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Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

written by Vera Z. November 17, 2017
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These homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees are just like your favorite Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups disguised as a fun and festive Christmas dessert!

Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees ! One whole tree and other splited showing peanut butter inside!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

If you are a fan of Reese’s, these homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees will sweep you of your feet!

As a matter of fact, I do not know a single person who does not like Reese’s cups.

Since, Christmas is just around the corner, everyone’s favorite Reese’s Cups just got a new holiday makeover!!!

For Easter I made my homemade Reese’s cups in a shape of eggs. But, it’s time to make plans for Christmas, so I decided to make my homemade Reese’s in a shape of Christmas tree, this time.

And if you make them for holiday, I’m sure they will be a huge hit! Moreover, they will be the first thing that will disappear from your Christmas cookie tray, too.

Above all, these Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees are really simple to make.Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees shaped with cookie cutter.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Tree dipped in melted sweet softened chocolate!

First, this is SIMPLE AND EASY NO BAKE DESSERT RECIPE!!!

Secondly, you’ll need just A FEW INGREDIENTS: chocolate, peanut butter, butter and sugar. And you probably have most of these ingredients on your hand already.

Next, this is a FREEZER FRIENDLY RECIPE!!! You can MAKE AHEAD this dessert, FREEZE and use for Christmas. When the holiday comes, you will have more time to finish other things.

Your favorite Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups just got festive and fun Christmas makeover!!! But if you are a fan or Reese’s check these recipes, too.

Similar Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Recipes:

Homemade Reese’s Eggs
and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees are your favorite Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups disguised in a fun and festive Christmas dessert!

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Christmas Cranberry Pound Cake is perfect dessert for Christmas. It’s really moist, flavorful and easy to make.

Sliced loaf of Christmas Cranberry Pound Cake

Christmas Lasagna is whimsical layered dessert with buttery red velvet shortbread cookie crust, peppermint cheesecake layer, white chocolate pudding, whipped cream and mini marshmallows on top.

Christmas Lasagna slice on plate.

Christmas Tree Cheesecake on a stick is festive and fabulous Christmas treat. Eating cheesecake has never been this fun!

Christmas Tree Cheesecake on a stick on a chocolate cake in form of snow forest.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees


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  • Author: Vera Zecevic
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 3 hours
  • Yield: 18 trees 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: No Bake
  • Cuisine: American
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These homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Christmas Trees are just like your favorite Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups disguised as a fun and festive Christmas dessert!


Ingredients

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter-melted
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 10–12 oz. chocolate chips or chocolate chopped in small pieces (I used half of semi-sweet and  half of milk chocolate )

Instructions

  1. Line 8 x 8 inch dish with parchment paper, leaving the paper overhang the sides so you can easily lift it later and set aside.
  2. Then in a mixing bowl stir together peanut butter, melted butter, brown sugar vanilla and salt, until sugar dissolve. Next, gradually mix in powdered sugar.
  3. Press the mixture into prepared dish. Smooth the top with spatula or simply press it with your palms to flatten into about ½ inch thick layer.
  4. Place it in the freezer until firm enough for cutting.
  5. When the mixture is firm enough, line a tray with parchment paper and set aside.
  6. Using Christmas tree cookie cutter cut out the trees and place them on the tray. Place them in the freezer for 45-60 minutes until completely firm.
  7. Then melt the chocolate and line another tray with parchment paper.
  8. Using a fork, dip each tree into melted chocolate to cover completely. Gently tap the fork to drip of the excess of chocolate. (Since the peanut butter mixture softens really fast at the room temperature, I suggest you to take just a few trees at the time from the freezer, because it’s easier to work with the firm trees!!!) Place chocolate covered Christmas trees on the parchment paper lined tray. Refrigerate until chocolate has set.
  9. Store in the fridge or freeze for longer storage.
  10. I made 18 Christmas trees, but the number depends on the size of your cookie cutter. Mine was about 1 ¾  x 2 ¼ inches. Don’t waste any batter, pick up leftovers, kneed, press with your palms and you will be able to cut out at least 2-3 more trees.
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61 comments

Denise November 30, 2017 - 6:51 am

Could you use coconut oil instead of butter for vegans?

