These Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Eggs have a light, fluffy peanut butter center that's chilled, then coated in melted semi-sweet chocolate. They're simple to make, take just six ingredients, and taste amazing!

Chocolate covered peanut butter eggs drizzled in extra chocolate and placed on wax paper lined background.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Like my PA Dutch Chocolate Funny Cake, Black Bottom Cupcakes, and Lemon Bars, this one is a longtime family favorite! My late Grammy used to make it, and now all of her kids and grandkids do too!

The filling in this chocolate peanut butter egg recipe isn't a typical peanut butter filling like the one you'd find in a chocolate buckeye recipe. It's light, fluffy and creamy thanks to the unsalted butter, creamy peanut butter, marshmallow fluff and powdered sugar. Once shaped, the eggs are dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and chilled until set.

It's an easy chocolate treat with great flavor, and it makes a perfect after-dinner dessert for Easter or spring!

Happy eating!

What You'll Need

You'll need these ingredients to make this chocolate covered peanut butter egg recipe.

Ingredients in various size bowls labeled as semi-sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter, marshmallow fluff, unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and vegetable shortening on a white marbled background.

Vegetable Shortening. This helps thin the semi-sweet chocolate chips and gives the chocolate peanut butter eggs a slight shine.
Marshmallow Fluff. Marshmallow creme works just as well. The two are basically the same, although marshmallow creme includes cream of tartar and xanthan gum.
Chocolate Chips. I suggest a quality semi-sweet brand, such as Ghirardelli.
Peanut Butter. Choose a creamy kind, ideally not the stir-style.

You'll find exact quantities and instructions in the recipe card below.

Substitutions

Here are tested and recommended swaps for the ingredients below.

Vegetable Shortening. Instead of vegetable shortening, you can use coconut oil. This is a 1:1 substitution. You can also use 1/2 square of paraffin wax. Paraffin wax, like vegetable shortening and coconut oil, helps thin the chocolate and adds a little shine. It also allows the chocolate-covered peanut butter eggs to sit out at room temperature without melting.
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips. Milk chocolate chips can stand in for semi-sweet, though I think semi-sweet tastes better. To cut back on sugar a bit, you could try Hu Kitchen's sugar-free chocolate chips.

I did not test this recipe with any sugar or butter alternatives.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Here's a quick overview of how to make these easy chocolate covered peanut butter eggs. For the complete printable recipe, in either US customary or metric measurements, see the recipe card below.

Mixing butter, peanut butter, and marshmallow fluff together in a stainless steel bowl then adding in powdered sugar on a white marble background.

Step 1. Make the peanut butter egg filling. Beat the unsalted butter, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff on medium-high speed until thoroughly combined (Images 1-2). Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. When it's mixed well with room-temperature butter, the filling should be soft, creamy and a little sticky (Images 3-4).

Scooping peanut butter eggs mixture into egg shapes then placing onto a wax paper lined baking sheet.

Step 2. Shape the peanut butter eggs. Scoop out a spoonful of the mixture (Image 5) and roll it between your hands into an egg shape. Set it on a wax paper-lined baking sheet (Image 6). Keep going until all the filling is used, then freeze until firm, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. The longer they freeze, the better, since firmer eggs are easier to dip in the melted chocolate.

Recipe Tip: If the filling is too sticky to work with, refrigerate it for an hour or roll each egg in powdered sugar.

Melting chocolate chips and vegetable shortening in a glass bowl placed over a saucepan and burner.

Step 3. Melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips. In a double boiler filled with about 1″-1.5″ of water in the bottom pan, melt the vegetable shortening (or coconut oil) and semi-sweet chocolate chips over low heat (Image 7), uncovered, until smooth and fully melted (Image 8). You can also melt them together in the microwave in a heatproof, microwave-safe bowl.

Recipe Tip: If you're using paraffin wax, melt it on its own in a double boiler first, then add the chocolate chips.

Dipping peanut butter eggs using forks into melted chocolate in a glass bowl.

Step 4. Coat the peanut butter eggs in chocolate. Use candy dipping tools or 1-2 forks. After dipping an egg, lift it out and gently tap off the extra chocolate against the side of the bowl or double boiler (Images 9 and 10). Repeat until every egg is coated. If you like, drizzle a little more chocolate over the tops. Refrigerate the chocolate covered peanut butter eggs until set. Trim any excess, then dig in!

Chilled chocolate covered peanut butter eggs drizzled with more chocolate randomly placed in a glass container with two cut in half on white background.

Recipe FAQs

Can I use coconut oil in place of vegetable shortening?

Yes. Both help thin the chocolate and give it some shine once it sets. Use them in a 1:1 swap.

What can I use instead of a double boiler to make these chocolate covered peanut butter eggs?

No double boiler? Use a medium saucepan with 1-1 1/2 inches of water and set a heatproof glass mixing bowl on top. Put the chocolate in the glass bowl and melt it over low heat. Or melt the vegetable shortening and semi-sweet chocolate chips together in a heatproof, microwave-safe bowl.

What is the paraffin wax alternative?

Paraffin wax mainly thins the chocolate and adds a bit of shine. It also keeps the chocolate from melting at room temperature. Since not everyone wants to use it, it's listed only as an option in place of vegetable shortening.

What can I do with leftover melted chocolate?

Any leftover melted chocolate is great for dipping pretzels, Oreos or anything else you like! We enjoy dipping pretzels and storing them in a container in the fridge. So good!

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