Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Truffles
The Story:
A girl I lived with my Sophomore year of college had 3 addictions–Jason Mraz, Diet Coke and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Four years later, she’s still a fan of Jason’s music, trying desperately to let go of the Diet Coke can but I still find Reese’s Peanut Butter cups in her car whenever we hang out.
Somethings never change.
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Hot Chocolate Truffles are meant to be dropped into hot milk and then stirred to create a delicious and fun hot chocolate. My original recipe I posted 2 boyfriends ago (yes I measure time in boyfriends) has been a huge hit! But this time I added peanut butter (or you can use NUTELLA!!!!) to give an even more playful taste!
Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
- 2 C. chocolate chips
- 1 C. peanut butter creamy/smooth (You can use Nutella instead!)
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- 1. In a sauce pan, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, vanilla extract, sugar and salt together and stir until smooth.
- 2. Pour into bowl or tupperware and let cool until firm enough to scoop.
- 3. Scoop out truffles (about 1 Tbsp or 1 1/2 Tbsp in size)
- 4. Put them on a plate and place in the fridge for 5 or so minutes.
- 5. Roll balls between your palms to smooth and make them round.
- 6. Roll in cocoa powder.
- 8. Drop into 1 C. of hot milk and stir! Top with marshmallows or whipped cream
Just drop one of these into a cup of hot milk and stir….It tastes like a liquid Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Heaven.
This recipe is so easy because all you have to really do is melt everything together.
Basically what you’ve made at this point is a really thick chocolate peanut butter ganache. Feel tree to taste test 🙂
Chill it in the fridge until is gets thick enough to scoop. (About 10 minutes) If you want really rich hot chocolate, then make BIG truffles.
Put them on a plate and back in the fridge before you roll them between your hands, it can get a little messy but it’s still fun! (One reader just poured the ganache into a pan and then cute little truffle squares!)
I rolled mine in cocoa powder to give a “professional” look, but you don’t have to do that! In my original recipe I rolled them in crushed candy canes and that was really pretty!
Beautiful and simple. GREAT gifts for neighbors and friends, these don’t even have to be refrigerated! Just give a Christmas mug full of these cute truffles to a friend and it’s a perfect treat!
Make a tag that says “Stir into 1 Cup of hot milk for peanut butter hot chocolate!”
do you have to stir them into hot chocolate? Can you just eat them? 🙂
Yum! I made a dry peanut butter hot chocolate mix before and it was great. Love that these are single serving little balls.
Well you would stir them into hot MILK to make hot chocolate… they are really, really rich. If you want some to eat and not “drink” try these, but replace some of the cream cheese with peanut butter and omit peppermint extract and candy canes!
http://www.yourcupofcake.com/2012/11/chocolate-candy-cane-truffles.html
Should I use semi sweet or milk chocolate chips? Sorry if that’s dumb?
Not a dumb question! I use semi sweet but it just depends on how sweet/rich you want it. You can always add a little extra sugar with the semi sweet 🙂
Hi Liz,
I was wondering how long will the truffles last?
There’s no cream or milk in the recipe so they’re last for weeks! I have some in my kitchen still and I keep eating them plain… very rich but amazing when you don’t melt them into milk.
Oooooohhhh! I’m so glad you discovered the original at my house two boyfriends ago and you morphed them into this amazingness that is shelf stable!!! Merry Christmas! I’ll be making these this week!
thanks 🙂 sounds yummy!!!
Aw, thanks Kim! You recipe is just AMAZING and such a fun gift for neighbors because who doesn’t like hot chocolate?
Hi Lizzy, I tried this recipe using the Nutella and it seizes immediately, any idea what I’m doing wrong?
Jessica I am so sorry! I’ve melted chocolate chips and Nutella together before and never had a problem… perhaps it was the brand of chocolate chips you used. What kind did you use?
I used Toll House chocolate chips… I was thinking maybe it was the vanilla?
Oh yes… sometimes certain vanilla’s don’t work with melted chocolate. It depends on the alcohol or other liquids they put in it.
Hi! I just tried these and when I put them into milk they didn’t really melt, I got milk with small pieces of chocolate if that makes sense? Any recommendations to fix it? I was so excited about giving these as gifts! I did put them in the fridge, does being slightly cold have anything to do with it?
Being cold is making them more difficult to melt, but if you have really hot milk to stir them into it will still work great!
I can’t wait to make these!! I’m adding them to my treat tray for our friends. This is the latest I’ve ever gotten my treat trays out-it’s just been a crazy year. Oh well. But I’m going to try making some with dark chocolate with peanut butter and crushed candy canes, and milk chocolate with Nutella and mini marshmallows. And I have this fun silicone snowflake mold that will work perfectly, I think; but if it doesn’t I’ll just roll them up into balls. :o) I’m so excited!! (insert squeal)
Could I just melt it all in the microwave instead? I’ve been wanting to make these for years!