Love the Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs that churches make around Easter time? These Southern Church Peanut Butter Eggs are just like those, they’re perfect and taste amazing!
Ok, ok, before anyone looses their mind (because this is the internet and people will), I know I titled these “Southern Church Peanut Butter Eggs” but I’m sure the churchs in the north also make tasty peanut butter eggs. I just live in the south and when I think of these peanut butter eggs, I think of little southern ladies in little southern churches making peanut butter eggs! haha So that’s why I named them that!
So question! Do the churches where you live make/sell giant peanut butter eggs for Easter? The churches around here have been making them for as long as I can remember except the number of churches that makes them seems to have dwindled down lately. I’ve only seen them from one church this year and every time I see them for sale the peanut butter ones are always gone!
That’s what happened last Saturday! We went out to eat for lunch, and there on the counter was a lovely stack of chocolate eggs! I picked and searched through them all and ALL OF THE PEANUT BUTTER ONES WERE GONE! YEP! GONE! I was so sad.
Now I haven’t been craving sweets very much this pregnancy, but I wanted a peanut butter egg!
Well I wanted a peanut butter egg and I wanted to get Thomas one. However, there were no peanut butter eggs to be found.
So what does one do when they can’t find tasty southern church Easter peanut butter eggs? You make them at home!
They’re easy to make and the longest part of the entire process is letting these little eggs cool in the fridge before dipping them in chocolate.
Make these giant or make them small. Either way, they’re going to be tasty!
If you’re looking for a nut free version of these peanut butter eggs, my friend Kristen from Comfortably Domestic made a sun butter version of my recipe and you an find it here! It’s perfect safe for anyone with nut allergies!!
Southern Church Peanut Butter Eggs
Southern Church Peanut Butter Eggs
Love the Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs that churches make around Easter time? These Southern Church Peanut Butter Eggs are just like those, they're perfect and taste amazing!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 24 ounces melting chocolate wafers
- 15 sugar flowers (optional)
Instructions
In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter and peanut butter together over medium heat.
Once the butter and peanut butter mixture is melted pour it into another large bowl.
Stir in the vanilla.
Stir in the powdered sugar until well combined.
Place into fridge for 30 minutes.
Remove from fridge and roll dough into large egg shapes
I normally get about 15-16 eggs. Roll smaller eggs to get more.
Lay eggs on a tray that has been lined with paper towels. The paper towels will soak up some of the oils.
Place eggs on tray with paper towels and place into the fridge to 2-3 hours.
Remove eggs from fridge.
Melt chocolate according to package directions.
Dip each egg into the chocolate and tap off excess.
Place eggs onto a tray lined with parchment paper.
Top each egg with a sugar flower.
Let chocolate eggs dry until Chocolate hardens.
This post WAS NOT SPONSORED but here are the brands I liked to use for my peanut butter eggs:
- Sugar – Dixie Crystals
- Butter – Land O Lakes
- Peanut Butter – JIF
- Sugar flowers and Melting Chocolate – Wilton
Nope, but I wish this was a tradition around here!!! They look fabulous!!!
How many ounces would you say your eggs are at 15-16 per batch? And, how do you keep them fresh/ how long do these stay fresh? Thinking of doing these for a fundraiser. I love these so much!
Hi! I’m not sure the oz but they are about the size of my palm or a little bigger. Once the chocolate hardens, I wrap them in plastic wrap and then put them into air tight containers. They stay fresh for a few weeks.
No! I live in the Pacific Northwest and have never heard of these! Oh how I love Southern style! These sound divine!! Pinned and Sharing!
THEY ARE SO GOOD AND PRETTY.
Mmmm. I’m afraid if I made these, I would eat them ALL!! Hahaha but that’s okay right?? That’s why they invented stretchy pants 🙂
I made a bunch of these for Easter this year and they were a hit! They were gone so fast!
mmmm I love how much peanut butter is packed into these eggs!!
I grew up in PA and I saw these every year. They can also be found in MD, OH, and probably WV. I figured it was a German thing. I live in Nc now, and I really don’t see them.
That’s so weird. I live on the VA/NC line and see them at churches and diners all the time around Easter! 🙂
Peanut butter, coconut cream, and butter cream Easter Eggs are a very Northern thing since forever! And have been Church fund raisers as long as I can remember. In fact you can find them everywhere in South Central PA. Never had to make them until I moved here to NC where no one has even heard of anything but Cadbury and Reeces (also from PA) eggs.
I love the peanut butter eggs! I live on the VA/NC line and they’re everywhere here around Easter. I see Churches making them and at the registers/counters at diners.
I too live in Eastern North Carolina, not far from VA. line either. They are made yearly by Churches. Sold at our farmer’s markets, in front of stores, online on Facebook, as well as in businesses.
We use to have a lot of places sell them around here but not so much anymore 🙁
I grew up in West Virginia and went to a Baptist church, and every year this was in our Easter basket’s, Thanks to the best southern ladies (my mom and both grandmother’s) and all there hard work! Thanks for the recipe both of my Grandmother’s have passed away and my mom didnt remember the recipe.
One of the ladies that I used to work retail with, her church here in Gastonia, NC used to sell them every Easter. I liked those much better than those of Cadbury and Reese’s. I’m currently trying to get everything together to make a big PB Egg 🙂
I grew up in Harrisonburg VA and would see these all of the time. Now I live in Lexington NC and no one has ever heard of the Church peanut butter eggs!
Erica,
There is a church in Kernersville that has made them for years. They sell at local stores and restaurants and at the church. They have been featured on local tv and in state magazines. They sell out every year.
I have never seen or heard of these…guess in Nevada and Washington they just haven’t learned yet!! Thanks for sharing these on Southern Plate’s Meal Plan Monday!!
Hope you get to give them a try!
I’ve helped make Coconut(my personal favorite) and peanut butter. Our Church sold tons. I’ve always wanted the recipe. Any chance you could do coconut also? thank you…
I’ll have to look for a coconut one around here so I can give it a try! I’ve never had a coconut and peanut butter one! If I can find some and taste them I’ll see if I can make a version of it! I’m working on a recipe for the Maple Cream ones that I’ll be posting later this month!
Just bought 20 of various flavors at a hospital that had a display in the hall. The ones I have eaten are delicious. Some were maple nut, some cute name with pretzel pieces inside, some peanut butter, coconut cream, black walnut, pecan praline, butter pecan. let your imagination run wild. Just go on line and there are so many recipes for candy easter eggs. A lot of people here in wv make them at Christmas and roll them into ball shape. I love the ones made with cream cheese and also the ones made with condensed milk.
I love the idea of the pecan praline and butter pecan ones!
yes, please try to make some coconut/creme eggs….they are delish. Don’t have a clue how to make them tho.
Peanut butter recipe…top notch!!
I’ll give it a try!
I am 35 year old true NC born and raised girl! These eggs have always been a staple of churches and get togethers as long as I can remember.
Had a piece of one today …I’ve always loved these …I’m glad we save em for Easter time so we never get tired of em . I see this and I wanna go try and make em if I can I should see if my church made any or anything
Let me know if you make them! I love making them at Easter and you’re right, it makes them extra special to have them pretty much only once a year!
i loved these and i have a favor to ask. several years ago i bought (by reeses) a reverse peanut butter cup…it had peanut butter chocolate (as in melted peanut butter chipc) for a coating and the inside was a chocolate flavor instead of a eanut butter flavor. i went back to buy some and there were no more and anyone who ever tasted them loved them but reeses no longer makes them and must not have made many. do you have any idea how to make them?? just reverse the flavors but i can not get the chocolate inside to be creamy and nummy. help if you can!! cat
Hi Cat! I have never had those before but they sounds amazing!! I’ll have to see if I can work on a recipe for that! I’m thinking maybe we can use the chocolate spread for a part of a recipe for the filling. That would be awesome.
Please Big Bear’s wife there is no need to apologize enough with all this political correctness
Unfortunately when I don’t, I get a bunch of e-mails from people losing their minds about stuff. Trying to save my sanity and e-mail inbox haha.
Oh my gosh, bless you for naming this “southern church” pb eggs! I was searching for a recipe to recreate the ones my nanny used to buy from the church ladies for us every year–Nanny is long passed, and I’ve developed nut allergies as an adult, so I need to make my own. And YES, church eggs are a thing here in the mountains of VA, though like yours, the number of churches doing them is dwindling over time.
So thank you, thank you, thank you! Looking forward to peeking over the rest of your blog, just as soon as I make these eggs. 😉
I’m so glad that you found me and the recipe!! I love these peanut butter eggs! They’re so fun to make and everyone always loves them! I saw where you said you have a nut allergy, if you want to try these without peanut butter, I have a friend that make my recipe using sunbutter (like peanut butter but made with sunflower seeds!) and her chocolate eggs are perfectly safe for anyone with nut allergies!! You can find her recipe here: https://comfortablydomestic.com/2018/03/chocolate-sunbutter-eggs/
I didn’t know if you’re allergic to all nuts but I thought I’d share it with you. My best friend is allergic to tree nuts but she can eat peanut butter, (since it’s peanuts) but I know some people with nut allergies are also allergic to peanuts and peanut butter.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me! I’ve gotten so used to adjusting recipes (I have multiple food allergies: tree nuts, coconut, and peppers, of all things!), I forget to search for allergy-friendly recipes. 😛 I actually use WowButter instead of Sunbutter…the toasted soy tastes more like peanuts to my kids, they’re not big sunflower seed fans. I think it’s probably in their heads, but whatever works, right?
Thanks again, hope you have a happy Easter!
Welcome! I’ll have to check out the WOWbutter! I have a few friends that would love that! Happy Easter!! I hope you love the eggs!
Oh and I totally understand the food allergies! My husband is allergic to peppers and onions and his sister is allergic to Coconut!
My daughter and I make these for Christmas, but in balls or some call them Buckeyes….but we don’t leave any peanut butter showing, we roll them in balls and put in freezer for several mins. to get really cool, then dip them in choc. they are delicious….taste like reese cups 🙂 We love them so do everyone we share them with….really time consuming but oh so good….but never made them for Easter tho…..
I love making them into Buckeyes too!
I recall making these in Home Ec class in the 80’s in West Virginia … we then made them at home and now my daughter and I make them each Easter. I moved to New England and when I made them the first time everyone was amazed by them … funny as I thought being something so simple they would be made everywhere!? PS being born in Ohio “Buckeyes” are a must for us too at Christmas time ?
I’m kind of jealous of everyone that got to take a Home Ec class in school! We didn’t have them at our schools. I love these eggs so much too. I can’t wait until my son is a little older and we can make them together. I bet that’s a wonderful memory & tradition for you and your daughter to share!!
OMG I miss these so much! I just to have one in my Easter basket every year as a child. I’m seriously going to make these this weekend! Thank you so much for the receipt!!!!!
Angie – I’m super jealous of all these folks that had home ec class too! They really need to bring those back to the schools. I can’t cook or thread a needle to this day. Lol!!
Hi,
I was so pleased to see this recipe. Thank you so very much for bringing back a piece of my childhood. I have made them up and have them ready for Easter.
Granny used to make all sorts of flavors, she stated with a base and then added things. I remember having peanut butter (which lead to the search today for my grandkids), cherry, vanilla cream, coconut cream, black walnut, pecan praline, maple nut, butter pecan and a coffee one that only the grown ups were allowed to eat. When we got there a day early, we got to help roll eggs or even dip eggs when we were a bit older. How I wish I saved that recipe!
Oh my gosh! I’m so glad you found my blog and this recipe too! Your granny’s egg flavors sounds amazing! I bet the pecan praline and butter pecans would have been my favorite! My husband wants me to attempt to make some maple cream eggs ones year, since he loves those too but I haven’t ventured out far past the peanut butter ones yet haha.
These were one of my favorite treats in my basket growing up! Now as an adult I help my church sell these as a fund raiser at Easter time. We also do coconut and cherry nut eggs. I’m from Southern WV.
I use to do large size for my son. Decorated with roses and flowers added His name on the side. They were a big hit for years.
I want to make those for our little guy when he gets older and put his name on one as an Easter tradition!
Thank you! After sifting through various chocolate peanut butter egg recipes on the internet I’ve settled on this one. It sounds perfect. The ingredients look about right; most of the comments under similar recipes suggest using ingredient proportions you’ve already chosen so no tweaking is necessary, PTL!). I’m excited to make these :). Thanks again from a Momma & Wifey in PA.
Hi Erica! I hope that you love them!! They’re a favorite around here for sure during Easter. This year I’m making them for everyone in the family and piping their names on the top in chocolate!
These are a Lancaster County, PA staple around Easter!
I made these, while trying 6 other peanut butter egg recipes. These are the ones I grew up with in Pennsylvania and Maryland!
I can’t thank you enough for posting this. I even wrote it down in my recipe book. ????
So glad that you liked it!!
I am so happy you posted this recipe! My grandma’s church used to have them every year at Easter and I have been searching and searching for a recipe for them! Can’t wait to make these
Kristin,
I hope you love them! I just made a huge batch of them today for Easter tomorrow and used cookie royal icing to write everyone’s name on their egg. I’m so excited to hand them out tomorrow!
I searched for a recipe for peanut butter eggs. Most recipes said they are copycats of Reese’s which I think are grainy. Maybe because this recipe calls for melting the butter with the peanut butter, they turn out so creamy and delicious. I even made peanut butter balls for Christmas and family and friends just love them.Thank you for sharing.
Hi Sue!! I’m so glad that you liked the recipe! I love making peanut butter balls and peanut butter eggs with this recipe. I do think it’s because the butter is melted with the peanut butter that makes them so good!
I used the cups of melting wafers and the eggs hardened up quickly. Certainly a great recipe!
It’s a must keep recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
So glad that you liked it!!
I just made a batch to take to drop on some friends porches! Trying to spread a little cheer during this quarantine
That is so sweet!! We could all use a little smile during this time! I hope everyone loved them!
I just found this by mistake. I grew up in Wyoming and we had the eggs at church every Easter. Our church bought them from some place that made them up fancy. It is a great childhood memory, only I remember there never being enough! ????
Thank you, I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Hi!! I’m so glad you found them/me! I hope that you love them! We have some churches around here that make them up super fancy too with ruffle looking icing and lots of flowers.
We see them in Pa every year also but I really do think it came from the south,we have tons of people that use to live in South Carolina,North Carolina,Virginia and West Virginia…including my family…My family also has a wonderful Southern peanut butter pie…thanks for sharing!
I grew up seeing and eating these in N.E Pennsylvania as many churches made these for over 50 years as their fundraiser. I thought it was a German thing. They are delicious!
They might be? I know that the Reese peanut butter eggs was introduced in Pennsylvania in the 1920s but I’m not sure about the huge church eggs
How long is the shelf life on these? Do they have to be refrigerated? Thanks!
I’d say on the counter probably 2 week but in the fridge about a month or so.
I live in Tennessee and a couple of churches always make them! Covid stopped many from making theses but our church is going to!!!
Our Church in South Central PA has been making them as a fundraiser for over 20 years. We usually make and sell over 90,000 small eggs, not the big ones like yours. Unfortunately, we aren’t’ making them this year since many helpers are elderly. So I will be making my own. I know the ingredients we use but not the ratio. So I found your recipe and will be trying it this weekend. Both of my Grandmothers made eggs when I was a kid, but their recipes used mashed potatoes (I googled, and apparently that was common in the 1940’s).
oooo yes! I’ve heard that a lot of people in the 1940s made potato candy that used mashed potatoes for part of the recipe and is then dipped in chocolate. I haven’t tried potato candy haha but I’ve heard that its good.
Loved the recipe!
I am struggling with getting chocolate to melt to a good consistency. When I lived in PA no problem now in NC my chocolate turns thick. Using same melting chips as I did in PA.
Any suggestions.
Hi Nancy! Our NC humid air can be a pain in the butt sometimes! Add a bit of coconut oil to the chocolate as it melts and stir it together to thin it out if its seizing up
Can the pb cream be made ahead of time? And if so, how long are they good stored in the refrigerator? I did search for this question on your site until I got tired of scrolling! Lol.
Yes, you can the peanut butter part ahead of time. They will probably last a good 4 days in there without the chocolate coating. With the chocolate coating I’d say on the counter probably 2 week but in the fridge about a month or so.
Perfect. Thanks!!
Is the bitter salted or unsalted? I’m going to fix this recipe for Easter goodie for friends and family. Want to make sure I use the correct kind. Thanks!
I use unsalted butter but you can use either.
Thanks!
this sounds so delicious and yummy. I just love this southern church peanut butter eggs. thanks for sharing this wonderful article.
wow, this southern church peanut butter eggs looks so amazing and delicious. everyone would love this. thanks for sharing this amazing article.
can you use chocolate chips melted to coat the eggs? will that work? i’m not a fan of the flavor of the wafers or melts
You can use almond bark if you like that! You can also use melted chocolate chips with a bit of coconut oil mixed in but I don’t find that they hard quite as nice.
So I also live on the VA Carolina line in Chesapeake. Now yoy can find these but some friends and myself make these. Can I say your recipe is so spot on. Some of the much older southern ladies like my Grandma LOVE their powder sugar… like almost an extra cup! I seen this post and decided to share this tradition with my daughter. My 3 sons are teenagers and a preteen so they like to eat and this isn’t much fun for them but my 7 year old daughter Rae is really enjoying making these. Also at Walmart you can find a pack of different size egg shaped cookie cutters. We decided to use a silicone egg mold pour the chocolate let it harden cut out a semi thin layer of peanut butter in the mold sprinkle Reese pieces and a second layer of peanut butter then top with chocolate and flip out of the mold. Im thinking of making cheesecake versions with the mold and chocolate! So thanks to people like you and I us here on the Carolina line are keeping these long traditions alive!!!
Oh I love that Bridgett!! I love the idea of the chocolate sell with the silicon mold and the rese pieces!
I just love this southern church peanut butter eggs. thanks for sharing this wonderful article.