White Chocolate Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups
This recipe for White Chocolate Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups from The Whole Smiths is absolutely decadent and easy for any novice home cook to make. Each bite is fall-flavored, candy perfection.
Servings: 12 cups
Ingredients
- ½ cup canned pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- pinch salt
- 12 ounces white chocolate melted
Additional:
- Silicone muffin liners
- Flaky sea salt like Maldon optional
Instructions
- Add the pumpkin, peanut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice and pinch of salt to a sauce pan over medium low heat. Stir until all of the ingredients are melted and combined and set aside. Let cool to room temperature.
- Once the pumpkin mix has cooled, now is the time to melt your white chocolate until it if fully melted and creamy. You can do this using a double boiler technique or simply melting it in a microwave in 20 second increments, stirring in between until it is smooth.
- Add the silicone liners into a muffin pan. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the melted white chocolate into the bottom of a silicone liner. With a small spoon, make sure it covers the bottom completely and gently move a small amount up the sides of the liner. Just a tiny bit, you do not need to go up the liner, just a tiny bit. Freeze for about 5 minutes to harden.
- Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the pumpkin peanut butter filling into the center of the cup and spoon another teaspoon of the white chocolate over top. With a small spoon, gently spread the white chocolate over top so it covers the peanut butter filling edge to edge.
- Sprinkle the cup with a light pinch of pumpkin pie spice and flaky sea salt. Repeat for all cups.
- Place the muffin tray into the freezer to set for 10 minutes and then store the White Chocolate Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
- Use any leftover filling as a dip for apples, graham crackers, or a spread on toast. OR you can melt more white chocolate and make even more peanut butter cups. Your call.