No need to stop at the store for your chocolate fix. These homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups are easy to make and delicious. I made them into heart-shaped peanut butter cups for Valentine’s Day, but you can also make them in mini cupcake liners.

Ingredients You’ll Need for This Recipe

It’s likely you have a lot of these ingredients on-hand and ready to go to make these homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups.

• Peanut butter – I used Skippy smooth
• Unsalted butter
• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Salt
• Chocolate – I used dark chocolate chips, but you can also use semi-sweet or milk

How to Make Homemade Heart-Shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

• Make the filling – to start, you’ll beat the butter and peanut butter together until smooth. Next, add the powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix until combined. You’ll notice the mixture resembles cookie dough.
• Freeze the filling – on a parchment lined baking sheet, roll out the peanut butter filling, about 1/2 inch thick. Freeze the filling for about 20 to 30 minutes. The colder the filling, the easier it will be to dip into chocolate
• Melt the chocolate – in a microwave safe bowl or over a double boiler, melt the chocolate.
• Cut out the hearts – once the filling is frozen, cut out the mini hearts. You’ll find mini heart cookie cutters at any local craft store.
• Dip the filling – dip each heart into the chocolate and shake off the excess chocolate. If desired, sprinkle coarse salt on top.
• Let cool – let the chocolates cool and set completely before serving.

Can this recipe be used to make Reese’s peanut butter cups in the original candy shape?

Absolutely! If you don’t want to take the extra time to roll out, freeze, and cut the hearts, you can easily make this recipe with mini cupcake tins.

Make sure to line the mini cupcake tins with mini cupcake liners. Pour about 2 to 3 teaspoons melted chocolate in each cupcake liner. Allow the chocolate to set a little. Add a teaspoon or two of the peanut butter filling and cover with another 2 to 3 tablespoons melted chocolate.

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Homemade Heart-Shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut butter filled chocolate hearts.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Chocolate

Keyword Heart Shaped Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar, measured then sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 11 oucnes dark, semi, or milk chocolate
• coarse salt, optional

Instructions

• Make the filling – to start, you’ll beat the butter and peanut butter together until smooth. Next, add the powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix until combined. You’ll notice the mixture resembles cookie dough.
• Freeze the filling – on a parchment lined baking sheet, roll out the peanut butter filling, about 1/2 inch thick. Freeze the filling for about 20 to 30 minutes. The colder the filling, the easier it will be to dip into chocolate
• Melt the chocolate – in a microwave safe bowl or over a double boiler, melt the chocolate.
• Cut out the hearts – once the filling is frozen, cut out the mini hearts.
• Dip the filling – dip each heart into the chocolate and shake off the excess chocolate. If desired, sprinkle coarse salt on top.
• Let cool – let the chocolates cool and set completely before serving.

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Butter Pecan Caramel Cookies

While I was baking my new Pumpkin Butter Pecan Cake (recipe coming soon), I started snacking on caramel baking chips. To balance the sweetness of the chips, I would throw in a pecan with every caramel chip. After a few bites, I stopped and realized I was loving the flavor combination. Almost instantly I was thinking about my Irresistible Peanut Butter Chip Cookies, made with nearly a cup of peanut butter. They are one of my favorite cookies and the recipe would be perfect for a pecan butter.

After I finished my cake, I got to work on the cookies. I made a few changes to the peanut butter cookie recipe, using more pecan butter and cutting out the milk because the texture didn’t need to be softened at all.

The colors may not be the most impressive, but I’m telling you – the flavor and texture of this cookie are sooooo incredible!

How to Make Pecan Butter

Homemade nut butter of any kind is truly so simple to make! Here’s everything you’ll need:

• 2 cups (300 g) chopped pecans
• 1 tbsp (13.6 g) olive oil
• Food processor

Combine the chopped pecans and oil in your food processor and mix until the mixture is soft and resembles a crunchy nut butter. The consistency should be easily spreadable.

How to Make Butter Pecan Caramel Cookies

Ingredients You’ll Need:

• All-purpose flour
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Vanilla
• Pecan butter (recipe above)
• Caramel baking chips
• Light brown sugar
• Egg
• Unsalted butter

If you can’t order the baking chips from Orson Gygi, I just heard that Trader Joe’s now carries a sea salt caramel chip too!