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Vera Zecevic December 1, 2017 - 4:33 pm

Hi Denise, I think it would work, too. Please let me know if you try with coconut oil!

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Terri November 30, 2017 - 12:57 pm

There were issues with trying to print the recipe so I had to ‘copy & paste’, email it to myself and then print.

Issues: filled w/ads, would not completely load so I could print from your ‘print’ option.

Thanks so much for the recipe, this is my husbands favorite and I been making a similar recipe for years, thought I try something new (liked the way yours rolled out).

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Vera Zecevic December 1, 2017 - 4:32 pm

Thanks Terri:-)

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Mel December 6, 2017 - 7:07 pm

These look delicious! Did you use natural peanut butter or peanut butter that has added sugar?

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Vera Zecevic December 7, 2017 - 9:56 am

Hi Mel,use natural.

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Florence Cathcart January 4, 2019 - 4:40 am

You should have specified that you are using natural peanut butter instead of just creamy peanut butter. I thought that was a lot of sugar to add. It was way too sweet and ruined the whole batch because I use regular peanut butter.

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Barbara Taylor December 7, 2017 - 2:32 am

I have made this recipe twice now and they are fantastic. The only problem I have is getting the chocolate loose enough to dip properly, is there a secret to melting the chips? (I used milk chocolate chips only.)

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Vera Zecevic December 7, 2017 - 9:53 am

Thanks Barbara 🙂 I’m glad you like it.
Try to heat the chocolate to just a bit higher temperature, but be careful not to burn it.

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Linnea December 10, 2017 - 1:29 am

I add shortening or coconut oil to my melted chocolate. This helps to thin it out for dipping.

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Meg December 24, 2019 - 12:16 am

Can you use baked peanut butter cookies?

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Cyndi December 20, 2019 - 12:49 pm

Try melting it in a double boiler. Or get a pan of hot water, then get another smaller pan and put in the hot water. And put your chocolate inside the second pan.

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Annette January 16, 2020 - 2:55 pm

Barbara. . .I always add in a little canned chocolate frosting to the chips. About a 1/2 can to a full bag of semi sweet chips.

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Liz December 10, 2017 - 2:47 am

How long can you store in the freezer?

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Vera Zecevic December 10, 2017 - 5:35 pm

Hi Liz, you can store it for a few weeks, even a month.

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Julie December 15, 2017 - 2:28 pm

My chocolate was to thick to dunk them, I had to just spread chocolate on top, really bummed me out!

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Vera Zecevic December 17, 2017 - 10:09 am

Hi Julie, I’m really sorry to hear that!

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Tierney December 15, 2023 - 4:50 pm

For anyone that has issues with chocolate being too thick, you can always add a little coconut oil and it will thin the chocolate a bit, butter if you can’t do coconut.

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Barb December 17, 2017 - 2:39 pm

Can you use salted butter?

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Vera Z. January 16, 2018 - 8:30 am

HI Barb, you can use salted butter and omit the salt in the recipe.

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Heidi January 15, 2018 - 5:00 pm

Love this recipe! My kids want to make them for their classmates for Valentine’s Day. How long can you freeze them for without losing quality?

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Vera Z. January 16, 2018 - 8:15 am

Hi Heidi, it will be good for a few weeks!

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Janet January 18, 2018 - 10:06 pm

The recipe says to use powdered sugar what is the equivalent in the UK

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Vera Z. January 20, 2018 - 8:49 pm

Hi Janet, powdered sugar is confectioners sugar.

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Sherry Oldham November 23, 2020 - 6:52 pm

Icing sugar! Not confectioners is the equivalent:)

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Mike March 13, 2018 - 3:14 pm

I recently made these and found they had a weird after taste, possibly from the powdered sugar. Anyone else have this issue? Other than that, we thought they were great!

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Jan December 18, 2018 - 10:10 pm

Can I use the chocolate discs that I used making peanut butter balls?

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Vera Z. December 21, 2018 - 10:59 am

Hi Jan, you can use them.

