One of the kids’ favorite Christmas candies is Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees. They used to ask for them in their stocking until they realized we could make the Copycat version at home. These are so easy, with only 4 ingredients and around 30 minutes to make from start to finish! They’re naturally gluten free and taste melt in your mouth good. Convinced you need these in your life? Here’s how to make the copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees Recipe.
CopyCat Reese’s Peanut Butter Trees:
You’ll only need 4 ingredients, unless you want to get fancy and decorate the trees. If you do, you can add sprinkles, small candies, colored sugar, or a drizzle of melted chocolate. The sky’s the limit. Get as creative as you want!
Ingredients:
Peanut Butter, use crunchy or smooth, or a mixture of the two
Butter (Don’t substitute margarine! They won’t taste as good)
Powdered Sugar
Chocolate Bark or Chocolate Melts (You can use any color you like)
Optional: colored sugar, small candies, sprinkles, additional melted chocolate
Tip: You’ll also need a silicone Christmas Tree mold. (My mold makes six 2″ Christmas trees at once.) You can use any type of Christmas tree shaped candy mold, but the silicone molds are easier to remove the candy and easy to clean.
Directions:
Step 1: Melt butter in microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until melted.
Step 2: Add peanut butter and powdered sugar. Mix until completely blended.
Step 3: Add mixture to silicone molds. (I spray my molds lightly with cooking spray first.) Fill molds to top. Remove any excess dough from sides of mold.
Step 4: Freeze until firm. (Approximately 10 minutes.)
Step 5: Melt chocolate in microwave safe bowl for 1 1/2 minutes. Stir until melted.
Step 6: Dip trees into chocolate mixture, covering each side. Place trees on a sheet of waxed paper. If decorating, add candies, sprinkles, etc. to top of tree before chocolate dries.
Step 7: Place trees into freezer until chocolate dries. (About 5 minutes.)
Printable Recipe:
- 1 cup Peanut Butter, use crunchy or smooth, or a mixture of the two
- 1 stick Butter, melted (Don’t substitute margarine! They won’t taste as good)
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- Chocolate Bark or Chocolate Melts (You can use any color you like)
- Optional: colored sugar, small candies, sprinkles, additional melted chocolate
- Tip: You’ll also need a silicone Christmas Tree mold. (My mold makes six 2″ Christmas trees at once.) You can use any type of Christmas tree shaped candy mold, but the silicone molds are easier to clean and easier to remove the candy.
- Step 1: Melt butter in microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until melted.
- Step 2: Add peanut butter and powdered sugar. Mix until completely blended. If mixture seems to dry, melt ¼ stick butter and add to mixture.
- Step 3: Add mixture to silicone molds. (I spray my molds lightly with cooking spray first.) Fill molds to top. Remove any excess dough from sides of mold.
- Step 5: Melt chocolate in microwave safe bowl for 1 1/2 minutes. Stir until melted.
- Step 6: Dip trees into chocolate mixture, covering each side. Place trees on a sheet of waxed paper. If decorating, add candies, sprinkles, etc. to top of tree before chocolate dries.
- Step 7: Place trees into freezer until chocolate dries. (About 5 minutes.)Step 4: Freeze until firm. (Approximately 10 minutes.)
- *This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
What are your favorite easy Christmas candy recipes?
My husband doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth. However, chocolate and peanut butter is his favorite combination. I can’t wait to try making these for him to kick off the holidays.
I never had a Reese’s peanut butter tree but I’ve heard great things. Love the fact that this one is homemade!! (You can’t get any better than that!)
My all time fave! It’s easy to make and so delicious.
These are so cute! I have to get that mold!
My daughter came home with a treat like this last Friday, it was delicious. Yours looks so good as well!
I need these in my life! They look amazing. The Reeses trees are my favorite all time holiday treat. I can’t wait to try and make these.
Omg these look so cool!! People complained last year that the reeses trees didn’t look like trees so I wonder if they gave up on them this year because I don’t see them in stores. These look so much better anyways.
I just realized seeing your post that I have not one single Reeses Tree yet this year!! Who am I?? I need to make these instead.
These look awesome, and I bet they are so delicious! I’ve always wanted to try making peanut butter cups, but they always seem so scary, lol.
These copycat Reeses peanut butter trees are an awesome treat this time of year. I am for sure going to be making these for our family party. Thanks for shairng the recipe.
Oh these peanut butter trees look mighty tasty. My kids and I love them. Definitely our favorite during the holidays,
No way! I love this recipe. I’d try this one in a heartbeat!
This recipe looks awesome! I love copycat recipes, can’t wait to try this!
This looks delicious! My kids love Reeses and I’m sure they’ll go crazy for this!
Oh awesome, my kiddos love these! I am going to try and make some!!
These are so cute! And I cannot believe something this tasty-sounding is gluten free!
I love your copy cat recipe! I will try to make these peanut butter trees when the grandchildren come over for a visit. We’re sure to have lots of fun!
We made these for Halloween and they were a huge hit! I need to get those molds for Christmas too.
Peanut butter is my all time favorite ingredient! These trees look so yummy – the perfect holiday treat in my opinion.
Oh wow! These look so good! I am definitely making some of these for the holidays!
I’m pretty sure that my sister would love this! Such a great treats for her
Oh my goodness! These are looks tasty and I wanna grab it from my screen.
These are so cool! One of our favorites! They look so easy too!
Day made! Those look delicious! I must have these…or make them!!
These treats look so delicious. I love that they’re shaped like Christmas trees. I will try this recipe for our Christmas party!
I need to make these! My husband is does not like a lot of sweets and candy but has such a soft spot for reeses peanut butter cups. Thanks for this idea!
Holy wow this is so clever! Okay, I’m totally making these with my boys for Christmas they will die!
Awww yeah! I cant’ wait to make these for the whole family. We all love Reese’s trees, so I know these will go over big time.
These look incredible! I think that I will have to switch from my usual fudge recipe this year.
Those look so good! I love Reese’s trees for the season, so I can’t wait to make these.
These seem simpler than I would have guessed. Thank you for the recipe!
Chocolate and peanut butter were meant to be partners for life! These are my favorite flavors and your Christmas trees look so festive and delicious. Yum!
Well shoot now I have to go buy me this adorable Christmas tree mold so I can make these. Love this idea
Reese’s peanut butter cups are my kryptonite. I canNOT wait to make these.