact amount the recipe states, two 12 ounce bags of chocolate will do the trick. This recipe also recommends that you use miniature muffin liners and tin to assemble your peanut butter cups in. You may use a miniature muffin tin without the liners, so long as you grease your tin very well to ensure the cups will not stick to the tin. We recommend using butter, coconut oil or nonstick cooking spray. You will also need 2 bags that you can cut to create a piping bag for the chocolate. This could be a pastry bag or plastic bag with a small cut in the corner, although you may use a spoon and the tines of a fork if you trust that your hand is steady.

 

Ingredients:

2 cups milk chocolate chips
2 cups white chocolate chips
½ cup peanut butter
3 T powdered sugar

 

Instructions:

Line 2 miniature muffin tins with miniature muffin lines. Set it aside.

Line a small plate with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl, add your peanut butter and powdered sugar. Stir until combined and set it aside.

In a medium bowl, melt all of your white chocolate chips. If you are using a microwave, set the microwave for ½ power and set the timer for 1 minute. Remove the chocolate from the microwave and stir. Microwaving it again at ½ power for one minute.

Transfer your melted chocolate into a piping bag.

Pipe a layer of chocolate to cover the bottom of each liner in one mini muffin tin.

Add about a tablespoon of peanut butter filling into each liner.

Pipe a second layer of chocolate into each liner to cover the peanut butter, filling it to the top. Place the tin in the refrigerator to begin setting.

In a second medium bowl melt 1 ½ cups of your milk chocolate chips. If you are using a microwave, set the microwave for ½ power and set the timer for 1 minute. Remove the chocolate from the microwave and stir. Microwaving it again at ½ power for one minute.

Transfer your melted chocolate into a piping bag.

Pipe a layer of chocolate to cover the bottom of each liner in one mini muffin tin.

Add about a tablespoon of peanut butter filling into each liner.

Pipe a second layer of chocolate into each liner to cover the peanut butter, filling it to the top. Place the tin in the refrigerator to begin setting.

Using the same bowl as your milk chocolate, melt the remainder of your milk chocolate for 1 minute on ½ power in your microwave. Add the melted chocolate to your piping bag.

Remove the white chocolate peanut butter cups from the refrigerator and pipe small dots on them to create a spooky face, like shown in the photo. When complete, put them back into the refrigerator to set.

Using the remaining milk chocolate, pipe wing shapes onto your parchment lined plate. Put them in the refrigerator to set.

Allow all of the chocolates to set in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

To serve, remove the peanut butter cups from the mini muffin tins. Carefully remove the bat wings from the parchment paper. If there are exposed spots of peanut butter filling, you may stick the bat wings into the sides of the cup. If not, place them underneath the cup to give the illusion of wings.

Enjoy these spooky treats!