Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

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January 30, 2020
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

  • Prep time: 1 hr
  • Cook time: 30 min
  • Total time: 1 hr 30 min

These Reeses Macarons AKA chocolate peanut butter macarons with a creamy peanut butter filling are seriously what dreams are made of.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

Take your favorite flavors of a Reese’s peanut butter cup and transform them into a grown up dessert! Introducing Reese’s Macarons AKA chocolate peanut butter macarons with a decadent, salty sweet peanut butter filling and chewy chocolate shell. These peanut butter chocolate macarons are easy to make and even easier to eat 🙂

easy reese's macarons aka chocolate peanut butter macarons with a sweet peanut butter filling

Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

You all love macarons. They’re consistently one of the top performing recipes on the site. You know what else you all love? Peanut butter and chocolate. And, hey, I get it. I’m a Reese’s fiend too. And if you are like me, you are going to die over these Reese’s peanut butter cup macarons AKA chocolate macarons with a creamy peanut butter filling.

So we set out to make a macaron with those same decadent flavors of a Reese’s with a chocolate macaron shell, perfectly salty-sweet peanut butter filling and a chocolate drizzle for good measure.

LIKE LOOK AT THESE.

easy reeses macarons aka peanut butter chocolate macarons with a decadent peanut butter filling

Macarons vs Macaroons

Okay I just have to say this, because I get a lot of people wringing me out for this and I simply must clarify. Macaroons are coconut based. They’re usually little balls of sweetened coconut and egg whites dipped in chocolate. They are really delicious, but they are not macarons. Macarons are fancy little french sandwich cookies like you see here. To recap:

  • Macaroons = a chewy coconut cookie

  • Macarons = sweet little french cookie sandwiches made with almond flour

Very different.

reese's macarons with reese's cups

What ingredients do you need for chocolate peanut butter macarons?

To make these easy Reese’s macarons you’ll need the following ingredients for the macaron shells:

  • Egg whites: Make sure your egg whites are at true room temperature. There are a lot of fancy tips and tricks out there for macaron making about “aged egg whites” but we don’t mind our egg whites youthful. I joke, but really, it’s never made a difference for us. That being said, if you think aged egg whites make a difference feel free to use them!
  • Granulated sugar: You’ll only need a little bit of granulated sugar as it’s just used to help aerate the egg whites and not really to sweeten the macarons!
  • Almond flour:  Repeat after me, almond flour is NOT almond meal. Make sure you use almond flour, which is much finer and made from blanched almonds (no skin) as compared to almond meal which is usually less fine and contains almond skin. You want almond flour!
  • Powdered sugar: The powdered sugar in macarons will sweeten these little confections while also working to thicken the batter. Make sure you sift your powdered sugar to ensure no clumps make their way into your macarons!
  • Cocoa powder: Make sure you’re using a high quality, darker cocoa powder! We love Rodelle’s cocoa powder or Hershey’s Special Dark if we’re out. Cocoa powder can have varying acidities which can affect your macarons. Generally higher quality cocoa is less acidic.

chocolate peanut butter macarons

What ingredients do you need for the peanut butter frosting?

And don’t you dare forget about the frosting! Because macarons are so airy, a lot of the flavor in them comes from the filling! These chocolate peanut butter macarons are filled with a peanut butter buttercream that tastes just like the inside of a Reese’s cup! For the filling you’ll need the following ingredients:

  • Peanut butter: We’d recommend using a “faker” peanut butter (think Jiff, Skippy, etc.) rather than one of those good for you, natural ones.
  • Butter: Make sure your butter is softened so that it easily incorporates into the peanut butter!
  • Powdered sugar: The powdered sugar will thicken and sweeten your frosting!
  • Pure vanilla extract: Vanilla extract has to be the best thing ever created. It enhances any baked good and really pushes this peanut butter filling into that bakery style territory.

reeses macarons stacked in a line

Happy baking, love bugs! We hope you enjoy these peanut butter cup macarons just as much as we do.

