Better Than Store Bought Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs

Easter time is almost here which means Reese’s peanut butter eggs are almost here! Do you want to know how to make copycat Reese’s peanut butter eggs? There is just something about making homemade recipes that make them so much better!

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Easter is upon us, and I am so excited for the Reese’s peanut butter eggs at the store! I didn’t want to wait any longer for them and finally decided that it was time for me to try to make copycat Reese’s peanut butter eggs. And let me tell you, they did not disappoint!

You will love this Reese’s peanut butter eggs recipe. The inside is a cookie dough consistency, and it’s covered in a creamy milk chocolate. This copycat recipe is even better than the store bought plus it’s so easy to make!

If you love Reese’s eggs just as much as I do you will absolutely love this copycat recipe!

This post is all about better than store bought copycat Reese’s peanut butter eggs.

Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs

I have always loved Reese’s eggs more than the original Reese’s peanut butter cups. They are so much thicker and creamier, and I love that about them! As soon as the new year comes, I make sure to check the grocery stores every time I go shopping to check if they have the easter peanut butter eggs out yet.

Reese’s peanut butter eggs ingredients:

Here is everything that you need to make these copycat Reese’s.

• 1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
• 2 3/4 confectioners sugar
• 1/2 cup salted butter (room temperature)
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

I’m literally blown away with how easy these Reese’s peanut butter eggs are to make. I never realized how simple it was to make them. I will always be making these. They taste even better than the store bought ones and end up being cheaper to make!

How to make Reese’s peanut butter eggs:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine your room temperature butter, and peanut butter. With a hand mixer mix until well combined.
• Add in your confectioners sugar mixing one cup at a time. Mixture should be cookie dough consistency after you’re done mixing.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Using a small baking scoop, scoop out a ball of your peanut butter mixture. Pat the mixture and you can either use a cookie cutter to shape the dough or you can free hand it (like I did). You want it to be roughly 3 inches long. Place the peanut butter egg on your lined cookie sheet.
• Once you have finished shaping the peanut butter mixture into eggs you will want to place in your freezer for at least 1 hour. The longer you have them in the freezer the easier they will be to dip in your chocolate so if you leave them longer than on hour don’t worry about it. I froze mine for almost 2 hours.
• About 5 minutes before you take you peanut butter eggs out of the freezer you will want to start your chocolate mixture. In a microwave safe bowl combine your chocolate chips and shortening.
• Microwave in 30 second intervals until the chocolate is fully melted and a smooth consistency.
• Remove your eggs from the freezer and using a fork dip them in your chocolate mixture. Cover the eggs fully while making sure to let the extra chocolate fall off and then place back onto your lined cookie sheet.
• Let the eggs sit to harden.

Tip: If you want the eggs to harden faster, I suggest that you put them in your fridge or freezer for a little while.

Tips:

• Shaping the eggs- It can be challenging to shape the eggs by yourself so if you have an easter egg cookie cutter you can make the peanut butter eggs have the perfect shape.
• What kind of chocolate should you use- You can really use any type of chocolate you’d like. If you’re looking to make white chocolate peanut butter eggs, then use white chocolate. If you want dark chocolate eggs, then use dark chocolate. However, if you just want the basic creamy milk chocolate peanut butter eggs stick with milk chocolate. You can also you candy melts if you’d like. However, I like using chocolate chips because I find it makes the eggs creamier.
• Coloring chocolate chips- If you are wanting to color your white chocolate chips I would suggest using candy melts instead. Trying to color chocolate chips isn’t something that you should do. It would be best just to stick to candy melts at that point.

These copycat Reese’s peanut butter eggs are perfect for the springtime. Make up a batch of these peanut butter eggs for a family gathering or simply just for yourself. These copycat eggs are so easy to make and could make for a prefect easter gift for your family and friends.

I love that this recipe is a no bake recipe, and they don’t require you to do any baking in the oven. It makes for an easy recipe and an even easier clean up. No bake recipes are perfect if you have a little one that wants to help you bake!

This recipe is quite literally the best. From being easy to make and delicious to eat. Your family will be begging you for the recipe as soon as they take one bite of these Reese’s eggs. Make sure you have this recipe on hand when bringing it to a family gathering! You won’t regret it.

I hope you enjoyed this copycat recipe just as much as I did. Let me know if you liked these Reese’s peanut butter eggs better than the store bought ones and make sure to come back and leave a rating!

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Questions for you

1. What are your all time favorite Reese’s peanut butter cups. Do you like the fun holiday shapes? The original? Maybe the Reese’s thins?
2. What other copycat recipes do you want to see on my blog?

This post was all about better than store bought copycat Reese’s peanut butter eggs.