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These homemade Peanut Butter Easter Eggs are a family tradition at Easter. A smooth peanut butter filling covered in chocolate is decorated with icing flowers.
Holidays are a grand time for traditions. So many traditions are centered around food, which in our opinion, is just as it should be. Growing up we always looked forward to Easter because mom would make us these beautiful and delicious chocolate peanut butter easter eggs! These are so much better than the Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs you can buy at the store, not to mention you get so much more for your money! This year I enjoyed making these with my own daughter. Thanks for starting such a fun family tradition mom!
Ingredients in Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
- Milk Chocolate Candy Melts – we like to use the Wilton or Ghirardelli candy melts.
- Peanut Butter – make sure to use creamy peanut butter.
- Powdered Sugar – also called confectioners’ sugar
- Salt
- Royal Icing – for decoration. You can also use sprinkles.
Some Tips and Variations to Try
We love reader comments on all of our posts. It’s such a great way to connect and to see how you’re taking our favorite family recipes and making them your own. Thanks to that kind of feedback, there are a few tips and variations to try when making these delicious Easter treats.
- For starters, you can find the egg molds at most craft stores. The eggs end up being around 3 to 3 ½ inches tall and one batch makes approximately one tray full.
- If you want to substitute the chocolate flavored melt wafers with chocolate chips of any flavor, go ahead. But you’ll want to adjust the recipe a bit. Use a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips and add 1 ½ Tablespoons of shortening or coconut oil to thin the chocolate. You will need to thin the chocolate in order to make it easier to use in the mold.
- Let us know if any other variations work for you!
Questions About Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Yes! They freeze great! Flash freeze them on a baking sheet covered with wax paper or parchment paper. Then, transfer to a plastic bag or airtight container and store in the freezer. Just let them thaw in the fridge overnight before eating.
The peanut butter in Reese’s is mixed with powdered sugar, just like in this recipe!
They last for a few weeks in the fridge or on the counter, or up to three months in the freezer.
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- Cadbury Egg Easter Cookies are little morsels of chocolatey, creamy, rich goodness. They’ll quickly become one of your favorite Easter cookies.
How to Make Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Homemade Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Equipment
- Egg candy mold
Ingredients
- 14 ounces milk chocolate flavored easy melt wafers (can be purchased in most craft stores)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Royal icing for decorating optional, click here
Instructions
- Place chocolate wafers in microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds at half power. Stir. Repeat until wafers are completely melted.
- Spoon melted chocolate into egg molds coating bottom and sides completely, about ⅛ inch thick. Refrigerate 30 minutes until set.
- Meanwhile, place peanut butter in microwave safe bowl and microwave 30 seconds until softened.
- Remove from microwave and stir in powdered sugar and salt until completely blended.
- When chocolate is set, carefully spoon peanut butter mixture into egg molds and flatten (leaving about ⅛ inch between peanut butter and the top of the egg mold).
- Spoon melted chocolate over peanut butter until covered completely and level with egg mold.
- Refrigerate another 30 minutes until set. Carefully remove from molds. Decorate as desired with royal icing.
- Decorate as desired with royal icing.
Notes
- For starters, you can find the egg molds at most craft stores. The eggs end up being around 3 to 3 ½ inches tall and one batch makes approximately one tray full.
- If you want to substitute the chocolate flavored melt wafers with chocolate chips of any flavor, go ahead. But you’ll want to adjust the recipe a bit. Use a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips and add 1 ½ Tablespoons of shortening or coconut oil to thin the chocolate. You will need to thin the chocolate in order to make it easier to use in the mold.
- Let us know if any other variations work for you!
Nutrition Information
Can’t go wrong with anything peanut butter!!!
These were so much better than the store bought ones. Great recipe!
What an incredibly fun treat. We made this a couple days ago for Easter and they were a total hit!
Peanut butter & chocolate = perfect combo!
These look fabulous for Easter but with a quick change of craft mold you could have a peanut butter filled Santa, or skeletons, or even hearts! Everything should be filled with peanut butter and covered in chocolate, but that’s my opinion!
What an adorable idea ~ these would look so pretty on an Easter dessert table!
Peanut butter and chocolate are my FAVORITE. Can’t get enough of these
These look so yummy! I will have to save this for easter – never did any easter baking before but this has me wanting to do it next year. Or maybe I can make them into truffles for christmas?
Can I use semi sweet chocolate chips instead?
Yes, of course. You just need to adjust the recipe a little. Use a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips and 1 1/2 Tbsp. of shortening or coconut oil to replace the melting wafers in step 1. The shortening will thin the chocolate chips making them easier to use for the mold. Thanks for asking!
Where do u get molds
we found these at Hobby Lobby, but most craft stores carry them.
How big are the egg molds you used and how many does this recipe make? (I assume it makes one tray?)
They are about 3 – 3 1/2″ tall… I think it makes 1 tray. I will have to double check to see if we got a few extra.