Happy Easter to everyone! I’m jealous of you all with your ham, potatoes au gratin, and delicious fluffy dinner rolls. Or whatever it is that one has for Easter. Today I found out that the normal Easter food in Germany, according to six of my students, is lamb and bunnies (okay, rabbit). It seems wrong to eat all the cute ones for this holiday, doesn’t it? Not that little piglets are hideous or anything… but lambs and bunnies? I can’t do it.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (~256 grams) natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (160 grams) honey (I’ll use 1/3 cup next time)
- 1/4 (56 grams) cup refined coconut oil or normal butter, room temp*
- 8 ounces (225 grams) milk chocolate
- 1 tablespoon (14 grams) refined coconut oil or normal butter
Directions:
Beat the peanut butter, honey, and coconut oil together until well combined. You don’t want any chunks of coconut oil. My mixture was too soft to form into oval shapes, so I put the mix in some plastic wrap, pounded it thin, and put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes. Form the mixture into 16 balls, squish them a little and form into egg shapes. If they start melting again, simply stick it back in the freezer. Once they’re the way you want them, put them back in the freezer and freeze until firm, at least 30 minutes.
Melt the chocolate and coconut oil in a bowl in the microwave at half power, checking and stirring every 30 seconds until thoroughly melted. Dip the frozen eggs in the chocolate and flip over so that they’re well-coated. Place on a Silpat or a piece of wax paper and let them set about 30 minutes in the fridge before you even try eating them. If there’s leftover chocolate, you can double dip a few. Decorate with white chocolate if desired. Or add sprinkles! I would have loved to have some pastel colored ones for these. Store in the fridge. Yields 16 eggs.
24 comments on "Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Easter Eggs" — Add one!
What the? Now… I am addicted to your blog and your reciped!
Hmm. I'm going to take a stab in the dark… but do you like chocolate and peanut butter? ;) Thanks for your funny comments yesterday. They made me laugh! And I'm happy you're addicted to my blog. YES! :D
so. I just found your blog today. And I am so excited because clearly we are like minded.. you have a zillion chocolate peanut butter recipes on here. This one I'm going to have to make first..
This is a great one to start with. I hope you like it! Let me know how it turns out. Oh and I love hearing from new readers. Thank you. :)
Shannon – Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have many grain-free recipes. It's a new thing for me so I don't have that many. There'll be more in the future, though. :)
These look so adorable and yummy! I bet they don't last a day :) Thanks for dropping by my blog and it has let me to your beautiful space. I can't wait to browse for more grain free recipes!
Sara – Let me know how they turn out! I haven't had a real Reese's peanut butter cup in a really long time but these tasted just like I remember. The chocolate shell was just thinner. I hope you enjoy them. :)
WOW, wow wow! I can't wait to try these! Being on a low/no sugar diet has totally taken away my love for those wonderful Easter treats…but it looks like I now have an even better substitution :) Thanks!
These look really yummy! I am going to have to make them. Now that Easter is over, maybe beach balls, to call for summer? :)
Baking Serendipity – Thanks! It was safe but we both somehow came back sick. Oh well. I hope you had a great Easter too!
These are an absolute weakness of mine too! I love the extra frosting decorations on yours though :) Hope you had a safe trip and great Easter!
Cassie – Thanks! I'm happy someone likes the decorations. They look sloppy but I really tried. I need to improve my decorating skills!
I have a weakness for these Erin! Your decorations are adorable!
Nora – Thank you! :) These eggs are super special for me because we don't have Reese's anything over here. I don't think there's anything kind of peanut butter candy at all. But that's okay now that I can make them with honey. Yay!
Happy Easter! I hope your trip turned out alright :) After all, eating those YUMMY looking reese's eggs sounds like a pretty good deal haha. You can't go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter – MMMMMMMMMMMM and these look incredible!
Even better than the real thing too since you know what's in them :)
Baltic Maid – Thanks! It was a nice trip although the day at the beach was horrible. Snowing / sleeting and terrible wind. I'm about to head over to your smoothie post to say more about that! Frohe Ostermontag to you. :)
Becca – Thank you! It was all together a nice trip. We visited some cute towns and that part was nice. I hope you had a nice Easter!
Prariesummers – It's been a few days since you posted your comment and I doubt you'll see my response, so I'll be over at your blog in a few minutes to answer that question. :)
Julie – Thank you and happy Easter Monday to you! I hope you're having a nice holiday. I love how Easter is a four day holiday here. :)
These are so decorative for the occasion. Happy Easter!
They are adorable! Oh I miss the Baltic Sea and the beautiful braches. We will be there in the summer. Where exactly are you going?
I bet these are ferfect, even without the homemade "chocolate" coating. These look absolutely adorable and delicious!
I hope you have a nice time on your trip, even if the weather is supposed to be bad.
I hope you enjoy your time there anyways despite the weather.
Awesome peanut butter eggs!!! I have yet to make something fun for easter…
Frohe Ostern!!!
Omg. Totally pinned this! Looove it!
Caroline – I only have half of one left now. Whoops. :D
Miryam – But you can see my fingerprints on the bottoms and tops! I was so careful and used a knife to move them around and the second I touch them with my fingers… the neatness was all gone. Just don't touch them and they'll come out looking perfect! Happy Easter to you. :)
To the Baltic Sea? You are lucky, as for the food, maybe not so lucky :-) although these little eggs look and I am sure they do taste divine, so maybe you can have some extra ones. They look really professional.
Have fun and stay warm!!
Oui…stay warm! I'd be happy too if I just had these. ;-) Haha! They look sooo yummy!