WHY WHY WHY Haven’t I thought of this before!?! I was perusing the aisles of the grocery store this morning picking up a few things for later posts and found myself wandering down the Valentine’s Day aisle. I picked up a few boxes of my husband’s favorite candy and set it right back down. I’m not paying extra because it’s a heart shaped chocolate peanut butter stuffed candy. Then a light bulb went off and I pushed my little cart right on over to the baking aisle and grabbed two 4 oz. Bars and one 12 oz. bag of Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate. Rushed home and my version of Home Made Ghirardelli Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were born. I know I’m not an original in this, I’m sure there were hundreds even millions who beat me the punch on this one but I’m still really excited. A perfect Valentine’s Day Treat!
Makes 24 Mini muffin size.
Ingredients:
4oz. Bar Ghirardelli Premium Baking Bar
12 oz. Bag Ghirardelli Premium Baking Chips
½ Cup Favorite Creamy Peanut Butter
¼ Cup Powdered Sugar
2 Tbsp. Softened Butter
- Line muffin pan with liners-I found double lining them keeps the appearance of the cup much nicer
- In a double boiler or microwave or Large pot and glass bowl melt chocolate. BECAREFUL not to burn. ( I heat water in large pot and use my pasta insert and a glass bowl to get the bowl to the perfect temp. If you’re also using this method NOT BOILING WATER is key, and don’t let your bowl touch the water directly and make sure you are stirring it every so often.)
- In a medium sized bowl mix with spoon Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar and softened butter. Mix till creamy. Set aside
- Spoon chocolate into the bottom of each lined cup. Just enough that it covers the bottom and comes up the sides a bit.
- Next take a small blob or plop of peanut butter and place it in the center. I got messy with this one- I spooned it out and then pushed about a tip of my finger and a bit more into the chocolate lined cup. It worked great. Refrain from licking until ALL cups are filled! Then wash your hands of course.
- Once all cups are peanut butter blobbed use remaining chocolate to cover the tops. I used the bottom of the spoon to smooth it over once the pb plop was covered with chocolate.
- Cover and set in refrigerator. It should only take around 30 minutes maybe even less, for all the PB cups to set.
- Once the cups have hardened to loosen them u may need to tap the bottom of the tray on the counter.
- Package them up in a fancy box… Or just dive in and eat them!
- ENJOY!!!!
Line muffin pan with liners-I found double lining them keeps the appearance of the cup much nicer
In a double boiler or microwave or Large pot and glass bowl melt chocolate. BECAREFUL not to burn. ( I heat water in large pot and use my pasta insert and a glass bowl to get the bowl to the perfect temp. If you’re also using this method NOT BOILING WATER is key, and don’t let your bowl touch the water directly and make sure you are stirring it every so often.)
In a medium sized bowl mix with spoon Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar and softened butter. Mix till creamy. Set aside
Spoon chocolate into the bottom of each lined cup. Just enough that it covers the bottom and comes up the sides a bit
Next take a small blob or plop of peanut butter and place it in the center. I got messy with this one- I spooned it out and then pushed about a tip of my finger and a bit more into the chocolate lined cup. It worked great. Refrain from licking until ALL cups are filled! Then wash your hands of course.
Once all cups are peanut butter blobbed use remaining chocolate to cover the tops. I used the bottom of the spoon to smooth it over once the pb plop was covered with chocolate.
Cover and set in refrigerator. It should only take around 30 minutes maybe even less, for all the PB cups to set. Once the cups have hardened to loosen them u may need to tap the bottom of the tray on the counter.
“My Peanut Butter Cups bring all the squirrels to the yard!” This guy just came by to check out what all they PB hype was about. He came back with a friend too but I missed my photo op.
Then send your manly Husband off to work with a pretty pink package! HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!
Would love to hear about your Sweet Valentines day Treats!
Hey there – first, thanks for “liking” my blog post on Breeze and I hope you get to check it out. Second – YOU ARE MY IDOL!!! I JUST put a tweet out a little bit ago asking for ideas for V-day because I was having MarthaStewart-Block. These are PERFECT. I make candy a lot it is quietly my favorite thing to do and am going to make these for my co-workers, kids teachers etc. except instead of peanut butter (which i will do for myself as a peanut butter addict) for them I am going to use salted caramel that I have left over from something else. I also may try with coconut. So many varieties! You are the BEST, thank you!!!!!
Ohhhhhhh you just got some wheels spinning for me over here!! Salted Caramel sounds TO DIE FOR!! and Ps. You’re Hilarious but glad I could help!! haha
Uh……..YUM?! I can barely scramble an egg, let alone do anything like this. But I will use it as my food porn for the next week or so.
