Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups — creamy peanut butter, meets smooth milk chocolate, and luscious white chocolate, to create the ultimate Peanut Butter Cup.

One of my all time favorite candies is Reeses’ Peanut Butter Cups! I love anything with chocolate and peanut butter in it, so of course it makes total sense that Reeses’ should be one of my favorite candies. The other day, I was seriously craving some peanut butter cups, but was too lazy to go to the store, so I was like, “Let’s just make some!” Which I guess, may sound like more work to some people, but actually, these Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups, are so easy, it takes less work to make them, than to go to the store! So I was actually saving myself work!

Of course, in my traditional style, I had to throw in a fun twist to make them my own, so I decided to make them with both white chocolate and regular chocolate! And daaang these babies are on some other planet! They’re absolutely phenomenal! Honestly I think they might just be better than regular Reeses! (Shh don’t tell them I said that.)

Like I said, these Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups are so easy to make, which I love, and they only require five ingredients! To make them, we need:

• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• Creamy Peanut Butter
• Powdered Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• White Chocolate

Tips for Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups

Tip one: Don’t use natural peanut butter. The excess oil in natural peanut butter will make it harder for the peanut butter balls to bold their shape. Use regular peanut butter, like Jif or Skippy Brand.

Tip Two: Chill the peanut butter before you roll it into balls. This helps the peanut butter roll into balls easier, and creates less of a mess.

Tip Three: Don’t roll the Peanut Butter Balls too big. I have made this mistake before, and you end up with MASSIVE peanut butter cups, which isn’t bad, but for the sake of ease, we don’t want these Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups to be too big. So roll the peanut butter balls to be about the size of a quarter. If they’re bigger than that, you need a lot of chocolate to cover them. If they stay about the size of a quarter, they aren’t too big.

Tip Four: Let the Peanut Butter Cups chill for at least 6 minutes in the freezer before adding the white chocolate layer, this will help the melted white chocolate not mix with the milk chocolate, and will help the two layers to remain distinct.

Tip Five: After the Peanut Butter Cups are made, let them chill the full 10 minutes in the fridge, so that they fully set. Then when you remove the peanut butter cups from the wrapper, they come off clean instead of leaving behind pieces of chocolate.

Now that you know the insider tips, lets get to the good part — how to make them!

How to make Tuxedo Peanut Butter Cups

1. Line the cupcake tins with cupcake holders.

2. In a bowl, combine the peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth. Place plastic wrap over the bowl, and press it down onto the top of the peanut butter so there’s no extra air in the bowl. Set the peanut butter in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes.

3. After 10 minutes is up, take the peanut butter out of the fridge, use a spoon to scoop out a ball of peanut butter about the size of a quarter. Wet your hands with a little water, and then roll the peanut butter between your hands to form a ball.

4. Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute and a half until melted. Stir until smooth.

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5. Spoon a dollop of chocolate into each cupcake holder, filling them about a 1/4 of the way full.

6. Place the peanut butter ball into the center of each chocolate base.

7. Place the peanut butter cups into the freezer for 6 minutes to let the base set.

8. Meanwhile, add the white chocolate to another microwave safe bowl. Microwave for a minute and fifteen seconds, until melted. Stir until smooth. Take the peanut butter cups out of the freezer. Spoon the white chocolate on top of the peanut butter balls. The white chocolate should be smooth on top.

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9. Place the peanut butter cups into the freezer for 10 minutes to set. Once set, enjoy! Store in an airtight container for up to one week for optimal freshness.