Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways

Why You'll Love These Peanut Butter Meltaways

• Only 3 ingredients!
• No baking required.
• Ready in about 30 minutes.
• Easy enough for kids to help make.
• Perfect for holiday candy trays and cookie platters.
• Easy to customize with different types of chocolate.
• Can be made in candy molds or mini cupcake liners.
• They're soft, creamy, and melt in your mouth.

What Are Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways?

Meltaways are a type of candy with a soft, creamy texture that melts in your mouth. Unlike a firm chocolate candy bar, these peanut butter meltaways soften easily when you bite into them.

The combination of chocolate, white chocolate, and peanut butter creates a smooth candy that's sweet, creamy, and full of peanut butter flavor.

These are especially fun to make during the holidays because you can pour the mixture into silicone candy molds to create snowflakes, snowmen, Christmas trees, or other festive shapes.

What Others Are Saying

Soooooo very easy to make. They were absolutely delicious!!! These pb meltaways will be made again, again, and again!---Valerie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaway Ingredients

You only need three ingredients to make these easy candies.

• Chocolate Chips: Use your favorite chocolate chips. Milk chocolate, semi-sweet, and dark chocolate all work well. Milk chocolate gives you a sweeter, classic candy flavor, while semi-sweet or dark chocolate creates a richer chocolate flavor.
• White Chocolate Chips: White chocolate adds sweetness and gives these candies their smooth, creamy texture. If you don't have white chocolate chips, you can replace them with an additional ½ cup of chocolate chips. You can also experiment with peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips.
• Peanut Butter: I use creamy peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter works if you'd like a little texture in your meltaways.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways

1. Prepare the molds or liners. Line a small baking sheet with 24 mini cupcake liners.

You can also use silicone candy molds instead of cupcake liners. If using candy molds, place them on a baking sheet or tray so they're easy to move to the refrigerator.

2. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter. Add the chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and peanut butter to a microwave-safe bowl.

Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring well between each interval, until the mixture is completely melted and smooth.

3. Fill the liners or molds. Spoon the melted chocolate mixture into the mini cupcake liners, filling each one about ½ to ⅔ full.

If you're using silicone candy molds, carefully spoon the mixture into each cavity.

4. Chill. Place the tray in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, or until the meltaways are firm.

5. Enjoy! Once the candies are firm, they're ready to eat. If using mini cupcake liners, simply peel the liner away from the candy.

If using silicone molds, remove the candies from the molds while they're still cold. They'll soften as they come to room temperature.

Making Meltaways in Silicone Candy Molds

Silicone candy molds make these chocolate peanut butter meltaways especially fun for holidays and special occasions. I've made them in snowflake, snowman, and Christmas shapes, and they're adorable on holiday treat trays.

Place the molds on a baking sheet before filling them so you can easily transfer them to the refrigerator. Once the candies have hardened, remove them from the refrigerator and pop them out of the molds while they're still cold.

Don't let molded meltaways come all the way to room temperature before removing them from the molds. Because they're soft and creamy, they can crack when you try to push them out once they've softened.

Chocolate Variations

One of my favorite things about this recipe is how easy it is to customize.

• Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways: Use milk chocolate chips for a sweet, classic chocolate-peanut butter flavor.
• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Meltaways: Semi-sweet chocolate gives the candies a slightly less sweet and richer chocolate flavor.
• Dark Chocolate Meltaways: For a more intense chocolate flavor, use dark chocolate chips.
• Peanut Butter Meltaways: Replace some or all of the white chocolate chips with peanut butter chips for even more peanut butter flavor.
• Butterscotch Peanut Butter Meltaways: Butterscotch chips are another delicious option and pair especially well with peanut butter.

How to Store Peanut Butter Meltaways

Store the meltaways in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Because they contain peanut butter, they become softer when they're warm. Keeping them chilled helps them maintain their shape and texture.

If your kitchen is cool, you can let them sit at room temperature for serving. They'll become softer as they warm up, which gives them their signature meltaway texture.

For holiday candy trays, I recommend keeping them refrigerated until you're ready to serve them.

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