Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

If you need a quick and easy Easter dessert idea, these Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs are perfect for you! They’re so cute, simple to make, tasty and festive for Easter!

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

I whipped up these simple and adorable chocolate covered peanut butter eggs that you are going to just love. Perfect for Easter! If you love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, you are going to love these. Wilton has a zillion colored candy melts that I picked up at Michaels last week along with those cute paper liners. Check the baking section of your grocery store for candy melts too. Amazon is always helpful too.

Be sure to try my Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookie Pies too! Follow Picky Palate on Instagram for daily recipe inspiration. Hope you enjoy!!

What You’ll Need

• creamy peanut butter– Use your favorite brand of peanut butter for the recipe.
• powdered sugar– Also called confectioners sugar, this sugar gets mixed with the peanut butter.
• Wilton Candy Melts in paste colors– Find in the baking section of your grocery store or check Amazon
• Sprinkles for tops if desired– Any of your favorite sprinkles work great!

How to Make This Easy Easter Dessert

1. Place peanut butter and sugar into a large bowl, mix until combined. I used my hands half way through mixing with a spoon. Dough will be pretty firm.
2. With a cookie scoop or spoon, scoop 3-4 tablespoons of dough into your hands and shape into eggs. Freeze for 30 minutes to an hour until hardened. 
3. Start with one color of candy melts at a time. Coat 4-5 peanut butter eggs with chocolate and place onto parchment or wax paper. Sprinkle with non-parils quickly as chocolate hardens fast. It’s important to work in batches so your chocolate doesn’t harden on you.
4. Continue coating all of your eggs until they’ve all been coated and sprinkled. Let chocolate harden and serve. Enjoy room temperature or chilled. I only used maybe a fourth of each bag which means you can create other fun treats another time. I dipped Oreos in these last year and they were a huge hit.

Place your peanut butter into a large bowl.  Add your powdered sugar. Once mixed, use a large cookie scoop to help form the eggs.

You’ll start like this and with your hands form the dough into little egg shapes.

Like this. Mine are far from perfect, but it works anyway.

Let the coating begin. Start with one color at a time when melting your chocolate. You’ll coat 4-5 eggs per color.

How To Serve

Serve peanut butter eggs during your upcoming Easter celebration. They’re simple to make and so delicious. Serve room temperature or chilled.

How To Store Leftovers

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator or room temperature for up to 3-4 days.

Recipe Tips For Success

• Once peanut butter dough is formed into egg shape, freeze for 15-30 minutes so it hardens slightly.
• Melt one color candy melts at a time. Microwave gently if it starts hardening.
• Use little paper liners to serve peanut butter eggs in. White sprinkles look great on top.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

If you need a quick and easy Easter dessert idea, these Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs are perfect for you! They're so cute, tasty and festive for Easter!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Freeze Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings: 20

Calories: 225kcal

Author: Jenny

Cost: $20

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Equipment

• Freezer
• mixing bowl
• mixing spoon
• measuring cups
• cookie scoop
• mixing spoon

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• Wilton candy melts in yellow, green, pink & white
• Non-parils for sprinkling on top

Instructions

• Place peanut butter and sugar into a large bowl, mix until combined. I used my hands half way through mixing with a spoon. Dough will be pretty firm.
• With a cookie scoop or spoon, scoop 3-4 tablespoons of dough into your hands and shape into eggs. Freeze for 30 minutes to an hour until hardened.
• Start with one color of candy melts at a time. Coat 4-5 peanut butter eggs with chocolate and place onto parchment or wax paper. Sprinkle with non-parils quickly as chocolate hardens fast. It's important to work in batches so your chocolate doesn't harden on you.
• Continue coating all of your eggs until they've all been coated and sprinkled. Let chocolate harden and serve. Enjoy room temperature or chilled.

Notes

Makes 20-25 candies

I only froze mine for 15 minutes and I was able to continue, it's just easier if the dough is hardened.

Nutrition

Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 148mg | Potassium: 209mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

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