Matcha Chocolate Bites with Peanut Filling

Want a small chocolate treat without turning on the oven? These matcha chocolate bites hide a peanut filling between two layers of dark chocolate. You'll have twelve in 1 hour 29 minutes, including one hour to set in the refrigerator.

• Preparation 25 minutes
• Heating the chocolate 4 minutes
• Chilling 1 hour
• Total time 1 hour 29 minutes
• Makes 12 bites
• Tools a microwave, two microwave-safe bowls, a fine sieve, a spatula, a spoon, a twelve-cavity mini muffin pan, and twelve paper liners

We put Matcha Essence in the filling, not the chocolate. For a treat without a peanut center, the matcha confections include solid chocolates too.

Matcha chocolate bite ingredients

• 7 oz (200 g) dark baking chocolate, with 4.2 oz (120 g) for the base and 2.8 oz (80 g) for the top
• 3.5 oz (100 g) peanut purée
• 0.7 oz (20 g) powdered sugar
• About 3 tsp (6 g) matcha

How to assemble matcha chocolate bites

1. Place a paper liner in each of the twelve pan cavities.
2. Melt 4.2 oz (120 g) dark chocolate at 600 W in bursts of 30 seconds, stirring between them, for about 2 minutes.
3. Stir the melted chocolate until smooth.
4. Divide it among the bottoms of the twelve liners.
5. Refrigerate the pan for 15 minutes.
6. Sift about 3 tsp (6 g) matcha and 0.7 oz (20 g) powdered sugar into a bowl.
7. Add 3.5 oz (100 g) peanut purée.
8. Mix until the filling is even.
9. Divide the filling among the twelve set chocolate bases.
10. Melt the remaining 2.8 oz (80 g) chocolate at 600 W in bursts of 30 seconds, stirring between them, for about 2 minutes.
11. Stir the melted chocolate until smooth.
12. Cover each filling with this chocolate.
13. Refrigerate the pan for 45 minutes.
14. Remove the liners from the set bites.

Wait until the first chocolate layer has fully set before adding the peanut filling. On a soft base, the filling pushes through and blurs the layers. A pliable peanut purée is easier to spread.

Which matcha goes with dark chocolate?

Peanut and dark chocolate would hide the delicate notes of a tea drunk on its own, so we choose our Essence matcha for this filling. About 3 tsp (6 g) matcha is enough for twelve pieces.

Why aren't these matcha fondants?

The bites set in paper liners in the refrigerator, without batter or baking. The fondants sold by Kura-ge are a different format.

Our tip. Pour a little of the top chocolate into each cavity before finishing any one of them. The planned 2.8 oz (80 g) will spread more evenly.

Allergens. Peanuts. Check the chocolate label for milk and soy.