Peanut Butter Chocolate Hearts Recipe (Homemade Reese's)

I love Reese’s hearts around Valentine’s Day! These taste just as wonderful as the actual thing, but make a darling gift to package up and give to friends and loved ones.

Prep Time1 20

Cooling Time1

Total Time1 20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Peanut Butter Chocolate Hearts, Reeses peanut butter hearts, valentine treats, Valentine's Day

Servings: hearts

Calories: 110kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowl
Microwave Safe Bowl
Heart Mold

Ingredients

¾ creamy peanut butter
¼ cup butter softened
¼ cup brown sugar
1½ cups powdered sugar
24 ounces milk chocolate chips (2 bags chocolate chips; you can also use semi sweet!)

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, butter, brown sugar and powdered sugar.
Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then remove the bowl and give it a stir. Place the bowl back into the microwave and repeat the process until you stir the chocolate and it's smooth and melted.
In your heart tray, place enough chocolate in the heart shape to cover the bottom of the mold.
Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of your peanut butter mixture on top of the chocolate (you can kind of mold it into a flat heart shape or leave it in a ball shape - whatever you prefer).
Cover the peanut butter with more melted chocolate until the heart mold is full.
Stick in the refrigerator or freezer until hardened. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until you are ready to eat them.

Notes

If you want the heart mold I used, you can find it here.

No mold? No worries! You can roll the peanut butter into balls and dip them balls into the chocolate!

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