Description
Indulgent chocolate meets creamy peanut butter in Homemade Reeses Eggs, a nostalgic treat that brings childhood memories to life. Sweet chocolate shells cradle smooth peanut butter centers, promising pure bliss with each delectable bite you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
Sweeteners and Binding Agents:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Additional Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Instructions
- Craft a creamy peanut butter base by gently heating peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar in a saucepan until the sugar fully dissolves and ingredients harmonize.
- Gradually fold powdered sugar into the warm mixture, stirring continuously until a smooth, pliable consistency develops.
- Mold the peanut butter blend into oval egg-like shapes, maintaining uniform size and thickness.
- Transfer the shaped eggs onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, ensuring they do not touch each other.
- Chill the egg-shaped confections in the freezer for approximately one hour, allowing them to firm up completely.
- Prepare the chocolate coating by melting chocolate chips and vegetable shortening in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring between brief heating intervals until perfectly smooth.
- Remove the frozen peanut butter eggs and carefully dip each one into the melted chocolate using a fork, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Gently tap the fork to remove excess chocolate, then delicately place the coated eggs back onto the parchment paper.
- Refrigerate the chocolate-dipped treats until the coating hardens completely, typically around 30 minutes.
Notes
- Chill peanut butter mixture thoroughly before shaping to ensure eggs hold their perfect egg-like form and prevent crumbling during chocolate coating.
- Use room temperature ingredients to help create smoother, more consistent mixture without lumps or uneven texture.
- Consider using dark or milk chocolate as alternative coating options for different flavor profiles and personal preferences.
- When dipping eggs in chocolate, tap fork gently against bowl’s edge to remove excess chocolate and create clean, smooth chocolate shell with professional-looking finish.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 202
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 95 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg