Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways are perfect for holiday gifts or to satisfy your sweet tooth. They take minutes to make, with the microwave doing most of the work. One bite, and you’ll discover why they are called Meltaways – rich and creamy melt-in-your-mouth goodness!
Whether you want to impress friends and family with a homemade touch or indulge yourself, this recipe requires minimal ingredients and effort yet delivers maximum flavor.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and Easy. This recipe only requires four ingredients and can be made in under 30 minutes. This makes it a perfect treat for busy weeknights or last-minute gatherings.
- Tasty Treat: The combination of sweet chocolate and salty peanut butter is a classic for a reason. These meltaways are rich, creamy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
- Perfect Edible Gift: These Chocolate and Peanut Butter Meltaways are impressively looking and incredibly easy to package and give as gifts.
- A Family Favorite: These Chocolate and Peanut Butter Meltaways are always a hit with everyone who tries them. Your family and friends will be clamoring for more.
Ingredients – Here’s What You’ll Need
This amazing recipe only takes four ingredients.
- Chocolate Chips: I used two types of chocolate chips in this recipe: one-half cup of bittersweet chocolate chips and one cup of white chocolate chips. I’ve also used semi-sweet chocolate chips in the past.
- Peanut Butter: I’m generally a fan of extra crunchy peanut butter. However, in this recipe, you want to use one-half cup of creamy peanut butter to contribute to the creamy goodness of this treat.
- Coconut Oil: I included one tablespoon of refined coconut oil. I’ve also used regular shortening in the past.
Simple Steps to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways
- Preparing for Microwave: I started by adding the white chocolate chips, bitter-sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter, and coconut oil to a 4-cup glass measuring cup. I could have also used a microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwaving the Ingredients: Then, I microwaved the ingredients at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring after each 30-second increment. It took 2 ½ minutes with my microwave for everything to be melted.
- Ready for Piping: Next, I transferred the melted mixture to a piping bag.
- Filling the Mini-Muffin Liners: I placed paper liners in the cups of my mini-muffin pan. Then, I cut off the tip of the piping bag and piped the mixture into each cup. I had to be careful here because the mixture was quite liquid.
- Decorating and Finishing: I topped each one with a holiday icing decoration because I was making this candy for gifts. Then, I placed the candy in the refrigerator to harden.
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways were incredible. They were rich and creamy, with the perfect chocolate and peanut butter blend.
If you’re looking for a quick, easy, and delicious recipe for the holiday season, then you should try making these Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways. You won’t be disappointed! Yum!
Frequently Asked Questions
You can use any good quality chocolate. I like the mixture of white and dark chocolate. However, you could use semi-sweet chocolate and/or milk chocolate in this recipe instead.
Natural peanut butter will work in this recipe. However, the candy will not be as firm as regular peanut butter.
Feel free to substitute almond butter or cashew butter in this recipe. You can also use Nutella!
The meltaways should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. They will last up to two weeks in the refrigerator or two months in the freezer.
Tips for Success
- Use a Large Microwave Measuring Cup: I’ve found that it’s best to melt the ingredients in a large (4-cup) glass measuring cup. When the chocolate/peanut butter mixture is melted, it becomes quite liquid. The spout on the measuring cup makes it easier to pour this liquid mixture.
- Filling the Mini-Muffin Liners: There are different techniques for filling the mini-muffin cups. My preference is to use a piping bag with the end snipped off. You could also use a Ziploc bag or spoon. You could also pour the mixture into the mini-muffin cups using the measuring cup for melting.
- Securing the Piping Bag: If you use a piping bag to fill the mini-muffin cups, use a rubber band to close the large end before snipping off the point. That way, the liquid mixture will stay put instead of seeping up the piping bag.
- Decorating Ideas: If I’m making this candy for gifts, I generally decorate it with store-bought royal icing decorations. I’ve also used sprinkles or chopped peanuts on top.
Other Delicious Candy Recipes for Gift Giving
During this gift-giving season, homemade gifts are often the most appreciated. Here are some of my favorites.
- Christmas Corn Flake Wreaths: A Sweet and Easy Treat
- Easy 5-Minute Cranberry Pistachio Holiday Bark
- Triple Chocolate Pecan Praline Pretzel Squares
- Easy Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls (Perfect Holiday Gift)
- Chocolate Billionaires – The Ultimate Decadent Treat
- Chocolate-Covered Cookie Dough Bites
- Chocolate Pecan Toffee Clusters
- Festive Swirled Christmas Peppermint Bark
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Quick and Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways
Ingredients
- 1 cup (6 ounces, 170 grams) white chocolate chips
- ½ cup (3 ounces, 85 grams) bitter-sweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup (4.75 ounces, 135 grams) creamy peanut butter (See Tip 1)
- 1 Tablespoon (0.5 ounces, 14 grams) coconut oil or solid shortening (See Tip 2)
Instructions
- Line a mini-muffin pan with paper liners. Set aside.
- Combine all ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring after each 30-second increment until smooth. (See Tip 3)
- Pour into mini-muffin paper liners. If desired, add decorations. Refrigerate to allow the candy to harden. (See Tip 4)
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or cool place.
- Yield: About 24 pieces.
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Tips/Notes
- Do not use reduced-fat or generic brands of peanut butter.
- Do not use unrefined coconut oil. Unrefined coconut oil has a coconut taste to it. Refined coconut oil does not have a coconut taste.
- I like to use a large glass measuring cup to melt the ingredients. The reason is that the spout on the measuring cup makes it easier to pour the liquid ingredients.
- I prefer using a piping bag to fill the mini muffin cups. However, you could also use a spoon.
Denian says
This recipe is so simple and they taste absolutely fabulous!
I used Jiff creamy peanut butter and Ghirardelli white and milk chocolate chips in the recipe. They tasted very similar to a creamy Reeses peanut butter cup.
This recipe would make a good candy filling as well.
If I could rate this recipe 10 stars I would.
Thank you!
Chula King says
Denian,
I totally agree with you that the recipe is simple and amazingly delicious! I’ve often thought that it would make a good filling, but haven’t done that yet. If you use it as a filling, let me know how it turned out!
Chula
probake says
Great gift idea! We make variations of these in the test kitchen often.
c2king says
Thanks! I was amazed at how good and creamy they were. The taste was almost like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, but even better!