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Lisa Spencer December 19, 2018 - 10:03 pm

Are you trying to kill me?? I could eat my weight in these things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Florence Cathcart December 24, 2018 - 5:07 am

Two cups of powdered sugar seems like a lot of sugar, along with the brown sugar. Why so much? Can they bemade with half that amount of sugar?

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Vera Z. December 30, 2018 - 3:17 pm

Hi Florence, if you want to cut down the sugar, you’ll have to use graham cracker crumbs instead or the mixture won’t set.

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Florence Cathcart January 4, 2019 - 4:44 am

Graham cracker crumbs instead of what? The peanut butter?

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Kat December 22, 2019 - 12:51 am

I only used 1 cup powdered sugar and it turned out fine.

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Angela Borden December 13, 2019 - 7:23 am

I wonder how I could make this sugar free.

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Vera Z. December 13, 2019 - 8:54 am

Hi Angela, powdered sugar sweetens the candies and make the mixture thick, but you can use other sweetener and add ground sugar-free cracjers to make it thick.

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Neil December 14, 2019 - 7:17 pm

Could I use peanut butter I made in my vitamix which is nothing but roasted peanuts? Will it hold together enough for these and also will it interfere with the chocolate staying firm?
Thanks

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Vera Z. December 14, 2019 - 8:07 pm

Hi Neil, sorry, can’t help you with that.

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Jody Marple December 19, 2019 - 7:20 pm

To make this sugar free, it had been suggested to use ground sugar free crackers for thickness? How much? What kind of cracker?

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Christina December 22, 2019 - 1:28 pm

Hi was wondering how long do I leave them in freezer for to know they are firm enough? And powdered sugar or regular sugar?

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Vera Z. December 22, 2019 - 2:44 pm

Hi Christina, use powdered sugar.

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Christina December 22, 2019 - 3:01 pm

Okay thank you! For step 4 how long would u say to leave in freezer for,for them to be firm enough?

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Christina December 22, 2019 - 2:35 pm

How long do I leave them in freezer for to know they are firm enough? Regular sugar or actual powdered sugar?

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Lauren December 22, 2019 - 10:25 pm

Tips for dipping these in chocolate? Mine did not tolerate the fork method well. Also, specific directions for melting the chocolate? Mine lost their tree shape after dipping. Taste is good,but rather a disaster.

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Julie hoddy October 10, 2020 - 2:29 am

I like good recipes

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LadyGwynn October 14, 2020 - 10:34 pm

I saw this recipe on Facebook, and without reading the caption, I imagined that these were some kind of chocolate-dipped pumpkin pie bites… which, to be honest, sounds kinda awesome!

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Michelle Silva December 7, 2020 - 10:32 pm

we made these and my kids loved the inside with out the chocolate dipping lol

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Tammy December 10, 2020 - 5:27 pm

I tried making these last week and my peanut mixture was very dry and crumbly. I followed the directions as directed. Maybe I need to cut back on the powered sugar? Any ideas? I would love to try this again for my family Christmas.

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Diane Bradford December 12, 2020 - 8:41 pm

EPIC FAIL!!! So disappointed!!
After chilling, they broke while coming out of cookie cutter. So pressed the batter thinner.
Then, chocolate was too thick….. really should have read comments first. This was auto be EASY.

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Dianne November 19, 2022 - 10:22 am

Sounds delish. Nutrition info would be helpful

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Emily December 18, 2023 - 5:08 pm

My mixture turned out waaaay too dry. I used kraft smooth peanut butter and followed the recipe exactly. Any tips?

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Emily February 7, 2024 - 12:21 am

After failing miserably on my first attempt, I read somewhere to use NATURAL peanut butter. I also used only about 1.5 cups of the Icing sugar and thinned out the chocolate with a bit of coconut oil. I used toothpicks to help with dipping the small sized peanut butter trees. My family is in love with them now, a few said they hadn’t tasted something this good in a long time! I made them into bite sized mini trees at Christmas (I got about 36) and plan to surprise them with mini hearts for Valentines day. There are definitely some key tips/instructions missing from this recipe but after some trial and error, they are amazing!

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Patricia McKenna December 18, 2024 - 2:36 am

Can’t wait to try to make the trees, thank you

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