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Peanut Butter Cups

A healthier alternative to the typical supermarket candy bar!

Ingredients

Filling

  • 1/2 cup Peanut Butter* Creamy Salted variety
  • 2 tbsp Maple Syrup*
  • 2 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 6 tbsp Coconut Flour* Fine variety is possible

Chocolate

  • 1/2 cup raw Cacao*
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup* 1 tsp more if you want it sweeter
  • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp Coconut butter*
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • pinch Sea salt

Instructions

Peanut Butter Filling

  1. Add all ingredients to a food processor. Pulse until coconut oil is softened and all ingredients form a thick paste

Raw Chocolate

  1. Using a double boiler. Heat over low/medium heat. Add coconut oil and butter first, then remaining ingredients, keep stirring until coconut butter and oil are melted and a smooth chocolate sauce is created.

Assemble

  1. Using a silicone mold, pour chocolate half full into each shape, add a scoop of filling, and cover with chocolate. Freeze until solid. Pop chocolates out and store in a sealed glass container in the refrigerator.

  2. If you don't have a silicone mold... Scoop out marble sized balls of peanut butter and roll into a ball, or egg shape. Freeze. Once frozen, dip each peanut butter ball into the chocolate and place on parchment and freeze again. Repeat until chocolate fully covers the peanut butter filling. Freeze until solid. Store in a sealed glass container in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

  • Replace Peanut Butter with any other nut or seed butter of your liking.
  • Replace Cacao with unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • Replace Coconut Flour with fine almond flour (double the amt)
  • Replace Coconut Butter by adding more coconut oil
  • Swap Maple Syrup for: Monk fruit, Coconut Nectar, Brown Rice Syrup, Honey