Cheap Cravings and Budget Baking: No-bake 4 ingredient Chocolate Peanut butter cups

Without a doubt, my favorite candy has to be Reese's Peanut butter cups!
Chocolate and Peanut butter is one of my most loved food combinations (yes I consider this a food group 😅).

Sometimes I get these random cravings for PB cups but not all the time do I have Reese's on hand.

So, to satisfy my sweet tooth, I decided to create a small batch recipe for no-bake 4 ingredient Chocolate Peanut butter cups!

This recipe makes 3 regular sized PB cups or 2 regular sized + 2 minis.

The things you will need:
- Regular or mini cupcake pan
- Paper cupcake liners
- 1/4 chocolate chips (milk, semi-sweet or dark)
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions:

Combine vegetable oil and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and pop in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until melted. Make sure to stir the chocolate after every 30-second interval.

While the chocolate is melting, mix the peanut butter with the powdered sugar in a small bowl until combined.

Both ingredients should look like the picture below. Set aside for the chocolate to cool and line cupcake pans.

For this recipe, I made 2 regular sized and 2 minis.
NB: If you don't have a cupcake pan, try using aluminium cupcake liners. They should be able to hold its shape. Place them in a little bowl or baking tray for ease of movement.

Distribute half of the melted chocolate into the cupcake liners and using a small teaspoon, gently spread the chocolate halfway up the sides of the liners.

Left liner- smeared up the sides. Right liner- Chocolate distributed, awaiting smear

Now place pans to chill in the freezer for 5 minutes. Chocolate should change from a glossy to matte finish. After 5 minutes, evenly distribute peanut butter mixture into the 4 molds and cover with remaining chocolate (tapping the pan to ensure smooth top). Place back into the freezer for 15 minutes to complete.