Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts
Peanut butter and chocolate are the perfect combination and these delicious chocolate peanut butter hearts are no exception. These hearts are filled with creamy, sweet peanut butter and dipped in rich dark chocolate.
Equipment
- Stand mixer or hand mixer
- Baking sheet
- rubber spatula
- Rolling Pin
- parchment paper
- Heart cookie cutter
- microwave safe bowl
- Fork
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Filling
- 2 cups (512 g) creamy peanut butter, I use Skippy
- ½ cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter
- 3 ½ cups (420) g powdered sugar, measured then sifted
- Pinch of salt
Chocolate Coating
- 4 cups (896 g) dark chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoon (24 g) shortening
Instructions
- Mix the Filling: Lay a sheet of parchment paper the size of a baking sheet on counter. Set aside. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream peanut butter and unsalted butter together until smooth. Add sifted powdered sugar and pinch of salt. Mix until dough forms. Scrape sides of bowl with rubber spatula.
- Roll the Filling: Scoop mixture onto a parchment paper. Lay another sheet of parchment paper on top of peanut butter filling. Using a rolling pin, roll filling to ½ inch thick. Leaving the filling between the parchment paper, move filling to baking sheet and freeze for 20 minutes.
- Shape the Filling: Remove filling from freezer and use a cookie cutter to cut heart shapes of filling.
- Chill the Filling: Lay hearts on parchment or wax paper lined baking sheet. Freeze hearts for 20 minutes. I like to reroll my filling and refreeze the filling before I cut more hearts. When it gets warm, it starts to stick and doesn’t hold its shape. Repeat rolling and cutting until all filling is into heart shapes. Freeze hearts for 20 minutes.
- Melt the Chocolate: In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and Crisco together until smooth. Start with 30 seconds and stir. Reheat in 15 second intervals until chocolate is smooth.
- Dip the Hearts: Remove hearts from freezer and dip into melted chocolate using fork. Place hearts back onto parchment paper and repeat until all hearts are coated in chocolate. You may need to reheat the chocolate as it hardens. Freeze or refrigerate hearts to harden. Once chocolate has set, enjoy!