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How to Make Kitchen Sink, B&W, and Fluffernutter Peanut Butter Cups

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at NYU chapter.

It isn’t always the day after Halloween, so Reeses Peanut Butter cups aren’t always 50 percent off at CVS. Sometimes that college budget just doesn’t cover that 99-cent purchase when you need a peanut butter cup.

Instead of wasting your money on those artificial (but incredibly wonderful) chocolates, indulge in your very own DIY PB cups. But wait – it gets better. Add a few pretzels and potato chips, smear some Fluff on top, or combine the sweetness of dark and white chocolate to get the swaggiest PB cups yet. I swear they taste even better than the VS Angels look.

Peanut Butter Cups

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 20 minutesServings:12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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    Melt butter in a small pan. When liquid, stir in peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and sugar until well incorporated.

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    Spoon about 2 tablespoons of mixture into the cupcake liners.

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    In a separate pan, melt chocolate chips and milk until smooth. Stir often.

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    Spoon over the top of the peanut butter. Allow to sit in fridge for 6-8 hours and eat your heart out.

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    Allow to sit in fridge for 6-8 hours and eat your heart out.

Kitchen Sink Peanut Butter Cups

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 25 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 25 minutesServings:12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Photo by Sara Rukeyser

    Melt butter in a small pan. When liquid, stir in peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and sugar until well incorporated.

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    Mix in your slightly crushed potato chips, pretzels, and Mu0026ms.

  3. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of mixture into the cupcake liners.

  4. In a separate pan, melt chocolate chips and milk until smooth. Stir often.

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    Spoon over the top of the peanut butter. Top with potato chips, pretzels, and Mu0026M’s if your heart desires. Allow to sit in fridge for 6-8 hours.

Black & White Peanut Butter Cups

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 30 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 30 minutesServings:12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Photo by Sara Rukeyser

    Melt butter in a small pan. When liquid, stir in peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and sugar until well incorporated. Separate into two pans.

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    Mix 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips into one pan and 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips into the other. Stir constantly until melted.

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    Pour the white chocolate PB mixture into half of the cupcake liner and the dark chocolate into the other half.

    #SpoonTip: Make sure to put the white chocolate mixture in first. It’s a little bit less liquidy so it will give more of a base to make the PB cups half white and half dark chocolate.

  4. In one pan, melt the rest of the dark chocolate and a little over 1/4 cup of milk and stir constantly until melted. In another, mix in the rest of the white chocolate and about 1 1/2 tablespoons of milk. Stir constantly until melted.

    #SPOONTIP: Use less milk in the white chocolate (I used about 1 1/2 tbsp) or else it will lose its delish, chocolatey consistency.

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    Pour white chocolate on half of your peanut butter cup and dark chocolate on the other half. Allow to sit in fridge for 6-8 hours. Bon appetit.

Fluffernutter Peanut Butter Cups

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 20 minutesServings:12 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Photo by Sara Rukeyser

    Melt butter in a small pan. When liquid, stir in peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and sugar until well incorporated. Let cool in the fridge for 20 minutes.

  2. In a separate pan, melt chocolate chips and milk until smooth. Stir often.

  3. Photo by Sara Rukeyser

    With a baking brush (or knife if you don’t have one), paint the sides of the cupcake liner with chocolate. Let cool in the fridge.

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    Spread as much fluff as you desire on top of the peanut butter layer.

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    Spoon remaining chocolate over the top of the fluff and peanut butter. Allow to sit in fridge for 6-8 hours.

Sara is a first-year writer and editor for Spoon Bucknell. She believes in all things pizza, and would willingly end any and every one of her relationships for donuts. She lives for hamburger spring rolls, quality food instas and cocktails that don't taste like alcohol.