The easiest peanut butter cups in a jar (homemade food gift!)
The easiest way to make peanut butter cups ... with only 3 ingredients (milk chocolate, white chocolate & peanut butter). Pile them into a glass jar, and they make the perfect last-minute Christmas gift!
Servings: 9 -10
Ingredients
- 2 ounces white chocolate
- 1/2 cup peanut butter smooth or crunchy – I like crunchy
- 11 ounces milk or dark chocolate your choice!
- a handful roasted salted peanuts chopped (I used a small food processor)
- 10 cupcake wrappers
Instructions
- Break up the white chocolate into pieces and melt it in a bowl together with the peanut butter. You can do this in the microwave in 30-second spurts (I find 3 x 30 seconds is about right) or in a glass bowl set over a pan of simmering water*.
- Stir the peanut butter and white chocolate mixture together well and set aside.
- Now melt the milk/dark chocolate in a separate bowl in the same way as described above.
- Line a cupcake/muffin tin with cupcake wrappers, and spoon a teaspoon of milk/dark chocolate into each. Then spoon a teaspoon of the white choc/peanut butter mixture on top. Freeze the whole tray for about five minutes.**
- Spoon another teaspoonful of milk/dark chocolate into each cupcake case and smooth it over a little so that it covers the peanut butter layer. Finally, sprinkle a pinch of nuts over each cup.
Notes
*If you choose the second option, make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water.
**Freezing after the white choc and peanut butter layer helps the top layer to go on more cleanly.
Nutrition
Calories: 325kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 78mg | Potassium: 358mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 4.4mg
