Peanut Butter Easter Eggs are the perfect homemade candy recipe with rich, creamy peanut butter at the center of a chocolate shell.
This Candy Recipe is the perfect Easter spin for Homemade Peanut Butter Cups! Plus kids can have fun adding colorful sprinkles and other decorative toppings for a fun Spring activity.
Sabrina’s Peanut Butter Easter Eggs Recipe
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are a classic choice for Easter Basket treats, but you can easily make your own homemade version that tastes even better! The fluffy, creamy peanut butter filling and chocolate candy coating are so much more rich and smooth than store-bought candy. There’s no cooking involved in this recipe other than melting chocolate and decorating is as easy as dipping them, although you could also make them a bit fancier with chocolate drizzles, sprinkles and more!
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanut butter , not natural
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 16 ounces chocolate melting disks
- 1 plastic easter egg , that opens vertically
Instructions
- To your stand mixer add the peanut butter and butter on medium speed until well blended.
- Lower speed to the lowest speed setting.
- Add in the milk and vanilla extract.
- Add in the powdered sugar in ½ cup increments until all the powdered sugar is added in.
- Break the egg open and press the mixture into the half of the plastic egg to mold.
- Place on your baking sheet on wax paper or parchment paper.
- Once you've molded all the eggs, place the tray in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Melt the chocolate melting disks in a large glass bowl in 30 seconds in the microwave increments.
- Stir between each 30 seconds until smooth.
- Dip egg in the chocolate carefully with a fork, then let excess chocolate drip off.
- Place back on baking sheet.
- Place excess chocolate in a ziplock, snip the very edge off the bag and pipe a zig zag over the dipped eggs.
- Sprinkle with Easter colored sprinkles if desired.
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