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I’ve been making healthy changes in my life, and as a result, I’ve been trying to share healthier recipes with you on the blog. But I also believe there is an exception for everything, and today I bring you that exception with this copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup recipe. This is my mother-in-law’s recipe, and when I made it today, my oldest said, “WOW! Grammie is a master chef.”
That’s how good these are. Definitely, without a doubt, Master Chef material (also, HEY…super easy, because I made them – NO COOKING and only five ingredients!).
I would like to thank the Texas Peanut Producers Board for sponsoring this post.They hosted the Texas Peanut Blog Tour inLubbock, Texas, that I attended to learn more about Texas peanut farming. All opinions are my own. You can read more about my trip and the things we did here.
Before I share the recipe (and this is important, trust me), did you know that peanuts have less fat and more protein than almonds? They are also less expensive, making them an affordable and healthy snack.
You needed to know that so you’ll feel better about all the *other* ingredients in this recipe (powdered sugar and butter, I am looking at you…).
Also…peanuts are SO COOL. I had no idea how peanuts were grown before this trip. It was SO cool to see rows and rows and rows of peanut plants (I’ve seen these plenty of times…I just had no idea what they were until now!). It wasn’t quite time to harvest yet, but we did get a chance to see what the peanuts look like right when they are pulled from the ground.
After visiting Henson Farms, we toured Birdsong peanut shelling facility.
Y’ALL. Shelling peanuts is some serious business. Honestly, after seeing the process that a single peanut goes through before it becomes apeanut we’d buy in a store, I think it is miracle of the blessed Mary and baby Jesus that any peanut EVER ends up intact Really, this isa testament to the technology and quality of equipment and machinery a peanut shelling facility uses, because WOW…each peanut passes through about a gazillionmachines, and then has to be transported for processing, and then packaged…I will never again complain when I have to eat all the broken bits at the bottom of the can of Planters my mom gives me for Christmas every year.
So, here’s one of MY favorite ways to eat me some peanuts…in this copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup recipe (you’ll notice they don’t look like cups – you totally COULD make them in cupcake liners for that effect – but this is way easier).
Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 16 oz powdered sugar
- 16 oz jar smooth peanut butter
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 bags chocolate chips
Here’s how to make them:
Use a food processor to grind graham crackers into crumbs.
In a large bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, and powdered sugar.
Melt the butter and add to the bowl. Use a mixer to mix thoroughly.
Scoop into a pan (9×13) or cookie sheet. Use a spatula to spread a thin layer over the entire sheet. You will use about half of the mixture.
Melt one bag of chocolate. Pour over the peanut butter mixture and spread thin with a spatula (if it’s too thick, it will be hard to cut through – trust me, I learned the hard way!).
Stick in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until solid. Use a knife to cut into squares.
***This recipe will make two batches***
Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
With only five ingredients and NO COOKING, these chocolate peanut butter bars are easy to make - and SO GOD.
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 16 oz powdered sugar
- 16 oz jar smooth peanut butter
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 bags chocolate chips
Instructions
Use a food processor to grind graham crackers into crumbs.
In a large bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, and powdered sugar.
Melt the butter and add to the bowl. Use a mixer to mix thoroughly.
Scoop into a pan (9x13) or cookie sheet. Use a spatula to spread a thin layer over the entire sheet. You will use about half of the mixture.
Melt one bag of chocolate. Pour over the peanut butter mixture and spread thin.
Stick in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until solid.
***This recipe will make two batches***
Notes
Keep cold (I keep mine in the freezer).
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This is a perfect treat for the holidays. Friends and family and co-workers will love this. Your kids will call you “Master Chef.”
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FAQs
REESE'S Cup & Cup Butter
INGREDIENTS: PEANUTS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, SALT, TBHQ & CITRIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS). CONTAINS: PEANUTS. Ingredient(s) derived from a bioengineered source.
What is the main filling in Reese's? ›
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup consists of smooth peanut butter filling enveloped in Hershey's chocolate.
What are the ingredients in Reese's peanut butter sauce? ›
Nutrition Facts Serving Size
- Brand: Reese Candy Co.
- Data source: none specified.
- Data source attachment: none specified.
- Ingredient list: Peanuts: peanut oil: sugar;contains 2% or less of: salt; hydrogentated vegetable oil (rapeseed, cottonseed and soybean oil); cornstarch.
- Allergens: Peanuts, Soy.
The REESE'S product line includes over 100 candy bars, spreads, cookies, and cereals, including REESE'S Cups made with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white creme in a variety of sizes.
What are the 5 ingredients in Reese's Take 5? ›
The "5" in the name refers to the combination of five ingredients: chocolate, peanuts, caramel, peanut butter, and pretzels. This unique combination of ingredients earned Reese's Take 5 top honors in the 2019 LA Times official candy bar power rankings.