Hahaha! You can definitly do this! It’s Sooo Easy.. Just follow along. I have faith!
These look so good Lauren!! Love your blog
Thanks Laurie! I’m still trying to figure things out!!
Hiya! You had me at home made PB cups! Thanks for liking my blog post about being a foodie today! Best, Stephanie
My husband would love these! Ahhh … who am I kidding … so would I! They look awesome.
Hahah.. I know… I swear I made them for him
I had made a plan to learn to make peanut butter cups this year so now I can check that one off of my “to do” list. Thanks!
Oh man this sounds so good…im considering making a run to the store now
thanks so much for sharing. I will def give this a try, although might not look as great as yours 
Thanks! I would almost bet they will. They are SO easy! Let me know how they turn out PLEASE!
Woweeee! Those look yum-o-licious!
They were!!! My husband said they were eaten up pretty quick!
I just wanted to tell you scott let me try a peanut butter cup and it was the best piece of chocolate i have ever had
great work!!!
Hello! Thank you for liking my post too! Let me just say that these look INCREDIBLE! My boyfriend’s not big on sweets but my dad loves dark chocolate and peanut butter so I know exactly what I’m doing for his birthday in May!
These sound (and look) fabulous! Since it’s me and not my husband who loves peanut butter and chocolate, I think this recipe could prove dangerous. If anyone has a recipe for Turtles lurking, though, throw it on out there! He loves those, and it would save me from eating a whole batch of something myself!
Question: I love, love, love ANY kind of chocolate. The Mr. said it’s too dark. Can it be made w/o dark chocolate or is this just how it comes?
Absolutely! Make it so you & the Mr. Love it! Let me know how they turn out!
There needs to be a “love it” button next to the “like” button – this could be my favorite food post, EVER. Melted chocolate, peanut butter cups, recipe included AND you mention squirrels! Sigh of happiness. I’m definitely trying this recipe soon!!! Thanks!
HAHAH! Glad you liked it! Please let me know how they turn out!
I just wanted to say I really love your blog! My friends wife made these for us and they were unbelievable! You are amazing! Thank you!
Wow! Thanks for the compliments!! So glad they turned out well for her and you got to enjoy them!
ooh, yum! May I repost this? Oh please may I?
Absolutely as long as you don’t mind sharing where you found it! =)
Thanks, doing that now. I will be making this for my daughter’s 13th birthday – luau party, as chocolate & peanut butter are two of her three most favorite things to snack on (Oreo cookies is #1). So glad you liked my post, which made me find your blog. THANK YOU!!!
Yay! Happy 13th to your daughter! Officially a teenager!!
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Found this on http://www.parttimehousewife.com and HAD to share it. Can’t wait to make them!
Ooh Yum! Great site. Definitely have to take a look around!
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These truly look amazing! I wish I weren’t allergic to chocolate.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thank you. Being allergic to chocolate would be so hard! Happy valentines day!
Thanks for the Valentine’s Day wishes… Yeah, it was another blow to one of my favorite pleasures in life–eating chocolate. Alas, there are many pleasures though…
I wish I could like this more than once!!
OK, I DID IT!!! YUMMY is all I have to say… OH wait, super duper easy to. I think I’m making another batch. I am making some for my the Open House at our school tomorrow night. LOVE IT!!! Now I really need to start using my gym membership.
SO glad you tried it Diane! Thanks for letting me know how it worked out! And…I hear ya on the gym membership! haha
these look fantastic! my mouth watering just looking at them!!
Yum I must try make these for my man sometime. Love peanut butter, love choocolate so why not? Peanut Butter Cups aren’t something you can really buy here in NZ. We had an exchange student from the USA one time though and she had brought some with her. I had seen them on tv and stuff so it was cool to be able to have one in real life. So its great to have a recipe!
I will have to try there for sure!! YUMMY!! Thanks for sharing.
Yum! Thanks for liking my post on Calzones! I’m mostly blogging about vegetable gardening but that will inevitably lead to food posts. Wish chocolate bars grew on trees…
Wow, these look amazing. I love the ghiradelli chocolate. I will have to try these out with some homemade PB I just made.
They look so good great idea
OMG. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t make these look as good as you did but I must try. They look amazing!!!
Ohhh you could! They’re soo easy.
Wow. You’ve made my tummy rumble—in a great way.
Thanks for the recipe!
Haha! Thanks! Glad you like it.
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