Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

Two ingredients, no-bake, super simple, fudgy chocolate peanut butter bites.  They’re customizable to incorporate all kinds of toppings and they’re quite fun to experiment and change things up.  Everyone can have their own personalized chocolate treat.

How to Make Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

1. Melt the chocolate either using the microwave method or the DIY double boiler method. There's no added sweetener so make sure your chocolate is semi-sweet. 
2. Once your chocolate is melted, stir in the peanut butter until smooth.   
3. Line a muffin tray with silicone muffin cups or paper muffin cups.
4. Either add your toppings to customize, wait to customize each individual serving, or leave it as is.  
5. Portion the chocolate into each cup.  I use about 6 muffin cups and fill them up between ½ to ¾ of the way.  The larger the serving, the longer it will take to set up.  How many add-ins you use will also alter how many servings you get.  
6. If you are adding any goodies to the individual portions, a toothpick is helpful to stir them into the chocolate, it doesn’t get as coated with chocolate like a fork or spoon does. 

Microwave Method for Melting Chocolate

If you’re microwaving the chocolate, use a microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave for 30-second increments, making sure to stir after each increment.  Stop when the chocolate is about 90% of the way done.  Stir it together and the residual heat should melt the rest of the chocolate.

Double Boiler Method for Melting Chocolate

Place a glass or stainless steel bowl over a pot that has about 1-2 inches of water in it.  There needs to be enough water to boil, so it will create steam to heat the bowl that will melt the chocolate.  

Leave 2-3 inches of room between the water and the bottom of the bowl so you don’t have direct contact.  The bowl needs to fit into the pot to create a seal so the boiling water or steam doesn’t squirt out.  Then just boil the water!

Tips for Easy Chocolate Fudge Bites

• I like using silicone muffin cups to portion off the chocolate into individual servings, you can use paper muffin cups if you don’t have silicone ones. 
• There’s no sweetener in this recipe so make sure to use semi-sweet chocolate for a sweet treat. 
• Toothpicks work great for stirring goodies into each cup to customize them individually.
• If your peanut butter does not contain salt, you may want to add a pinch to the chocolate mixture when you add the peanut butter.
• I use natural peanut butter that contains just nuts and sometimes salt.  If you use peanut butter that contains added oils and sweeteners, it may alter the taste and texture of the treat.
• During testing, chocolate chips (ex. Enjoy Life) created a firmer texture when compared to using a chocolate bar or a baking chocolate bar (chocolate bars that are made for the purpose of baking).

Storing Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Bites

The dairy-free peanut butter cups can be stored in the refrigerator to stay soft and fudgy or keep them in the freezer for longer storage.  If frozen let them thaw slightly before serving.

Chocolate Fudge Bites Variations

• Crushed or broken pretzels
• Cocoa nibs for a little crunch
• Brown rice puffed cereal
• Vegan marshmallows
• Freeze-dried fruit (ex. Raspberries)
• Pinch of sea salt to the top (which does sink into the chocolate but still good)
• Your favorite vegan cookies crushed up
• Roasted chopped hazelnuts or roasted macadamia nuts

More Chocolate Recipes

• Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
• No-bake Cookie Dough Bites
• Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites
• Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
• Non-dairy Hot Chocolate
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Nice Cream
• Vegan Banana Squares with Chocolate Chips

I hope you enjoy this chocolate peanut butter bites recipe!

Originally posted on February 2, 2021, updated on February 12, 2022.

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