Which is, like, A LOT.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

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These Reeses Macarons AKA chocolate peanut butter macarons with a creamy peanut butter filling are seriously what dreams are made of.

These Reeses Macarons AKA chocolate peanut butter macarons with a creamy peanut butter filling are seriously what dreams are made of.

  • Author: Sofi | Broma Bakery
  • Prep Time: 1 hours
  • Cook Time: 13 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour and 13 minutes
  • Yield: 24 sandwiches
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: baked
  • Cuisine: french
  • Author: Sofi | Broma Bakery
  • Prep Time: 1 hours
  • Cook Time: 13 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour and 13 minutes
  • Yield: 24 sandwiches
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: baked
  • Cuisine: french
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Ingredients

for the chocolate macarons

  • 100 grams egg whites
  • 100 grams granulated sugar
  • 100 grams almond flour
  • 100 grams powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

for the peanut butter filling 

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teapsoon vanilla extra
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
    2. Heat a small pot of water over medium heat until it steams. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine egg whites and granulated sugar. Place bowl over steaming pot, creating a double boiler.
    3. Whisk egg whites and sugar until sugar melts completely and egg whites become white and frothy, 1 to 1.5 minutes. Remove from heat and place bowl back onto standing mixer.
    4. Fit standing mixer with whisk attachment and whisk on high speed for 2-3 minutes, until stiff peaks form. Congratulations, you just made a Swiss meringue!
    5. Sift together almond flour, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar, then gently shake into meringue bowl.
    6. Place bowl onto stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Turn mixer to medium speed and whisk for 10 seconds. Stop mixer and use a spatula to scoop up some of the batter. If you can make a figure-eight with the dripping batter without the batter breaking, you can stop. But most likely you will need another 5-10 seconds. So repeat process, and try the figure-eight again. The best way to describe the perfect consistency is like slow moving lava. It should give, but only slightly, like in slow-motion.
    7. Once your batter is the correct consistency, scoop it into a large pastry bag fitted with a 1 inch tip. Pipe silver dollar-sized circles onto prepared baking sheets, keeping about 1.5 inches between each meringue. Bang baking sheet on counter two times to remove any air bubbles.
    8. Here’s the fun part: you don’t need to let them air dry. Just pop them into the prepared oven for 13 minutes, turning around halfway through, then allow to cool completely before removing from baking sheets.
    9. While the macarons are baking, make the peanut butter filling. Beat together the peanut butter and butter until combined. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt and beat until fluffy.
    10. Scoop mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star tip and set aside until ready to assemble the macarons.
    11. Once you’re ready, pipe the peanut butter filling onto a macaron and sandwich with another macaron. Repeat with all macarons. Optional: garnish with melted chocolate and chopped up peanuts for some added texture!

Notes

Tips for Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons

  • Make sure you’re using almond FLOUR and not almond meal. Almond meal is usually coarser and made from almonds that have not been blanched.
  • Because the meringue in this is a swiss meringue (meaning it’s cooked slightly), you don’t need to let these macarons dry out before putting them in the oven!

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  1. I have made these twice in the last month and they have turned out better than any other macarons I’ve made. I always use the Swiss meringue method, but other recipes state that the macarons need to dry/rest before baking. This recipe states to bake without drying/resting. In your experience, can all Swiss meringue method macarons be baked without drying/resting? I have had the most success with this recipe, not drying/resting.

  2. i love all of your recipes! this was my first time making macarons so it was a process but they turned out better than expected. mine did crack though so i’m wondering i did wrong to make that happen?






  3. I would like to try to make them dairy free. What would you recommend instead of butter in the filling?
    Thank you, they look amazing!

  4. Hi! I love your macaron recipe works everyone! But…the chocolate ones didn’t rise and spread a bit. Still delicious but not as pretty. I created the Swiss meringue like in the original recipe (3tbsp then the rest at mixer). I also let the dry like the original recipe says. Was that my mistake?

    • Hi Elva! Macarons can be so finicky it’s hard to tell what might have gone wrong! What kind of cocoa powder did you use?