These Homemade Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs are perfect for Easter and taste even better than your favorite Reese's Eggs! They are prettier too! Decorated with gorgeous pastel royal icing flowers.
WHY I LOVE THESE Homemade Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
• They bring back lots of childhood memories for me. You too?
• Getting a basket of goodies on Easter morning was so exciting for me as a child. I remember getting chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, little toys and chocolate covered eggs. The bunnies and chocolates always had pretty sugar roses on top which I absolutely loved.
• My husband and kids love Reese's peanut butter cups, so of course they love these Homemade Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs.
• Plus, they're super simple to make and they taste amazing!
• Your family will absolutely love this delicious easter treat, no doubt about it!
• Put these adorable Reese's peanut butter eggs in a cute easter basket for your kiddos!
INGREDIENT NOTES
• Powdered sugar: Use any powdered sugar you like for this recipe, genetic is fine. You will need 3 cups for the peanut butter filling and 2 ¼ cups or 8 ounces for the royal icing flowers.
• Peanut butter: I used Peter Pan peanut butter for this recipe, but you can use your favorite creamy peanut butter! I do not recommend crunchy peanut butter though.
• Butter: Only half a stick of unsalted butter (or a ¼ cup) is needed for this recipe. Ensure butter is softened at room temperature before using.
• Chocolate chips: Use any semi-sweet chocolate chips you like. I used Enjoy Life dairy-free chips for these eggs. Feel free to use milk chocolate or dark chocolate chips! I prefer semi-sweet since the peanut butter flavor is so sweet!
• Meringue Powder: Find meringue powder at any local craft store, Walmart, or Amazon. You only need 2 tablespoons for the flowers!
HOW TO MAKE THESE Homemade Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
1. Start by making the peanut butter filling. Combine peanut butter, butter, and salt in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer or by hand until creamy.
2. With the mixer on low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar and water. Turn the mixer up to medium and mix until the peanut butter mixture becomes a crumbly dough that you can form together like dough.
3. Form dough into an egg shape. Form 20 different pb eggs with your hands. Place eggs on a cookie sheet or any pan lined with parchment paper or wax paper (Feel free to make smaller eggs). Place them in the freezer for an hour to let them chill.
4. For the chocolate coating, melt chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir and repeat this until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth (Don't overheat, should take about 90 seconds total-it depends on your microwave).
5. Take peanut butter balls out of the freezer and dip eggs into the melted chocolate. Place chocolate eggs on a prepared baking sheet/wax paper to fully set. Once set, they are ready to decorate if desired, or ready to eat!
6. Making the royal icing flowers is optional: Place all of the icing ingredients into a large bowl. With an electric mixer, beat on low for 6 minutes. Once done mixing immediately transfer the icing into four separate bowls. Add food coloring of choice and pour icing into piping bags. Use tips #101, #129, #68/#352, and #3 for all the flowers and leaves. The description below contains piping tip details.
7. Serve and enjoy your pretty homemade Reese's eggs! Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a week!
EXPERT TIPS
• Piping tips: Use tip #101 for the 5-petal flowers, #129 for the swirl drop flowers, #68 or #352 for the leaves, and #3 for the flower centers.
• Dipping eggs: When dipping the eggs, make sure they just came out of the freezer. Dip with a large fork or plop the whole egg in the bowl with the chocolate mixture. Spoon out with a large fork then tap against the edge of the bowl and scrap the excess chocolate drip. Place on the wax paper to set!
• Forming eggs: When forming the eggs, form with your hands until you get the right shape! If you struggle at all with making the egg shape, you could always make balls instead!
• Leftover chocolate: If you have extra chocolate and you aren't making the royal icing flowers, use the extra chocolate to drizzle on top of the set of chocolate eggs to get a cute effect! You could also use melted white chocolate drizzled on top instead!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I store these? Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for a week!
Can I use natural peanut butter? I do not recommend using natural peanut butter because...
How do I pipe the flowers? Check out my video on how to pipe the 5 Petal flower with tip #101. You can also check out other YouTube videos to help you out.
Are the royal icing flowers optional? Yes, of course! They are pretty tricky if you don't have experience with piping. Buy some online or omit them!
Are these gluten-free? Yes! They are already made gluten-free and to make them dairy-free, use dairy-free butter and chocolate chips!
A Note About the Royal Icing Flowers
The royal icing flowers on the chocolate eggs are optional.
If you want to try making them, here is a video on How to Make the 5-Petal Flower using pastry TIP #101
For royal icing Leaves, use pastry TIP #352
The tiny Drop Flowers are made with pastry TIP #129 or #68
Don't feel like making flowers? Buy them! I found these on Amazon.
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From my family to yours, we wish you all a very healthy and Happy Easter!
Lise
xoxo
Easter bible verse...
"He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6
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Homemade Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Ingredients
For the peanut butter filling
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter I used Peter Pan
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ teaspoon salt I used pink himalayan salt
- 2 tablespoons water
For the chocolate coating
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips I used non-dairy
- 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable shortening I used Crisco
For the royal icing flowers
- 8 ounces powdered sugar about 2 ¼ cups
- 2 tablespoons meringue powder plus 1 ½ teaspoons
- 3 tablespoons water
Instructions
For the peanut butter filling
- In a large bowl, beat the butter, peanut butter and salt with an electric mixer until creamy. (You can beat by hand, if desired.) With mixer on low, gradually add powdered sugar and water. Turn mixer to medium and beat until a crumbly dough forms.
- Form dough into 20 egg shaped balls and place on a pan lined with wax paper. You can make small balls if you want to. Place them in the freezer to chill for 1 hour.
For the chocolate coating
- In a microwave safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips and shortening on high for 30 seconds. Stir, then repeat until chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Do not overheat. It should take about 90 seconds total. Microwaves vary, so it might take a little less time or a little more time depending on the power of yours.
- Remove eggs from freezer and dip each egg in chocolate. Place on wax paper to set. Once set, they're ready to eat or you can decorate with royal icing flowers, if desired.
For the royal icing flowers (optional)
- Place all of the icing ingredients in a large bowl (powdered sugar, meringue powder and water). With an electric mixer, beat on low for 6 minutes. Immediately transfer icing to four separate bowls. Add food coloring of choice. Pour icing into pastry bags. I used these tips: #101 for the 5 petal flowers, #129 for the swirl drop flowers, #68 or #352 for the leaves and #3 for the flower centers.
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It's also such a strange time right now due to covid-19. We could all use a bit of comfort food, right? The kids aren't in school and lots of things are closed, including church. I will miss going to the Easter church service tomorrow but grateful we can at least view it online. I'll look forward to that. And also one of these Copycat Reese's Easter Eggs!
Rita Joy @ Harbour Breeze Home says
These are stunningly gorgeous!...and look yummy, too! Pinned!!
Liz says
Wow, these are gorgeous!!! Your flowers are such a festive spring touch!