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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Recipes

Homemade peanut butter cups. No preservatives. No additives. Not too sweet. Not supper healthy either, but way better than the store-bought kind and made with dark chocolate to boot. The perfect once-in-a-while, after dinner treat. Keep them in the freezer so you aren’t tempted to many in one sitting.

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Serves: 12 Prep Time: 5 mins

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate Coating:

  • 1 cup 50-70% dark chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1 tbsp cacao powder

Peanut Butter Filling:

  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter (no added sugar)
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1tbsp unsweetened vanilla coconut or almond milk
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • pinch of sea salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a large bowl, mix all peanut butter filling ingredients together until smooth.
  2. Melt coconut oil in a small saucepan, add the chocolate chips, cacao powder and sea salt and stir just until melted
  3. Pour chocolate into non-stick muffin cups and place in freezer for 10 mins till solid.
  4. Remove from freezer and place 1 tbsp of peanut butter filling on top of each chocolate bottom, then cover with 1-2 tbsp of chocolate.
  5. Return to freezer for another 15 mins, then remove.
  6. Store in the fridge

NOTES

Michelle Vodrazka
Owner, PRO Trainer, Nutritionist
www.almontefitnesscentre.com

Michelle Vodrazka is an internationally recognized personal trainer, fitness instructor, nutritionist, with over 25 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. She is a national fitness competitor and best-selling author of three healthy eating cookbooks.