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This dark chocolate peanut butter cups recipe is refined sugar-free and made with 7 CLEAN ingredients. Full of good-for-you healthy fats, these healthy peanut butter cups are silky, decadent, and sooo satisfying.
If you are a chocolate lover like me who also likes to eat as healthy as possible…or if you are looking for healthy homemade dessert recipes…then these dark chocolate peanut butter cups are FOR YOU! They are made with 7 clean, good-for-you ingredients that will nourish your body and your taste buds.
This recipe begins with 100% dark chocolate (completely unsweetened) and sweetens the chocolate naturally with pure maple syrup – an unrefined sugar with a lower glycemic index.
The best part about this healthy chocolate cup recipe is that you can use the base recipe to make whatever type of chocolate cup you want.
For example:
- fill these with almond butter instead of peanut butter
- top with flaked sea salt and chopped almonds
- top with flaked coconut
- fill and top with raspberry puree
- just enjoy them plain
Why You’ll LOVE these Healthy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
- SO GOOD! – These healthy chocolate cups are silky smooth and full of rich dark chocolate flavor.
- Pretty Easy – you don’t need to know all the technicalities of working with chocolate to make these chocolate cups. The coconut oil does a lot of the work for you in making the chocolate smooth.
- Totally Customizable – Use the base recipe to make any flavor of healthy chocolate cups that you like!
Tips
- Heat Slowly– Heat the chocolate gradually so that it doesn’t seize up (become stiff and no longer fluid). Use a double boiler setup (or a glass mixing bowl on top of a pot of water) to heat the chocolate mixture in this recipe gently.
- Do not get water in the chocolate – this could also cause the chocolate mixture to seize up.
- Store in the Refrigerator or Freezer – Because these healthy chocolate peanut butter cups are made with coconut oil, they need to be kept cold at all times. Just pull them out of the refrigerator whenever you are ready to enjoy them!
- Sweeten to Taste – This recipe makes a dark chocolate peanut butter cup. Taste the chocolate mixture once it is melted, and if you want it sweeter, just add more maple syrup 🙂
Ingredients
- 3.4 oz. 100% dark chocolate
- 1/4 c. 100% pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp. almond butter
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 pinches of fine sea salt
- peanut butter of choice
Optional Toppings
- flaked sea salt (optional)
- crushed freeze-dried strawberries (optional)
Kitchen Tools
- mini muffin pan
- mini muffin liners
- double boiler or glass mixing bowl on top of a pot
How to Make Healthy Peanut Butter Cups
First, fill a pot with an inch of water, and heat over medium heat on the stove. Place a glass mixing bowl on top of the pot of water to create a double boiler setup. (Make sure that the water does not touch the bowl).
Place the 100% dark chocolate, coconut oil, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and sea salt in the mixing bowl. As the water begins to simmer, you will start to see the coconut oil and chocolate slowly melt. At first, the ingredients will be separated. Once the chocolate melts completely, the mixture will all come together. 🙂
Just make sure to not get any water in the chocolate mixture!
Once the chocolate mixture is completely melted and unified, line your mini muffin pan with paper liners. Fill the mini muffin liners halfway with the chocolate. Then, place a 1/2 tsp dollop of peanut butter in the center of each one. Allow the peanut butter to sink into the chocolate a bit.
Then, cover the peanut butter with more chocolate, filling each muffin liner up to the top.
OPTIONAL: Top each chocolate cup with a sprinkle of flaked sea salt or crushed up freeze-dried strawberries.
Place the mini muffin pan in the freezer or refrigerator to allow the chocolate to cool completely and set.
Store the chocolate peanut butter cups in the refrigerator or freezer at all times. Since these healthy peanut butter cups are made with coconut oil, they can’t be stored at room temperature since they melt very easily.
Enjoy these healthy and delicious dark chocolate peanut butter cups. They are such a treat!
Looking for More Healthy Sweet Treats?
- Maple Salted Almond Yogurt Bark
- Healthy Blueberry Muffins (Refined Sugar Free) with Whipped Honey Lemon Butter
- Fudgy Almond Butter Pumpkin Bars
- Dairy Free Banana Bread
- Morning Glory Snack Bites (Oil and Refined Sugar Free)
- Salted Maple Crunch Granola
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Warmly, Caroline
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Recipe
Ingredients
- 3.4 oz 100% dark chocolate
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/4 c. 100% pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp. almond butter
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 pinches fine sea salt
- peanut butter of choice
Optional Toppings
- flaked sea salt
- crushed freeze dried strawberries
Instructions
- Place the mini muffin liners in the mini muffin pan.
- Fill a pot with 1" of water, and heat over medium heat on the stove. Place a glass mixing bowl on top of the pot of water to create a double boiler setup. (Make sure that the water in the pot does not touch the bowl).
- Place the 100% dark chocolate, coconut oil, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and sea salt in the mixing bowl. Stir occasionally.
- As the water under the bowl begins to simmer, you will start to see the coconut oil and chocolate slowly melt. At first, the ingredients will be separated. But once the chocolate melts completely, the mixture will all come together.
- Make sure to not get any water from the pot in the chocolate mixture. It will seize up!
- Once the chocolate mixture is completely melted and unified, fill the mini muffin liners halfway with the chocolate. Then, place a 1/2 tsp dollop of peanut butter in the center of each one. Allow the peanut butter to sink into the chocolate a bit.
- Then, cover the peanut butter with more chocolate, filling each muffin liner up to the top.
- OPTIONAL: Top the chocolate cups with a sprinkle of flaked sea salt or crushed up freeze-dried strawberries.
- Place the mini muffin pan in the freezer or refrigerator to allow the chocolate to cool completely and set.
- Store the chocolate peanut butter cups in the refrigerator or freezer to keep from melting.
- Enjoy these decadent healthy homemade chocolate peanut butter cups!
