With only four ingredients, these Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are dangerously easy to make. They’re a quick and satisfying treat with way less sugar than the store bought kind! 

Last week I craved the combination of chocolate and peanut butter for six days straight.

SIX.

And it’s not like I didn’t let myself have it- believe me, I did. I’m a big believer in honoring what my body is craving. Otherwise I knew I was going to find myself elbow deep in a Costco-sized jar of peanut butter at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday.

For six days straight I had some variation of chocolate and peanut butter, and on that sixth day, these 4-Ingredient Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups were born. I guess it’s like my body finally found what it wanted, because on that day the cravings ended.

And no, people, I am not pregnant. (Why do women always have to say that when they talk about incessant cravings?) Though I am quite interested in the odd things I’ll crave someday. As a child, I ate carrots dipped in chocolate pudding. So who knows what I’ve got coming.

Ok, I digress.

Let’s talk about these amazing dark chocolate peanut butter cups.

What You’ll Need

Four ingredients y’all- that’s it. LIKE, THAT IS TOO EASY.

• Dark chocolate chips (Use Enjoy Life brand or something similar for dairy free)
• Peanut butter (I prefer peanut butter with only one ingredient- peanuts. But feel free to use whatever you’ve got!)
• Coconut oil
• Sea salt (Does this even count as an ingredient?)

There’s one other thing you’ll need that makes these dark chocolate peanut butter cups 100x easier. Are you ready?

Reusable muffin tin liners.

They’re silicone, so when your peanut butter cups are frozen and set, they just pop right out. These things are a LIFESAVER. I use them not only for muffins (duh) but also for keeping condiments and ingredients separate when I’m packing our lunches. If I’m packing chicken fajitas for a taco bowl, I’ll put fresh pico in a reusable muffin liner as well as some guac in another, and boom everything is set. And nothing touches.

Anyone else not a fan of their food touching?

As a child, there was NOTHING worse than my mac and cheese and ketchup touching. It spelled lunchtime disaster for my second grade self.

How To Make Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Ready to make them? Excellent. Here’s a quick run-down:

1. Prep the chocolate in two batches. Melt half the chocolate/coconut oil combo in the microwave cause we ain’t about that double boiler life.
2. Distribute first chocolate layer among the silicone baking cups. Pop them in the freezer for 10 minutes.
3. Pull the cups back out and add your peanut butter layer.
4. Melt the second half of the chocolate/coconut oil combo. With a large spoon, distribute evenly among the cups. Sprinkle with sea salt if desired.
5. Freeze at least two hours.

Tips For Making Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

• Melt the chocolate in 30 second bursts. If you have a “melt/soften” setting on your microwave, use that. I found that for 4 oz of chocolate, the melt/soften setting wanted to go for 2:30, but it only needed around one minute. Even if you use the melt/soften setting, still check on it and stir every thirty seconds.
• Use a regular dinner tablespoon and put about a spoonful of chocolate into each reusable muffin liner. You be the judge here on how thick you want your peanut butter cups. If you do put more than just a spoonful, you won’t get the full 9 peanut butter cups, so adjust accordingly.
• Add about a half tablespoon of peanut butter on top of the chocolate layer. Again, you can add more or less peanut butter according to your own hopes and dreams for these cups. If you need the peanut butter to distribute evenly, try tapping the muffin liners on the counter or rotating them to get the peanut butter to spread.
• I know what you’re thinking- FREEZE FOR TWO HOURS? When I froze them for less time, the chocolate was frozen but the peanut butter went flying out the side when I took my first bite. Two hours gives the time for the peanut butter to freeze, too.

Other Easy No-Bake Desserts

• 5-Minute Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough Bites (SO ADDICTING)
• Chocolate Espresso Coconut Balls
• Cookies & Cream Peppermint Bark 

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Happy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Making!