Take your taste buds to a sweet and nutty ride with this scrumptious Peanut Butter and Chocolate Mini Empanadas. The perfect snack or dessert!
There is nothing quite like a homemade empanada straight from the oven: the warm and flaky dough, the softly sweet and nutty filling, with a delicate tart touch from the strawberries, is a delight in the mouth.
As you can see … I love empanadas! I for one can’t imagine my life without them.
Due to the love, I feel for empanadas I decided to prepare a special snack for my kids. I used the new Reese’s Spreads as filling. This super delicious spread is a perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter flavors. You’re going to love it. Spread it on toast, waffles, apples and bananas, pretzels, or vanilla wafers … the possibilities are endless!
The thing with empanadas is they are so so so versatile. You can pretty much put anything in it. Most of us are familiar with the salty and savory type but empanadas can also satisfy your sweet tooth and be a convenient and easy snack, especially if you make this mini version.
For an extra kick, I added strawberries! You can certainly add any fruit you like, such as banana, blueberries, etc.
I made a big batch with the hope to save some for other days, but they didn’t last!
The best part was that the kids loved them. They even declared them the best snack “EVER” hahaha. Of course, it is the best! With peanut butter and chocolate you cannot go wrong.
Ingredients
- 2 sheets of puff pastry, thawed
- Flour for dusting
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup Reese’s Spreads
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced
- Confectioner's sugar for sprinkling (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- Lightly sprinkle work surface with flour. Roll out the puff pastry carefully. Poke the dough all over with a fork.
- Using a cookie cutter cut 3-inch rounds from the puff pastry. I got about 10 rounds out of each sheet.
- Brush the edges of the rounds of dough with milk.
- Add a teaspoon of Reese’s Spreads in the middle of each round. Place a slice of strawberry on top of the spread.
- Fold and crimp the edges of each pastry with a fork.
- Transfer empanadas to the prepared baking sheet. Use a pastry brush to apply milk to the tops of the hand pies.
- Bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown and puffed.
- Remove pan from oven and allow pies to cool for a few minutes before serving.
- Sprinkle with some confectioner's sugar, if desired, and enjoy!
Disclosure: I received compensation and information and/or free products from The Hershey Company and/or Collective Bias. All opinions expressed within are my own.
I’ve never tried them but I bet they would be delicious on a toasted english muffin.
Love how they melt on toast.
I love the taste of them and they are really good on toast, graham crackers and slices of apples.
Reese’s spreads are sweet and nutty – love those flavors!
I love everything about it!!! I dip pretzels in it.
It’s such an easy way to satisfy my sweet tooth
love peanut butter with chocolate,perfect dessert for me,delicious
love peanut butter with chocolate,perfect dessert for me
Para mi es un postre perfecto, sola o sobre pan o galletas, es mi preferida, me encanta, gracias por el sorteo!!
I wasn’t aware of these spreads until I read this post. I love all things Reese’s so these sounds pretty delicious to me – especially on toast!
We are big fans of Reeses in our house. Even my 18 month old loves it.
ive never tried this but Id love to make chocolate croissants with it
me encanta la mantequilla de mani y a mi familia tambien
I actually have not had the chance to try the Reese’s spread. I am totally missing out aren’t I?! Now that I know about it, I will be getting some on my next trip to the store. It sounds like an indulgent treat to be had!
On Chocolate of any kind!
I love how easy it is to spread and how good it tastes. It will be so good to have for the holidays.
on a chocolate bar
Oh I have never tried this before. It look so good! I would love to try it on my toast!!!
I love the flavor and I spread it on a bagel almost every morning! #promo
I would spread it on Ritz crackers.
On apple slices! So good!
Me encanta la mantequilla de mani con mermelada y untarla en el pan.
It is Reese’s quality and I like to spread it on apple slices. Also, my Dad was named Reese. What’s not to love.
me gusta la mantequilla en pan y con apio pues mis hijos asi se la comen, gracias
Never had before but would love to try it on a banana or bread
I haven’t tried this yet, but looks like the perfect thing to bake with. I love Reese’s so I can be only imagine how great this taste.
I think these would be great on toast, fruit, pretzels! I love that they are from a brand I know and trust!
Toasted bread delisioso!
they taste so good and I like to put them on my toast
We love to spread this over rice cakes! It’s the kids favorite snack or breakfast item!
I like the delicious peanut butter and chocolate taste
I would use it on toast and also dip pretzels in it!
I love peanut butter and chocolate. I like to eat it on vanilla wafers.
It includes chocolate!! Yum 🙂 It’d go great on bagels!
Oh my goodness, these look delicious! I haven’t tried the spreads yet but I can’t wait to! #client
I’ve never tried these spreads, but I can imagine my daughter would enjoy this on graham crackers.
I’ve never tried this spread before, but I think it would be awesome on toast! 🙂
I haven’t tried them yet but I bet they would make some killer cookies! 🙂
Reese’s spreads are good on graham crackers and toast.
Me gusta tanto la mantequilla de mani que me la como hasta sola, tambien sobre galletas, tostadas o en pan.
This super delicious spread is a perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter flavors. I love
I love that it’s not TOO rich! I like to use it in my brownie mix!
Whats not to LOVE about these spreads?! Chocolate and Peanut Butter!! Yummo!! I would put this on fruit and toasted bread!
I use it as a filling for crepes and slso eat it straight out of the jar. But everyone does that!
I love the mix of peanut butter , apples, and strawberry
I have not seen this spreads before, but I bet they taste amazing! Great recipe, you cannot go wrong with PB & Chocolate!
I love the mix of peanut butter and chocolate. I would spread it on apple slices
I would put it on My toast and waffles! Yummy!
I haven’t tried them yet – I haven’t even seen them yet! But I will be looking for them because: Reese’s stuff is always delicious.
I have not seen these in my local stores yet, but you can bet I will now be looking for them!! I love Reese’s! I would love to use these to spread on my banana sandwich! Or how about dipping my apple slices in! I would really love to make this recipe you shared. It looks delicious. Thank you!
What I love about it is the delicious taste and how easy it is to spread. I like to spread it on apple slices!
I love anything Reeses , I Love Peanut Butter and Reeses does it best. I can eat it staright out of the jar!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite candy. I love that same delicious taste in Reese’s spreads.
Toasted bread or mix it in a bit of coffee or hot chocolate.
I like to add a little bit of Reese’s spreads in my milk shakes! Ohhh it tastes really good. I also make a Reese’s wrap for a sweet treat, grab a tortilla and include apple, kiwi, strawberries and bananas. It’s very delicious on a Saturday morning for breakfast 🙂 Love having healthy sweet treats with my family!
I really like how versatile they are and you can eat them on almost anything!