What is White Reese's made of? ›
Technically just 'white'
They are made with peanuts, sugar, nonfat milk, dextrose, corn syrup solids – and vegetable oil, consisting of a mix of palm, palm kernel, shea, sunflower and safflower oils. In addition to the classic Reese's cups, the white version comes in egg form for Easter and as unwrapped minis.
Did Reese's change their recipe? ›
Their silly, yet exaggerated reactions come to an end as soon as they learn Reese's isn't changing, but incorporating a new flavor profile, caramel. The ad marks the second time in in Reese's 95-year history it is airing a commercial during the Super Bowl.
Are Reese's smaller than they used to be? ›
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups have gotten smaller. They were 51 grams in the 80s. Today they're 42 grams (20% smaller than in the 80s). And the king size is 62 grams (20% larger than in the 80s).
What plant ingredients are in a Reese's peanut butter Cup? ›
Ingredients: sugar, peanuts, cocoa butter, chocolate, oat flour, rice flour, dextrose, contains 2% or less of: sea salt, soy lecithin, natural flavor, rosemary extract.
Is Reese's peanut butter the same as peanut butter? ›
Reese's is a peanut fondant filling . Reese's takes a finely mixed peanut butter mixture and combines it with powered sugar . The sugar absorbs the peanut oil and thereby changes the viscosity . And it also helps the candy peanut butter to melt in your mouth in a different way then just peanut butter would do alone.
SKIPPY® Creamy Peanut Butter
It's nothing but great snacking with this creamy classic. Roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed, soybean and rapeseed oil) to prevent separation, salt.
Is red 40 in Reese's peanut butter cups? ›
MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, MILK FAT, LACTOSE, LECITHIN (SOY), PGPR), PEANUTS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUTS, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN SYRUP, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5 ...
Does Hershey's own Reese's? ›
REESE'S Candy is made by The Hershey Company. In 1956, H.B. Reese's six sons took over the family business and later sold it to The Hershey Company in 1963. Which REESE'S Candies are vegan? REESE'S Plant Based Oat Chocolate Confection & Peanut Butter Candy Bars are vegan.
What is the new Reese's flavor? ›
The newest entrant combines three ingredients - peanut butter, chocolate and caramel. Reese's announced today it's releasing Caramel Big Cups on Nov. 17. Apparently, Reese's fans have been requesting the combination, according to a press release stating Reese's is “giving fans what they wanted.”
What is Reese's made by? ›
REESE'S Candy is made by The Hershey Company. In 1956, H.B. Reese's six sons took over the family business and later sold it to The Hershey Company in 1963.
What are the raw materials for Reese's? ›
REESE'S PIECES: Partially defatted peanuts; Sugar; Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil; Soybean Oil]; Corn Syrup Solids; Dextrose; Reduced Protein Whey (Milk); Contains 2% or less of: Palm Kernel Oil; Salt; Vanillin, Artificial Flavor; Soy Lecithin.
What are the ingredients in Reese's peanut butter Bar? ›
Peanut Butter Crème (29%): Peanuts, Sugar*, Dextrose, Vegetable Oils (in varying portions) (Palm, Shea, Sunflower, Palm Kernel, and/or Safflower), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel, and Palm Oil), Salt, Antioxidant (TBHQ (E319)), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid, (E330)).
What is the main ingredient in Reese's Puffs? ›
WHOLE GRAIN CORN, SUGAR, REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, SUGAR, MONOGLYCERIDES, PEANUT OIL, SALT, MOLASSES, CORN STARCH), DEXTROSE, CORN MEAL, CORN SYRUP, CANOLA OIL, SALT, HERSHEY'S COCOA, CARAMEL COLOR, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. VITAMIN E (MIXED TOCOPHEROLS) ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS.
That’s how good these are. Definitely, without a doubt, Master Chef material (also, HEY…super easy, because I made them – NO COOKING and only five ingredients!).
Before I share the recipe (and this is important, trust me), did you know that peanuts have less fat and more protein than almonds? They are also less expensive, making them an affordable and healthy snack.
Also…peanuts are SO COOL. I had no idea how peanuts were grown before this trip. It was SO cool to see rows and rows and rows of peanut plants (I’ve seen these plenty of times…I just had no idea what they were until now!). It wasn’t quite time to harvest yet, but we did get a chance to see what the peanuts look like right when they are pulled from the ground.
After visiting Henson Farms, we toured Birdsong peanut shelling facility.
Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Ingredients:
In a large bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, and powdered sugar.
Scoop into a pan (9×13) or cookie sheet. Use a spatula to spread a thin layer over the entire sheet. You will use about half of the mixture.
Melt one bag of chocolate. Pour over the peanut butter mixture and spread thin with a spatula (if it’s too thick, it will be hard to cut through – trust me, I learned the hard way!).
Stick in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until solid. Use a knife to cut into squares.
I have a few other great peanut-insired recipes for you below, too. Be sure to check these out, and follow us on Facebook for more easy (and super delicious!) recipe ideas.
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