Instructions for Butter Pecan Caramel Cookies

• After you’ve made the pecan butter, you’ll start by combining the butter, pecan butter, and brown sugar together in a medium-size mixing bowl on medium speed.
• Mix the ingredients until well combined and then add the egg and vanilla.
• Once all of your wet ingredients are mixed, turn your mixer to low and add the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir in the caramel chips.
• Bake at 375 for 6 to 8 minutes.
• Allow to cool for about 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

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Melt in Your Mouth Butter Pecan Caramel Cookies

Soft and chewy pecan butter cookies filled with caramel chips.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Cookies

Keyword butter pecan, butter pecan caramel cookies, butter pecan cookies, caramel, pecan, pecan buttercream

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Total Time 23 minutes minutes

Servings 14 large cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (113 g) unsalted butter slightly cold
• 1 cup (250 g) pecan butter see recipe in post
• 1 1/4 cup (275 g) light brown sugar packed
• 1 tablespoon (13 g) pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon (4 g) baking soda
• 1 teaspoon (6 g) salt
• 8 ounces caramel baking chips

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter, pecan butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until well blended, about one minute. 
• Add the egg and beat until just combined.
• Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix on low speed until just combined. 
• Stir in the caramel chips.
• Using a cookie scoop (mine is about 2 tablespoons), drop cookie dough on lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until slightly golden brown around the bottom edge. Do not over bake. In fact, I like these underdone just a little. Let the cookies cool for about 10 minutes before eating.
• Makes about 14 large cookies.

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Must-Make, Irresistible Snickers Cookies

These cookies are a must-make recipe for two reasons: one, they’re incredibly delicious and two, they’re incredibly easy and fast to whip up. Plus, who doesn’t love a cookie filled with peanut butter, chocolate and caramel?! I’m not sure I can think of anything better.

These cookies were created as a result of pulling all the baking chips and treats from my pantry to see what kind of cookies I could whip up as fast as possible. When those cookie cravings hit, it’s hard to ignore them!

Ingredients

The ingredients for these Snickers Cookies are pretty basic.

• Peanut butter
• Butter
• Baking soda
• Flour
• Salt
• Vanilla
• Milk
• Peanut butter chips
• Peanuts
• Chocolate chips
• Snickers
• Egg
• Brown sugar

How to Make Snickers Cookies

I love how easy cookies are to make, and how fast they can be made and baked! So when a sweet tooth hits, an easy cookie recipe is usually my go-to when I’m in a pinch. You may recognize this recipe from my Peanut Butter Cookies. The base is soft and chewy and the flavor is just one of the best! I switched up the chips and added peanuts, chocolate chips, and Snickers to this cookie. I love how versatile this dough is!

Steps for making these cookies:

• First, whisk together the dry ingredients and set them aside.
• Next, cream the butter (use cold butter) peanut butter and brown sugar together until light and creamy, about two minutes on medium speed.
• Add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
• With the mixer on low, gradually add in all of the dry ingredients. Mix on low just until no streaks of flour remain. Don’t over mix the dough.
• Stir in all the chips, peanuts, and Snickers.
• Form all of the dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie. 
• Place the dough balls on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Make sure you leave about 1 to 2 inches between each cookie so they don’t bake into each other.
• Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. DO NOT OVER BAKE. You want to take the cookies out of the oven when they are set around the edges, but still very soft in the middle. The cookies will set up after they are out of the oven.
• Let the Snickers Cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 to 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.

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Must-Make Snickers Cookies

Soft and chewy cookies filled with peanut butter, peanuts, chocolate chips and Snickers

Course Dessert

Cuisine Cookies

Keyword Easy Cookie recipe, Snickers Cookies

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 14 large cookies

Author Courtney Rich

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (113 g) unsalted butter cold and cut into cubes
• 3/4 cup (187.5 g) creamy peanut butter I use Skippy
• 1 1/4 cup (275 g) light brown sugar packed
• 3 tablespoons (45 g) milk
• 1 tablespoon (13 g) pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cup (225 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon (4 g) baking soda
• 1 teaspoon (5.6 g) salt
• 1/2 cup Reese's brand peanut butter chips
• 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped Snickers

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until well blended, about one minute. 
• Add the egg and beat until just combined.
• Add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix on low speed until just combined. 
• Stir in the peanut butter chips, peanuts, chocolate chips, and Snickers.
• Using a cookie scoop (mine is about 2 tablespoons), drop cookie dough on lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Do not flatten these cookies like most peanut butter cookies call for.
• Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, or until slightly golden brown on top. Do not over bake. In fact, I like these underdone just a little. Let the cookies cool for about 10 minutes before eating.
• Makes about 14 large cookies.

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