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Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy recipe for homemade peanut butter eggs. These chocolate-covered treats are perfect for Easter or any spring gathering!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
If you like Reese’s eggs, you’re going to love this homemade chocolate peanut butter eggs recipe! These 4 ingredient peanut butter eggs are super easy and make a delicious addition to your Easter dessert table.
I absolutely loved finding Reese’s peanut butter eggs in my Easter basket. They were one of my favorite types of Easter candy. I would even sneak one (or more) for breakfast before we even left for church — protein, y’all!
My oldest baby is absolutely crazy about the chocolate and peanut butter combo. A few years ago, she suggested that we try making our own homemade chocolate covered peanut butter eggs. They turned out great, and we have been making these chocolate peanut butter treats ever since!
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Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to make the eggs. You should be able to find them in your grocery stores or online. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Creamy peanut butter — I use Skippy natural, which is well blended. Don’t use other natural peanut butters that are rather watery as they don’t work well for this recipe. You can use your favorite brand of regular peanut butter.
- Powdered sugar — to sweeten the peanut butter dough
- Graham crackers — helps the filling hold its shape and adds texture
- Chocolate chips — or chocolate candy melts to coat the eggs.
- Coconut oil — keeps the chocolate nice and creamy. If you use candy melts or melting wafers, you don’t need the oil.
- Optional — holiday sprinkles or colorful candy melts to decorate the eggs
How to Make Peanut Butter Eggs
First, you make the easy peanut butter filling. We ended up making a filling that’s almost the same as the one we use for no bake chocolate peanut butter bars. It has graham cracker crumbs in it, so it’s got the same kind of consistency as Reese’s eggs.
If you want smoother peanut butter filling, you can make them without the graham crackers. But I love the crunchier texture that you get with the graham crackers added. It also helps the eggs hold their shape.
After you make the filling, use a plastic deviled egg tray to form the egg shapes. Super easy and cheap! You can get these plastic deviled egg trays at the Dollar store or probably any store close to Easter. You can also form the peanut butter mixture into the shape of an egg by hand.
We didn’t fill the egg-shaped openings completely with the peanut butter mixture. We used about a tablespoon of the mixture for each egg and pressed it into the egg cavity.
Then, I put the tray into the freezer for just a few minutes so that the filling would be firm enough to dip into melted chocolate. Don’t skip this step, as the filling will be too soft to dip! You can also refrigerate the filling if you prefer.
We used semi-sweet chocolate morsels for the chocolate coating. For a smoother coating, we like to add a tablespoon of shortening or coconut oil to thin it out. You can melt the chocolate in the microwave or with a double boiler.
Best Way to Dip Chocolate Covered Eggs
The best way to coat peanut butter eggs is to dip the peanut butter filling into the melted chocolate with a fork. After dipping the peanut butter eggs into the chocolate, we place them on a wax paper-lined plate or baking sheet to dry. The eggs were done, but way too plain for this time of the year! So, we melted some candy coating and added colorful candy stripes to the eggs.
We also added pastel sprinkles and bunnies to a few. You need to add these right away, though — before the chocolate starts to set. Otherwise, the decorations won’t stick to the chocolate. Grab a partner for this, and it goes much smoother!
Helpful Tips
There are many ways to customize this Easter egg candy recipe! Use any chocolate you like. White chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate all work great–choose whichever chocolate flavor is your favorite!
I like mixing creamy peanut butter and graham crackers to make the peanut butter mixture, but you could use any type you want. Crunchy peanut butter might make the top of the chocolate eggs less even, but should be easy enough to smooth.
Avoid all natural peanut butter as it doesn’t work well in this recipe.
If you use chocolate candy coating or candy melts, you can leave out the coconut oil.
Don’t skip chilling the filling as this step helps the eggs retain their shape.
Decorate the top of the egg however you want. Sprinkles, any excess chocolate, colorful confectionery coating–this is a great recipe for just having fun!
Storage and Freezing
Store your peanut butter chocolate eggs in an airtight container in the fridge, or at room temperature if your kitchen is cool. You can also make this peanut butter egg recipe ahead. Just shape the filling, and freeze! Keep the frozen eggs wrapped in wax paper and keep them tightly covered in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. When you’re ready to decorate the eggs, let them thaw before dipping in chocolate.
More Easy Easter Treats
- Bunny Bait Snack Mix
- Easter Bunny Tail Bark
- Bird’s Nest Cupcakes
- Mini Eggs Cheesecake Dip
- Easter Lamb Cake
- Easter Sugar Cookies
- Birds Nest Cookies
Homemade Peanut Butter Eggs
Ingredients
For the peanut butter filling
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup crushed graham crackers
for the chocolate coating
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate morsels
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil for softer chocolate
- 1 cup each blue and yellow candy melts optional
- seasonal sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Mix the peanut butter and powdered sugar until combined
- Stir in the crushed graham crackers
- Place a tablespoon of peanut butter mixture into an egg-shaped mold, and continue until all cavities are filled
- Refrigerate or freeze until firm
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate chips with coconut oil according to package directions. In separate bowls, melt the candy melts according to package directions.
- Dip the peanut butter centers into the chocolate until fully coated, and place on wax paper to dry (you can pop these into the refrigerator if you want)
- Use a fork or piping bag to make stripes over the eggs with the candy coating, if desired
- Top with seasonal sprinkles, if desired
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These adorable peanut butter chocolate eggs are one of my family’s favorite treats during Easter time! For more easy recipes, subscribe to the newsletter and follow me on social media!
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So easy and so fun to make even dad helped make them with the kids! Will make these again for Easter!
Made these to see how they would be for Easter! What a treat. The kids had a blast decorating them too! Will make again for the holiday!
Made these for an Easter egg hunt party and they were a big hit – definitely as good if not better than Reese’s eggs!
Made these tonight with the grandkids! They hated waiting between the stages. They just wanted to eat them!
They are hard to resist! Thanks, Edna!
The kids made these last night. Easy and they couldn’t wait to eat them too. Have to make more before Easter comes.
I love this! These would be so easy and fun to make with the kids!
oh my these look out of this world!!
Thank you so much, Jade! We loved them.
I love that you used an egg plate – I have one hiding in a cabinet somewhere!
It makes molding the eggs so easy! 🙂
One of my favorite Easter treats! Love the idea of making them at home!
Thanks! I think homemade is always better. 🙂