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Vegan Peanut Butter Cups Balls – Copycat

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Vegan Peanut Butter Cups are a little different in looks but they are just as delicious as the original and without the extra additives and preservatives.

Peanut Butter Cups Balls are glistening chocolate balls piled in a green bowl and that bowl is sitting in a yellow one.

I can’t wait for my nieces to come over. Peanut Butter Cups are their favorite and it will be so much fun to make them together.

As they take their first bite there will be a smile in their eyes and on their faces – even before they have their fingers out of their mouths. I just know it!

Oh, those bright innocent eyes melt my heart.

Remember how delicious Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are? I really kid you not that these are just like them. And vegan to boot.

Not healthy in any way but such a fantastic treat! You can have them sometimes.

 

Peanut Butter Cups Balls are glistening chocolate balls piled high in a green bowl and on a beige beaded mat.

You can substitute almond butter for the peanut butter too. Thank goodness they can be frozen. That’ll add a little extra layer of protection for overindulgence.

I think that is where the bright innocent eyes of my youth got a little not so innocent. Calories. Only one or two for sure but it will satisfy your peanut butter cups craving.

There are only four ingredients and all of them are probably already in your cupboard. What could be easier?

Can Vegan Peanut Butter Cups Balls also be Made as Cups?

You can absolutely make these in little mini muffin cups too so go ahead and take your choice.

All you’d do differently is to lay out little mini muffin cups. Pour in a layer of the melted chocolate.

Place in a little disc of the filling and pour some more chocolate over the top.

Let harden and you have little cups.

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups Balls are glistening chocolate balls piled high in a green bowl and on a beige beaded mat. Centered for the photo.

A light bulb just went off. I’ve already made Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ice Cream so why not make Peanut Butter Cups Ice Cream too?

You’d better believe I’m going to be making that treat real soon.

I’ll chuck them and toss them in the coconut cream ice cream mixture, stir and freeze again. Whoa!

Back to innocence. Next time you’re watching a movie with your friend or loved one, have a couple of these delicious little candies and remember your childhood.

 

Peanut Butter Cups Balls are just like the originals and oh, so good!

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Peanut Butter Cups Balls are just as delicious as the original.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Balls

Peanut Butter Cups Balls are a little different in looks but they are just as delicious as the original and without the extra additives and preservatives.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Candy, Vegan
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 48 Balls
Calories 108kcal
Author Ginny McMeans

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup dairy free butter melted
  • 1 1/4 cup peanut butter creamy
  • 2 cups powdered sugar organic
  • 12 ounce semi-sweet chocolate package

Instructions

  • Mix the melted non dairy butter and the peanut butter together.
  • Work in the powdered sugar.
  • It will be pretty stiff but that is good.
  • Make into 48 balls. I divide the dough in half - then each half into half - and so on until you get 48 little chunks. Then I roll them in the palms of my hands and place in a large bowl.
  • Refrigerate for about an hour.
  • Put a piece of waxed paper on a baking sheet. I cut the piece to fit inside the pan so that it lays flat.
  • Melt the chocolate over a hot water bath or in a double boiler.
  • Take the peanut butter balls out of the fridge and work with about 6 at a time. Put the unused balls back in the fridge while you are working.
  • Roll each ball in the chocolate and pick up with two forks. Swipe the bottom of the ball against the top rim of the bowl as you lift out so you don't get a blob of chocolate, under the ball on the wax paper. Lay on the wax paper on the cookie sheet.
  • When all the balls are finished place the pan in the refrigerator (or freezer) to harden up. About an hour.
  • You can place each ball in a mini paper cup for looks or just pile in a stack.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Balls
Amount Per Serving (2 Balls)
Calories 108 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 2g10%
Sodium 39mg2%
Potassium 83mg2%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 5IU0%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I keep them in the refrigerator because the chocolate can get ‘melty’. If your house if coolish you can leave them out.

You can even store them in the freezer and they will be ready to eat within a half an hour of removing.

 

Peanut Butter Cups Balls are glistening chocolate balls piled in a green bowl and that bowl is sitting in a yellow one. Two photos are stacked on top of each other.
 

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  1. Ginny McMeans

    I am so sorry Kimberly but it is as sugary as can be and you can’t change anything to get the same true peanut butter cups taste. You can change things but then it wouldn’t be a copycat recipe. I just put it on my list to make a recipe that is close as can be without all the sugar.

  5. Laura

    Great recipe, they look delicious. Fantastic they can be freeze. I will load the freezer and have enough to cover the rest of the summer

  15. Brittany Cooper

    Can you use regular butter instead of vegan and regular powered sugar instead of organic? I’ve never made these before but would like to just wasn’t sure how much the taste would change if I used something else!

  17. Trish

    I make these every year at Christmas, but I add rice crispies to the mix. Also dip some in white chocolate also

  21. Camille

    I am going to try this, with a little twist, I am going to add a little cocoa powder to the peanutbutter. 🙂

  22. Ginny McMeans

    Thanks Beth! Vegan butter doesn’t have dairy – more like a margarine but the only one that is pretty easy to find is Earth Balance. I get mine at Safeway. The measurement would be the same for butter and vegan butter.

  23. Beth Walters

    These sound amazing! I think I have found something to do tomorrow. Quick question, as we are not vegan, so I don’t know…what exactly is vegan butter (just for the sake of curiosity) and would I just substitute an equal amount of regular butter or would the amount change?

  31. Robin Williams

    I found some Halloween chocolate balls with 3 different centers. I make the peanut butter recipe then put a chocolate ball in the middle, then dip them in chocolate, very very good. I have a BBQ restaurant and make different truffles for desert, these are for my gluten-free customers also.

  33. christine

    i have been making theses since i was a kid…if you add some wax(buy it on the baking aisle) they will harden faster, and wont melt as easily at room temp and it makes your chocolate go alot further by thinning it down with the melted wax before adding the morsels…

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