Comments on: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

By: Rita J

Rita J — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:01:41 +0000

Thank you for the recipe, I will try this. I love/hate Reese’s peanut butter cups too.

By: Greg Wood

Greg Wood — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:38:58 +0000

12 paper muffin cups
One 12-ounce pkg. milk chocolate chips
1 cup reduced-fat peanut butter (very important- Better texture)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Paper muffin cups and chocolate -

1. Cut the top half off of the muffin cups so that they are
shallower.
2. Pour the chocolate chips into a glass bowl and melt them
in the microwave: Microwave at 50% power for 2 minutes. Stir
the chips gently, and let them sit for a minute or so. If the
chocolate needs more melting, microwave those chippies again at
half power for 30 seconds. Stir gently. Continue the process,
stirring gently as you go. But be very careful not to overcook
the chocolate or it’ll seize up on you like day old Carolina roof
tar.
3. Using a teaspoon, spoon a portion of the chocolate into the
middle of a muffin cup. Draw the chocolate up the edges of the
cup with the back of the spoon. Coat the entire inside of the
muffin cup with chocolate and place it into a muffin tin. Repeat
with the remaining muffin cups and then put the whole muffin tin
in the fridge so that the chocolate hardens.
4. Combine the reduced-fat peanut butter, powdered sugar and salt
in a medium bowl.
5. When the chocolate in the muffin cups has hardened, pop the
sweetened peanut butter into the microwave oven on full power
for 1 minute. This will soften up the peanut butter so that it
easily flows into the cups.
6. Spoon a small portion of peanut butter into each of the
chocolate-coated cups. Leave room at the top for an additional
layer of chocolate, which we’ll add later. Pop the candy back
in the refrigerator to harden the peanut butter. This should
take an hour or so.
butter filling has hardened, re-melt the
chocolate chips in the microwave on half power for 30 to 60
seconds. Use a teaspoon to spread a layer of chocolate over
the top of each candy. Chill the candy once again to set up
the chocolate.
8. Finally, remember to take the paper off the outside of the
peanut butter cups before eating them.
Makes 12 candies.

By: charlisa

charlisa — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:00:05 +0000

i love them there so deliocious and who ever dont like them thats your opinion all of u lames are weird period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: u8mypinkcookies

u8mypinkcookies — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:58 +0000

i love reese’s! i sometimes put it in the freezer before eating it. yummy!

By: river

river — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:07:13 +0000

I tried Peanut Butter Cups once when a friend from Texas sent them to my daughter. Way too sweet chocolate and the filling was so far removed from peanut butter I couldn’t swallow the first bite.Ugh!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:21:48 +0000

I live in Spain where Reese’s have yet to make an appearance. But I got done! I paid £1.50 for my pack of three – didn’t occur to me that they were more common now. Next time I’ll just go to Woolworths. Actually, I’ll try to find Oliver’s recipe first. :)

By: googleman81

googleman81 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:48:49 +0000

mmm peanut butter cups. white peanut butter cups are good too. but whats even better is hersheys take 5 and fast break. lots of stuff in them that is supposed to be peanut butter but deep inside i know it is not, still they are so good.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:31:07 +0000

Shakeaway also sell Reese’s and Oreo and I think Hershey bars. To be honest, they’re (Reese’s / Oreo / Hershey) quite widespread over the UK now.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:39:22 +0000

Sylvia.. that’s the point. At least, I think that was my point. It’s not that I actually like them, it’s just the childhood memories the conjure up. :)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:47:52 +0000

Try Woolworths (if you are in the UK?) – They again sell them in packs of three, but at 49p (or, just under $1) a pack.

Also I found a wonderful recipe somewhere, I think it was one of Nigella’s, on how to make nice peanut butter cup type things. YOu add butter, brown sugar, all sorts of stuff to the PB, but it ends up with a very reese-like texture. And you dont need to get a bag of emulsifiers, since this isn’t intended to stay on the shelf for a year!