Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs are a staple of many Easter baskets. When I was growing up, I didn’t think an Easter basket was complete until there was a few of these tucked inside. Now you can recreate this Easter classic from scratch with this copycat recipe.
Sure, you can buy these pretty much everywhere. Why would you want to make these at home? You can make changes that you might like. For example, I love, dark chocolate. You can recreate these with dark chocolate. You could also use some of your favorite peanut butter. Feeling extra healthy? Maybe your grocery store grinds their peanut butter fresh, you may want to use their peanut butter. Honestly, it’s just fun to recreate copycat recipes at home.
Why Not Just Buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs?
You might ask why you would want to make these at home when you can buy them just about anywhere? One of the best reasons to make a copykat recipe is you start with a known recipe, and then you can have fun customizing it the way you want. For example with this peanut butter egg recipe:
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Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 16 ounces chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Note: An alternative to this recipe is to substitute the 2 tablespoons of butter for the coating for 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl combine peanut butter and butter together with a mixer.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Shape the eggs by using 1 tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture and hand shape into an egg shape. Place eggs on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Refrigerate eggs for about 30 minutes before coating with chocolate.
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler, or in a microwave in 30-second increments. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the chocolate and stir to combine. When the chocolate/butter has fully melted, set aside.
- Remove peanut butter eggs from the refrigerator and gently dip each one into the chocolate. Place the dipped eggs onto the waxed paper. Allow the chocolate to set. Once the chocolate has set, the eggs are ready to be enjoyed.
Annabelle says
April 20, 2019 at 1:11 amHey Stephanie!
I am a blind woman who absolutely loooooooooooooooves to cook! And I can’t deny that making your own recipes with ingredients you have right at home is a lot better for you! After all, homemade recipes are always made with love. That being said, I’m one of those girlies who absolutely loooooooooooooves peanut butter! They say it’s actually good for you! I’ve switched from the “traditional” brands like Skippy to a natural brand like Adams, thanks to a woman who was my weight trainer, whose name is also Stephanie. Let me tell you, it tastes like paradise! And sure, peanut butter and chocolate may be good on their own, but no one can deny that peanut butter and chocolate absolutely taste good together! What a classic combination! Are these the ones that are an egg-shaped version of Reese’s peanut butter cups? I wonder if an egg-shaped mold would work for these. Also, I wonder if cocoa butter would work in this recipe for the chocolate coating. I have some cocoa butter that my American sister (I’m Australian, thank you), whose name is Amber, sent me from her home in San Francisco, California. It comes in little squares, and they stay solid at room temperature. On top of that, they smell really amazing, just like chocolate! The kind she sent me is Big Tree Farms raw cacao Butter, made in Ashland, Oregon, and available from http://www.bigtreefarms.com. If you can’t easily find that in stores where you live, another brand I’d suggest is Sunfoods Raw Cacao Butter (https://www.sunfood.com/cacao-butter-1-pound-sunfood-organic-raw.html).
Toni | Boulder Locavore says
October 30, 2018 at 11:54 pmMy kids can’t stop eating these! They are so good!
Jennifer Farley says
October 30, 2018 at 11:04 pmReese’s eggs are my favorite! This recipe is spot on!
Barbara Schieving says
October 30, 2018 at 8:17 pmI like these with crunchy peanut butter.
Joanne says
October 30, 2018 at 12:40 pmThis is SO much better than the storebought stuff. Great recipe!
Carrie says
October 30, 2018 at 12:38 pmSo fun and the kids will love these
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
October 30, 2018 at 12:19 pmThese are my absolute favorite!
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
October 30, 2018 at 10:29 amPerfect copycat to make at home!
Aysegul says
October 30, 2018 at 7:12 amWow. It looks very nice
Katie says
July 11, 2017 at 6:44 pmHow was it? I would love a copy kat for Baskin Robbins peanut butter and chocolate ice cream.
Pat Huseman says
April 7, 2017 at 6:23 amOh quit picked Ng. And Stephanie, anyone who cooks or bakes should have been able to understand your fist instructions for the
Substitution.with the butter and coconut.
Looking forward to making this recipe.
Rebecca Baluha says
April 5, 2017 at 10:30 amWhat kind of chocolate?
PENNYHARLESS says
March 28, 2017 at 11:16 amIF YOU DONT WANT EGGS TRY CHILLING THE MIXTURE THEN ROLL OUT AND CUT WITH COOKIE CUTTER THEN DIP IN CHOCOLATE SO CUTE
Mel says
March 26, 2017 at 4:20 pmI made these tonight, once they are done I’ll def let ya know how they turn out ❤
sandy says
February 28, 2017 at 9:23 amWhat tool do you use to dip them into the chocolate? Fingers??? LOL
Susan Gregoric says
April 2, 2017 at 8:38 pmForks work well.
Bonnie says
February 24, 2017 at 3:55 pmWould the powdered peanut butter mixed with water work?
Stephanie Manley says
February 25, 2017 at 4:39 pmI am not sure, I think it may work ok.
Debbie says
February 24, 2017 at 9:31 amWhat kind of chocolate did you use?
Janet says
February 23, 2017 at 10:07 pmThe confusion is in the grammer, and can be clarified by saying: “You may substitute 2 tablespoons of coconut oil for the 2 tablespoons of butter in the coating.” In other words, you substitute the new ingredient FOR the old ingredient, or you substitute the old ingredient WITH the new ingredient. Hope that helps.
Stephanie says
February 24, 2017 at 5:32 amThank you. I will correct this error.
Jan says
February 24, 2017 at 7:54 amActually, Janet, you made your own typo. Grammar is “ar”, not “er.” Grammar.
Jeff Dionne says
February 22, 2017 at 3:25 pmSince I have been following you, I have tried several of your recipes. They have all been easy to make with GREAT results. I can’t wait to try the peanut butter eggs, one of my favorite combos is, peanut butter and chocolate, I classify these two as “food groups”!
Stephanie says
February 22, 2017 at 8:38 pmI feel the same way!