Chocolate Coated Peanut Butter Hearts are PERFECT for Valentine’s Day! They style similar to a Reese’s milk chocolate peanut butter coronary heart… however one million occasions higher as a result of they’re do-it-yourself! And their cute coronary heart form is certain to make anybody swoon!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Hearts
Valentine’s day is rapidly approaching, my buddies! As an alternative of shopping for boxed chocolate from the candy store (or worse, grocery retailer), let’s make some, okay?
Making do-it-yourself sweet is a enjoyable and rewarding course of. And I believe the outcomes converse for themselves! I imply, simply have a look at these attractive chocolate coated peanut butter hearts!!! Who wouldn’t swoon over a field of those?! I make them – together with my lemon sugar cookie hearts – yearly!
Peanut Butter Hearts: Elements
- Confectioner’s Sugar: For the very best outcomes, sift the sugar earlier than use.
- Creamy Peanut Butter: My model advice is JIF. Don’t sub chunky peanut butter or pure peanut butter on this recipe.
- Unsalted Butter: Deliver it to room temperature earlier than use.
- Salt: High quality sea salt works finest.
- Vanilla Extract: In a pinch, you’ll be able to skip this.
- Milk: Complete milk works finest however any milk will work.
- Chocolate: Use darkish or milk chocolate, primarily based in your style desire.
- Pink Nonpareils: If you could find them, they add a cute festive really feel to those peanut butter hearts.
Shaping the Hearts
- You need your dough to be mushy and simply pinched collectively, with out being moist or sticky. I like to think about it as playdoh; it must be just a bit crumbly however effortlessly obey your fingers when molded into form.
- If the dough feels too sticky, merely add a little bit extra confectioners’ sugar. If the dough is simply too dry a splash of milk is your buddy.
- You need to use a small coronary heart formed cookie cutter to make the peanut butter hearts.
- Or scoop out a ball of the filling, press flat with the palm of your hand., and form it right into a coronary heart.
- An important half is simply bear in mind to not make them too skinny. They need to be a minimum of 1/4 of an inch in thickness. This helps them maintain their form through the chocolate dipping course of.
Dip the Hearts in Chocolate
- You’ll dip the hearts after you form and freeze them. You might want to freeze them for about an hour and a half.
- Freezing is essential as a result of the dough is mushy and can simply free it’s form if you happen to dunk it earlier than they’re frozen.
- I want semi-sweet or darkish chocolate for this recipe, for the reason that peanut butter filling is already fairly candy. However you should utilize milk chocolate if desired.
- You possibly can adorn the hearts with pink and white sprinkles, flaky sea salt, or depart them plain.
I tailored this recipe from my Salted Chocolate Coated Peanut Butter Eggs!
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