I’ve shared a recipe for peanut butter cup energy balls before, but I thought I’d share my favourite healthier spin on the classic Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups we all know and love.
Rather than indulging in the white sugar, preservative-packed treat that’s also individually wrapped in single-use plastic wrapping, switch it up for this healthy twist on peanut butter cups that can be made into both ‘milk’ and ‘dark’ chocolate cups.
First, master your favourite chocolate recipe by deciding what proportions of coconut to cacao you prefer, then get experimenting with other flavours and ingredients to make it your own.
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Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Healthier Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups that are vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free! To make the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups variation, follow the same recipe but up the cacao powder to one cup to make a darker, more bitter chocolate.
Ingredients:
CHOCOLATE:
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled to room temperature
- 1/4 cup cacao powder
- 2-3 tbsp raw honey
- Pinch sea salt
FILLING:
- 1/2 cup peanut butter or almond butter
- 2 tsp raw honey (add more honey if you like it sweeter)
- 2 tsp coconut flour or almond flour
- Sea salt for topping
To make:
- Mix the coconut oil, cacao, honey, and salt together until smooth (it should be liquid-like, but not too thin, and thick enough to coat the sides of liners). If the chocolate is too thin, pop it in the fridge for a couple of minutes, or if it’s too thick, microwave for a couple of seconds.
- Add one to two teaspoons of the mixture to the bottom of the mini-liners. Using the back of the spoon, spread the chocolate mix up the sides of each liner.
- Once the cups are filled, pop them in the fridge or freezer to solidify while you make the peanut butter filling.
- Combine the peanut butter, honey and coconut flour together in a small bowl, stirring until thickened. Take one teaspoon of the mixture and pop it straight onto the set chocolate bottoms and press to flatten.
- Spoon the remaining melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter filling, spreading it out to cover all of the filling. Place the cups in the freezer for five to ten minutes to set completely. Top with salt to really bring out the chocolatey flavour, then eat right away or store in the fridge or freezer.
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Have you made peanut butter cups before? What were they like?! Share in the comments below.
Lots of love,
🖤 Vanessa