Stack of peanut butter cups
The Only 3 Ingredients You Need To Make Reese's-Quality Peanut Butter Cups

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By SONORA SLATER
Three peanut butter cups on a white surface
There are two famed recipes for peanut butter cups that taste like the iconic Reese's peanut-butter chocolate combo. Both require three ingredients, a microwave, and a freezer.
Bowls of chocolate chips, peanut butter, and powdered sugar
The first recipe calls for microwave-melted peanut butter and chocolate chips as well as powdered sugar to mix into the peanut butter. It's sure to yield the classic Reese's flavor.
Collage of applesauce and powdered peanut butter in bowls
The second one, on the other hand, swaps the sugar for unsweetened applesauce and the regular peanut butter for its powdered variety, yielding a lower-sugar, lower-fat alternative.
Peanut butter and chocolate layered in a muffin tin
To replicate any of the two recipes, use a mini muffin tin to layer the chocolate, peanut butter mixture, and chocolate again — and freeze for an hour until the cups easily pop out.