Description
Homemade Peanut Butter Eggs with a creamy peanut butter filling and smooth milk chocolate coating. An easy no-bake Easter candy recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
- Mix peanut butter and powdered sugar until combined.
- Add melted butter and beat until smooth.
- Add milk, vanilla, and salt and mix until a soft dough forms.
- Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness and cut into egg shapes.
- Freeze the eggs for 1 hour.
- Melt chocolate chips and shortening in 30-second intervals.
- Dip each egg into melted chocolate and return to baking sheet.
- Chill until chocolate is set.
Notes
- Do not use natural peanut butter.
- Freeze eggs before dipping for best results.
- Store eggs refrigerated.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 egg
- Calories: 343
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg