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Crock Pot Reese’s Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

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This Crock Pot Reese’s Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate recipe is the perfect way to end a snow day!

Easy slow cooker Reese's peanut butter hot chocolate recipe topped with a Reese's peanut butter cup and Reese's Pieces.

Why Make Hot Chocolate in a Crock Pot?

When you make hot chocolate in a slow cooker, you don’t have to worry about it scorching. The slow process ensures even heat, so all you have to do is stir it every 30 minutes. This is great if you are doing other things since you don’t have to stand over stirring constantly like you do when you make hot cocoa on the stove top.

Once your hot chocolate is ready, you can set your Crock-Pot to warm. This will keep it from getting cold and allows you more flexibility in when you serve the cocoa. You may even want to make it ahead of time and sitting on warm when your kids come inside from playing in the cold.

This Crock Pot Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate recipe also makes a great addition to a Hot Cocoa Bar. You can make the Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate ahead of time. Then set it to warm and place the slow cooker on a buffet with mugs and toppings and let everyone make their own mug of hot chocolate.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe

Yields: 6 servings

Ingredients:

  • 6 cups milk or half and half cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter morsels
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Ingredients for Crock Pot Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe

Toppings:

  • Whipped cream
  • Hershey’s chocolate syrup
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup Reese’s peanut butter pieces, chopped
  • 6  Reese’s peanut butter cups (3 packages of 2 peanut butter cups)

Directions:

1.   Pour the milk or half and half into a 1.5-quart slow cooker.

2.   Add the vanilla, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, peanut butter morsels, and chocolate chips. Whisk to combine.

3.   Heat the cocoa on HIGH power for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.

4.   If not serving the cocoa right away, reduce the temperature to the warm or low setting until ready to serve.

5.   Before serving, pour the steamy hot chocolate peanut butter cocoa into your serving mugs.

How to make peanut butter hot chocolate in a crock pot

6.   Add a generous helping of whipped cream on top of the cocoa. Sprinkle with the chopped Reese’s pieces. Drizzle the chocolate syrup and melted peanut butter on top. Add a Reese’s peanut butter cup.

Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe

Printable Recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

Easy slow cooker Reese's peanut butter hot chocolate recipe topped with a Reese's peanut butter cup and Reese's Pieces.
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Crock Pot Reese's Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe

Servings 6
Author Alea

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 6 cups milk or half and half cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter morsels
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Toppings:

  • Whipped cream
  • Hershey’s chocolate syrup
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter melted
  • 1/4 cup Reese’s peanut butter pieces chopped
  • 6  Reese’s peanut butter cups 3 packages of 2 peanut butter cups

Instructions

Directions:

  • Pour the milk or half and half into a 1.5 quart slow cooker.
  • Add the vanilla, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, peanut butter morsels, and chocolate chips. Whisk to combine.
  • Heat the cocoa on HIGH power for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.
  • If not serving the cocoa right away, reduce the temperature to the warm or low setting until ready to serve.
  • Before serving, pour the steamy hot chocolate peanut butter cocoa into your serving mugs.
  • Add a generous helping of whipped cream on top of the cocoa. Sprinkle with the chopped Reese’s pieces. Drizzle the chocolate syrup and melted peanut butter on top. Add a Reese’s peanut butter cup.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.