After drooling over all of the amazing chocolate peanut butter recipes, I had to whip up something of my own.
I was planning on making my favorite chocolate chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, but when I pulled out my Reese’s peanut butter cups, they were a little, uh, melted, and were not unwrapping very nicely.
That’s Phoenix in the summer for you. To clarify, they were in my cupboard, it’s not like I was storing them in the garage (though that may be a quick and easy way to melt chocolate when needed). So after a quick look through my cupboard to come up with a back up plan, I decided on double chocolate peanut butter pretzel bites. Chocolate on the inside and chocolate on the outside. Super simple. All you need is pretzels, Reese’s peanut butter cups (I went with the dark chocolate ones) and dipping chocolate of your choice. You can also add a topping such as sprinkles or chopped up chocolate and peanut butter chips.
Simply sandwich a peanut butter cup between two pretzels and dip in chocolate. If you live somewhere that is not the middle of the desert, and your peanut butter cups aren’t half melted, you might want to cut them in half so that they are a bit thinner. I also added some chopped up peanut butter chips and chocolate chips to the top of mine. Hey, I said they were easy!
Simple. Salty. Sweet. GOOD.
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
July 19, 2011 at 5:03 pmThese look awesome. I make something similar. I am ALL ABOUT the NO BAKE stuff when it’s hot! We lived in Phx for 9 mos. I think I turned my oven on twice the whole time we lived there 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
July 19, 2011 at 5:07 pmYUM! I have SO MANY mini Reese’s left over from my husband’s birthday party. This is a great way for me to use them! And I totally understand the whole not-unwrapping thing. We are in Sacramento and I have been having to peel gently or scrape off the chocolate shell with my teeth. 🙂
Kendra says
July 19, 2011 at 5:17 pmThese look absolutely sinful! If I had peanut butter cups in the house, these would be setting as I write this.
Lisa says
July 19, 2011 at 6:45 pmOkay. I’ll take an order of these. Stat! LOL. Yummmm.
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking says
July 19, 2011 at 8:24 pmToo funny! Now you’ve got me thinking I could go out to garage to melt all sorts of things in this 110º heat.
Chocolate, peanut butter and pretzels – heaven!!
Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain says
July 19, 2011 at 10:41 pmThis looks yummy! Would you come by my Cast Party Wednesday Link Party tomorrow and share some of your recipes with us?
Thanks,
I hope to see you there!
Manderley says
July 19, 2011 at 11:46 pmMust be wonderful!
Carolyn says
July 20, 2011 at 4:21 amGreat use for half-melted PB cups. My kids would love these!
Medeja says
July 20, 2011 at 5:03 amAmazing collection of PB recipe. I adore PB!!!
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says
July 20, 2011 at 6:42 amThis would be perfect for an upcoming family reunion! Yum!
natalie (the sweets life) says
July 20, 2011 at 7:29 amLOVE this! super easy but cute presentation and people will go mad for them!
Heather (DSSP) says
July 20, 2011 at 7:34 pmThese are DANGEROUS!! They sound absolutely amazing, and easy to make to boot? Perfect combo in my book! I can’t wait to make them!!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
July 21, 2011 at 4:11 amOh my goodness, so simple and so delicious! Super idea!!
Kate @ Kate from Scratch says
July 21, 2011 at 4:16 amLooks amazing..chocolate peanutbutter and pretzels is definitely a fantastic combination…these adorable bites are definitely deserving of a Top 9 status. Congratulations!
Chef Dennis says
July 21, 2011 at 4:21 amyou certainly made a nice recovery with your pb cups! These little bites must be addictive!
Amanda @ bakingwithoutabox says
July 21, 2011 at 7:44 amThis look amazing! I already saved them to my favorite sweets recipe box. Can’t wait to try them out.
Kristin says
July 21, 2011 at 11:17 amThese sound delicious! Your photos are gorgeous!
Peggy says
July 21, 2011 at 1:31 pmI bet these were awesome! And so easy too! Way to think on the fly with those melted Reese’s cups!
Alida @ Alida's Kitchen says
July 21, 2011 at 4:42 pmI love anything chocolate and peanut butter…throw in pretzels, and that’s even better! I am so making these. Great photos as well!
Hannah says
July 21, 2011 at 6:08 pmThat looks so good! I have to try it!
I live in Tucson, so I know all about melted chocolate.
Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain says
July 26, 2011 at 4:09 pmThank you so much for stopping by Cast Party Wednesday last week. I really appreciate you sharing your recipe with us. I hope you will join us again for another awesome party filled with yummy recipes.
Thanks Again!
order food online nyc says
September 9, 2011 at 11:51 pmI love anything chocolate but adding peanut butter must give these a burst of flavor. These look delicious.
Darcy says
October 18, 2012 at 5:38 pmLOVE this recipe! It’s so easy! I add Sea Salt to half of the batch that I make! Sea Salt and chocolate, HEAVEN! Hope you all enjoy these as much as I do! 🙂
Darcy~