Easy DIY Peanut Butter Cups

Five ingredients + salt. Surprisingly simple.

Pull yourself away from the bucket of Halloween candy for a minute.

Wouldn't you rather have some truly delicious treats that don't leave you feeling empty inside?

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Yes! So you're about to whip up a batch of creamy, melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter cups all on your own. Get the full recipe at Food52.

Step 1: Assemble ingredients.

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1 cup of creamy unsalted peanut butter

4 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened

1/3 cup light brown sugar

3/4 cup of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt (or more, to taste)

32 ounces of high-quality chocolate (use milk chocolate if you really want to mimic the classic flavor)

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Step 2: Mix together peanut butter, butter, sugars, and salt in a bowl. Taste, then add more salt if needed.

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Step 3: Chop up the chocolate, melt it, save half out, and pour the rest in your mini wrappers.

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Then, toss those babies in the freezer to set up for a while.

Step 4: After chilling the chocolate in a freezer, take it out and heap some peanut butter on top of it.

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Step 5: Add that chocolate you saved out right on top of the peanut butter, and toss the cups back into the freezer for a few minutes.

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Sprinkle with a little coarse sea salt, and chow down!

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