Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Cups

Chocolate peanut butter dessert cups are the perfect little dessert for peanut butter lovers. Chocolate cookie crust, peanut butter cream, chocolate ganache, and a mini peanut butter cup. These sweet treats are great for parties, picnics, and bake sales.

What is a Dessert Cup?

Dessert cups are essentially mini trifles in small cups! Think jello shot, but more to satisfy your sweet-tooth! Dessert cups are great for parties, showers, picnics, tailgating, bake sales, and the like! They are the best desserts to impress your guests! Best part is, it is a no bake dessert, so no oven required!

Most of my dessert cups recipes are made with simple ingredients that you may already have in your pantry. I have several cups that are made with a cream cheese filling base and some that are made with a pudding base! (Who can say no to chocolate pudding?)

I love dessert cups for satisfying a craving if you just need a taste of something sweet! Plus, if you make a dessert cup recipe and add strawberry, raspberry, blueberries, or some other berry, doesn’t that mean we are eating healthy??

Ingredients for Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Cups

• Chocolate sandwich cookies – Oreo cookies are great for making the crust layer. Use a food processor to make fine crumbs. No need to remove the cream filling.
• Unsalted butter – Melted.
• Cream cheese – Room temperature.
• Granulated sugar – For sweetness.
• Vanilla extract – Vanilla extract adds great flavor to the peanut butter cream.
• Peanut butter – Creamy peanut butter works best. Crunchy peanut butter won’t work well.
• Heavy cream – Helps the peanut butter cream whip up and become light and fluffy. Also, add it to the chocolate chips to make a chocolate sauce to drizzle over the peanut butter cream.
• Chocolate chips – I love using semisweet chocolate chips. You can also use milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
• Mini peanut butter cups – If you can’t find mini peanut butter cups, you can use the regular size and cut them into smaller pieces.

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Cups

1. Combine chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs and melted butter.
2. Portion the crumbs into 28 2-ounce plastic cups using a small cookie scoop or spoon. Use one of the plastic cups to press the crumbs into the bottom of the cup.
3. In another mixing bowl, cream together room temperature cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
4. Add in peanut butter and mix to combine.
5. Pour in heavy whipping cream and whip on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
6. Fill a piping bag with the peanut butter mixture. Pipe the peanut butter mixture into the cups until about 3/4 full.
7. Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30 second intervals mixing in between until smooth. Transfer to a squeeze bottle or piping bag.
8. Drizzle the chocolate ganache over the peanut butter cream. Add a mini peanut butter cup to each dessert cup.
9. Seal the cups with a lid and chill. The cups can be served immediately or stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Cups

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Yield: 28 2-ounce cups

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Chocolate peanut butter dessert cups are the perfect little dessert for peanut butter lovers. Chocolate cookie crust, peanut butter cream, chocolate ganache, and a mini peanut butter cup. These dessert cups are great for parties, picnics, and bake sales!

Equipment

• 28 2-ounce plastic cups with lids
• Electric hand mixer

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 2 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
• ▢ ¼ cup butter melted
• ▢ 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
• ▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 cup peanut butter
• ▢ 1 ½ cups heavy cream
• ▢ ¼ cup chocolate chips
• ▢ 3 tbsp heavy cream
• ▢ 28 mini peanut butter cups

Instructions

• In a small bowl, combine chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs and melted butter. Mix to combine.
• Portion the crumbs into 28 2-ounce plastic cups using a small cookie scoop or spoon. Use one of the plastic cups to press the crumbs into the bottom of the cup.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine room temperature cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract. Cream together on medium speed until combined and smooth.
• Add in peanut butter and mix to combine.
• Pour in heavy whipping cream and whip on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
• Fill a piping bag with the peanut butter mixture. Pipe the peanut butter mixture into the cups until about 3/4 full.
• Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30 second intervals mixing in between until smooth. Transfer to a squeeze bottle or piping bag.
• Drizzle the chocolate ganache over the peanut butter cream. Add a mini peanut butter cup to each dessert cup.
• Seal the cups with a lid and chill. The cups can be served immediately or stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

Notes

Chocolate peanut butter dessert cups can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for 2-3 days. Serve cold. The cups can be left at room temperature for about 30 minutes. 

 

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