Reese Dessert Cups
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert Cups take the classic Reese's candy flavors and fill them a creamy mousse-like mixture. Perfect for outdoor parties and potlucks.
Ingredients
- 2 cupscrushed oreo cookie crumbs, with cream ((you can substitute generic chocolate sandwich cookies for the oreo brand))
- ¼ cupsalted butter (melted and cooled)
- 8 ouncespackage cream cheese (softened)
- 1 cuppowdered sugar
- 1 cupcreamy peanut butter (i used reese’s brand)
- 1 ½ cupscold heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
- chocolate sauce for drizzling
- 28reese’s peanut butter minis (you can add 2 peanut butter minis per cup - 56 peanut butter minis)
Directions
- 1
Add the crushed Oreo cookie crumbs to a small mixing bowl (3-4 cups) Pour the melted and cooled butter over the crushed cookies. Stir to completely coat the crumbs.
- 2
Add 2 teaspoons of the buttered crumbs to the cups. Use either a spoon or an extra cup to tamp down the buttered crumbs.
- 3
Using either a stand mixer with a wire whisk attachment, or a large mixing bowl with a handheld mixer on medium speed, beat together the softened cream cheese and the powdered sugar for 1 - 1 ½ minutes until smooth. (It’s important that the cream cheese is softened to room temperature for smoother blending and no clumps are visible) Be sure to use a silicone spatula to scrape down the sides of the mixer as you go.
- 4
Add the peanut butter to the cream cheese mixture and continue to mix until the mixture is smooth.
- 5
Add the cold heavy cream and vanilla. Continue to mix for another 2-3 minutes until the mixture has thickened. (The mixture should be thick enough to hold its shape when piped)
- 6
Add the peanut butter filling to a disposable piping bag. (You can also use a gallon size ziplock with a corner snipped off)
- 7
Snip the end of the piping bag off. Squeeze the peanut butter filling on top of the buttered cookie crumbs. Fill the cup about ¾ of the way full.
- 8
Drizzle the chocolate sauce in a zigzag pattern across the top of the peanut butter filling. Place 1 of the peanut butter minis on top of the chocolate sauce layer. Top the cups with the lids and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve. The dessert cups will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the cups for up to 1 month.