Enjoy this real food version of the popular Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
Skip the refined sugar and artificial ingredients and enjoy this natural Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup alternative. I use almond butter for the filling, but for those who must avoid nuts, consider tahini (sesame seed butter) or sunflower butter.
Andrea Fabry
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Nut Butter Cups
This versatile recipe can be adapted to suit a variety of dietary needs.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup cacao butter
- 3-4 tablespoons raw cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon coconut manna
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- sweetener to taste (see below)
- 1 teaspoon ground coffee (optional for mocha flavor)
- 3-4 tablespoons almond butter or nut butter of choice
- 2 tablespoons coconut flakes (optional)
- mold (glass dish, silicone candy molds, or mold of choice)
Instructions
- Melt all but nut butter in double boiler.
- Pour half of cacao blend into molds.
- Freeze till solid. (Approximately 15 minutes.)
- Remove from freezer.
- Spoon nut butter onto frozen chocolates.
- Pour remaining chocolate over the nut butter.
- Freeze till solid.
- Remove from molds and enjoy!
Sweetener options include:
- Stevia
- Monk Fruit
- Xylitol
- Agave Inulin
- Coco Monkey
(For more specifics on each sweetener, see 5 Sweetener Alternatives.)
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Hi Andrea,
Love this recipe but only have raw cacao paste, raw coconut butter and cacao powder, coconut oil on hand. Would any of these substitute for the cacao butter or do I need to order some first.
Thanks.
Sarah Pope
If you have cacao paste you can combine with the coconut butter and coconut oil easily!! You can easily adapt this recipe with those ingredients, Sarah.
http://it-takes-time.com/2014/05/sugar-free-cacao-kisses.html