Do you love Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs at Easter? I have a delicious homemade chocolate covered peanut butter eggs recipe.
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Homemade Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs
One of my favorite things around the holidays is to make homemade candies or bake goodies.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs during the Easter holiday are my absolute favorite. It is a favorite of my husband, children and grandchildren too.
A couple of years ago, I was determine to create a recipe that taste like the real deal. I believe these chocolate covered peanut butter eggs does the trick.
I love my recipe. The chocolate peanut butter eggs are delicious yet not super sweet. They are sweet and creamy not overly sweet like other recipes. They are rich so careful eating too many at one time.
These homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs dupes are wonderful gifts for family and friends. You can put a basket of them individually wrapped on a table.
This year, I am using this same recipe but making smaller versions of them. Wouldn’t smaller ones look beautiful wrapped in pastel color foil? Try something different.
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs
Equipment
- Kitchen Aid Mixer
- Large Egg Shaped Cookie Cutter Optional
- Silicone Egg Candy Molds
Ingredients
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter I love Jiffy's Brand for this recipe.
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 2 tbsp Half and Half Creamer or Milk could be substisubstituted
- 2 bag Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips 11.5 ounces each Do not use semi-sweet chocolate.
- 2 tbsp Crisco Vegetabl Shortening not the oil, use the shortening
Instructions
- Beat together powdered sugar, peanut butter, and melted butter together. Slowly add in two tablespoons of half and half creamer and continue to beat until dough begins to soften. Do not over beat your dough.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to ½” thickness. Use an egg-shaped cookie cutter of your choice to cut out the eggs. The size of your cookie cuter will determine the how many peanut butter eggs you will yield.
- Place eggs on a cookie sheet and put in the freezer for approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
- For dipping the eggs in chocolate, you will need to add 2 TBS of Crisco Shortening and two bags of milk chocolate chips into a double boiler and stir until well melted. You need to constantly stir so you do not burn the chocolate.
- Lay out along sheet of wax paper or aluminum foil enough for 12 large eggs or 24 smaller eggs.
- For the large eggs, place the cookie cutter on the wax paper and poured in some of the melted chocolate (approximately 2 tbs).
- Next carefully add the peanut butter egg on top the chocolate. I used a spatula to move the eggs. Now add two tablespoons of melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter egg.
- Carefully remove the cookie cutter and repeat until all 12 aredone. You will need to work fast because the chocolate needs to stay hot. The chocolate should flow down on the egg. If not, you can dip a knife in chocolate and cover the sides.
- Option: The silicone candy molds are the fastest way to go. You will add about a tablespoon of melted chocolate in the center of each egg in the mold. Working fast so the chocolate does not set, move the silicone mold around to evenly coat the walls and bottom of the eggs.
- Next you will need to cut you peanut butter in smalls that will fit into the mold. Drop the peanut butter egg into each mold.
- Now top the peanut butter with chocolate to completely fill the egg.
- Let this set for 2 hours or place in the refrigerator for one hour than pop them out of the mold.
- Using clear 4 x 6 cellophane treat bags, place either a large egg or a few smaller eggs and tie with grosgrain 3/8-inch color of your choice. I am using some in a beautiful turquoise color. You can also get the adhesive cellophane bags and add an Easter sticker to the front of the bag.
- It make approximately 12 large eggs or 24 smaller eggs with the silicone candy molds listed in my blog post.
Notes
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Renae Frey says
These sound delicious! I would love one in my Easter Basket, for sure. Hugs to you.
Tammy says
Hugs, my friend. They are pretty in an Easter basket.
laura says
Hi Leslie, I was looking forward to your post when I saw the title! Pinned the recipe! Happy Day! laura
Tammy says
Thanks so much, Laura and for pinning.
Wendy McMonigle McMonigle says
Oh my goodness! These looks so delicious… and dangerous. I would eat everyone! Lol
Tammy says
They are dangerous, Wendy. And, so delicious!
Kim says
Tammy, these look amazing!! Anything combining peanut butter and chocolate has my heart!! I’m going to have to give these a try! Thanks for sharing!
Tammy says
You cannot go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter. It’s hard not to eat them all!
Michelle | Thistle Key Lane says
Our family loves peanut butter so this is going to be a very popular recipe around here! Thank for sharing my friend!
Tammy says
Michelle, I hope your family likes them. My family and friends do.
Kate Rodgers says
Reese’s peanut butter eggs are one of my favorite Easter treats – pinning now to try this one out. What a cute gift idea idea this would make too!
Tammy says
Thank you, Kate! I love them and the Bird Nests.
Leslie Watkins says
Oh, I am such a fan of these and have pinned them! LOVE your gift wrapping of them. So sweet!
Tammy says
Thank you, my friend. I am so glad you liked it.
Leanna says
These look so much better than boughten. I particularly like how you packaged them so they can just sit there tempting everyone.
Tammy says
Thank you, Leanna. I thought that color ribbon was so pretty. I will have to find some more pretty ribbon for my Easter candies.
Kim Waldorf says
Is there anything better than chocolate and peanut butter? Yum!
Tammy says
Me too, Kim!
Carol@Blueskyathome says
Oh, dear, those are so cute and sound delicious. You can’t beat the combo of chocolate and peanut butter. There aren’t enough chocolate eggs in the world. Thank you so much for sharing at Celebrate the Holiday, Leslie.
Tammy says
Carol, these eggs are delicious and my favorite!
Regina Jenkins says
Tammy, I am a huge fan of peanut butter and chocolate. I have never tried to make easter eggs. I am looking forward to trying these. I love how you packaged them too, adorable. Pinned.
Tammy says
Regina, if you have time to make homemade candy it is so worth it. Thank you for pinning it.
Linda Johnston says
A special fun treat. Maybe I can get my daughter to make these together for the grandkids and friends
Tammy says
Linda, it would be perfect gifts for family and friends.
Marie says
Yum! Chocolate and peanut butter is a top combo for me. These look amazing!!
Tammy says
Thank you, Marie. They are delicious.