Healthier chocolate peanut butter cups. Make at home with this easy and fast recipe! See directions for a paleo version too. You’re not gonna want to go back, once you have tasted these. Enjoy!
The secret stash has been revealed. 🙂
Get ready to wipe the drool off your screen, because my favorite nut butter treat is coming to a blog near you!
Let’s be real, these health-ier peanut butter cups are a dream that you can actually make happen.
I made a big batch of these over Easter weekend… and let’s just say, they are all gone.
This week’s guilty pleasures include:
Making this peanut butter filling and dipping celery sticks in it.
Rewatching old One Direction music videos.
Longboarding with my brother in the middle of the street when there’s no traffic.
And eating chocolate peanut butter cups for breakfast.
Okay, now you know what I do on my day off, haha. 🙂
Chocolate peanut butter cups how-to
Are you ready for my pro tips before you dive into making these?
Store them in the fridge in glass containers.
Or store them in the freezer in these stasher bags.
Swap the peanut butter for almond butter for a paleo version!
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips or chocolate bar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/3 cup peanut butter or almond butter for paleo
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in a double boiler on the stove over low heat until just soft, then remove and stir until smooth.
- In a small bowl whip together ingredients for peanut butter filling until smooth.
- Fill a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
- Fill each cup halfway with melted chocolate. Then scoop about 1 teaspoon peanut butter filling into the center of each cup. Cover up with more chocolate and chill in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Once chilled, sprinkle with sea salt flakes and serve or store in fridge/freezer (if storing the freezer, allow to thaw for 5 minutes before serving).