With peanut butter and chocolate.
One of my first recipes on this blog was a Butter Cup recipe made with coconut oil. While that recipe is still rather tasty, nothing is better than straight up peanut butter and chocolate. This is better (and better for you!) than Reese’s.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
~Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and, of course, sugar-free!
Ingredients
- 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate (I used Baker's chocolate. Found in the baking aisle)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (Check to make sure your peanut butter does not have added sugar or hydrogenated oils)
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk or water
Instructions
- First, line a muffin pan with liners.
- Then, melt the chocolate on low temperature until melted.
- Fill the bottom of each muffin with a smear of melted chocolate and spread the chocolate on the sides. Freeze for five minutes or until solid.
- Whip the peanut butter with the non-dairy milk or water until fluffy. Put a little dollop into each muffin pan. Then, top with extra melted chocolate and freeze for another five minutes or until chocolate solidifies.
- Take off the liners and Enjoy!
Health Benefits
- Chocolate: Click HERE for a post I did about all the benefits of chocolate.
- Peanuts: These legumes are full of protein with 7g per ounce. They also have a great monounsaturated fat content that helps your heart and brain. Peanut is a good source of Coenzyme Q10 which protects the heart during the period of lack of oxygen example high altitudes and clogged arteries. It also has a high antioxidant and high niacin content that helps in the recovery of cell damage and provides protection against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive problem.
Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:
What are you lovin’ right at this very second. Answer quick!
Also, Congratulations to Lori from Pure2Raw for her recent engagement! You are going to be a beautiful bride 🙂
Right this very second quick I am lovin’ MOCHI! I got some last night at the azn market and I bought the black sesame flavor, and it also has red bean paste stuffed in there, it is AMAZING. Lovety love.
Also – your pb cups look fabuloussss (imagine I say that as flamboyant at possible). DARK choco and PB? Never had it. I must change that asap.
I love mochi! I’ve only ever had brown rice mochi, and I stuff it with pb 🙂 I’m just crazy for the stuff…But ohmygosh, that sounds so yummy! I must look for that flavor.
ANd you’ve never tried dark chocolate with pb??!!!!! GASP!!!! Go stuff it in your mouth-NOW!
I’m lovin’ on lightly cooked sweet onions w soy sauce & a runny egg on top!
Oh my…..You should have seen my face when I read this. Oh my…..oh my……Will you make some for me???
These look amazing! I was actually thinking about trying to make peanut butter cups and was looking around for recipes and then you just happened to post this!! Can’t wait to try them.
What I’m loving right now (and always) is peanut butter! hahah I eat way too much of it, but its just soo good. I’m also loving berry smoothies lately. I love them in the summer and summer being so close has made me crave them so much more.
Haha! That is too funny, Val! Make them! They are nummy!
Made them last night! SOOOOO good. There aren’t many left hahah. Peanut butter and chocolate has to be the best combo ever. You really don’t need much else!!
Oh Yay! I am so glad they turned out well 🙂 🙂 Your body is thanking you! YUM!
I loveeee Reese’s pb cups! I’ve heard of people adding some nutritional yeast to their PB to give it that grittiness of original PB cups.
I’ve heard of that, too, and it sounds interesting….I just wanted to keep it smooth and simple. Gritty just sounds weird to me, but I’m sure it’s good 🙂
im in love toooooooooooo
wow
i always love chocolate and pb! i’m loving my fruit + almond milk breakfasts lately and chocolate chip cookies (sweetened with banana!) 🙂
Yay for fruit cereal!!! And you get a gold star for making cookies with bananas-WAHOOOO! They are the best 🙂
Thanks for reminding me that this has been on my list of “to dos” for-EVER 🙂
(And who needs a boyfriend when you’ve got peanut butter—and chocolate.)
Amen.
Wow ! Those look great. I wish there was a way to add some mallowy type of thng in there but any marshallowy thing would add unwanted sugar and ruin it all! Even rice dream fluff is sooooooooooo sweet !
Thank for everything.
You are the one who got me to try unsweetened chocolate a while back and I was so surprised by how good it was. Gotta make these asap!
I love unsweetened chocolate!!!! Especially with a schmeer of PB….so these look wonderful! Thanks girl!
I <3 chocolate cups! I can't have peanuts 🙁 but I made cheesecake cups once 😐 they were amazing… here's the recipe if you're interested! http://www.healthfulpursuit.com/2010/12/chocolate-cups/
Oh no! No peanuts?? Well, I will check out those cheesecake cups-sounds delicious!
I’m in love too :O PB was meant to be soul mates with chocolate, they look incredible. And I’m loving PB&C cinnamon raisin pb 😀
thanks girl for the shout out 🙂
these look great!! YUM!
oooh what a good idea.! i just did the EXACT same thing the day before you posted this except I didnt thin the almond butter down with water/milk. that would make it PERFECT 🙂 a great tip. thanks!X
Yeah! It makes it really nice and fluffy 😉
Mmm! Love homemade PB cups! Definitely better than a Reese’s when you can use the dark stuff! 😉
Right now, I am (or should I say WAS) loving a bowl of steamed squash and asparagus, hummus, salsa, and nooch all topped with a perfectly fried egg! It WAS amazing…but sadly, now it’s gone! 🙁
Right this second I am loving sitting in my Christmas pjs and nibbling on a super-charge me cookie!! The perfect way to relax at the end of the day! 🙂
Hi 🙂
Those looks so so good! And i totaly agree, peanut butter and chocolate really only need each other- no need for sugar
How many pb cups does this recipe make? I’m going to make this when I get home. 🙂
Ummm…Mine made about 12? Let me know how they turn out!
Your peanut butter looks super creamy, what brand do you use? or do you make your own….and if you do, what’s your recipe for it?!
Thanks!!
Hi Katherine!
It is very creamy. I buy my pb at costco. It is the organic creamy Kirkland peanut butter. f you have a costco membership, I would definitely recommend buying it. However, if you don’t, Whole Foods sells a very good creamy peanut butter, too.
I have made a similar recipe using coconut oil, peppermint, and agave syrup for the filling so that it’s like a peppermint patty. I love your idea of using the liners. Duh! Why didn’t I think of that before?
YUM!! That sounds fabulous! I have a friend who adores peppermint patties-I’ll have to make this for her! Thanks!
I made the cups! I’m in heaven. I had a very productive cooking week so I decided to end it with a bang. Thank you so much for the recipe!!! I linked to this blog post so that others can see your wonderful site.
Wow I have to try making these – Reece’s PB cups were one thing I ate a fair bit of before going sugar free!
Go stuff your mouth with the dark chocolate. It tastes so much like regular chocolate except it is dark, which makes it seem bigger. I tried this recipe with regular chocolate but Kike say that natural pnutbutter makes it so sweet. Make sure to sneak in one little bit of the brown sugar Splenda to give it that creamy dark taste. You can also make this In shapes like a batman sign for the new dark night movies, add cocunut for tropical tastes, make it in the shape of a liver if you are getting a liver transplant like my great granddaughter. The doctors say she can live a normal life but will have to slow down because she speeding around on a crystal. So make the dish and have fun with this. Make it for a cute man and maybe he will ask you on a date to go look at the stars down a back road in his car. My daughter was always looking at stars while a football player and her were on a backload. Enjoy
Thank you so much for this recipe! I made these a few days ago, following the recipe to a T, and they turned out great. Even my sugar-addicted fiance loved them!
Melinda,
Yay! I am so glad you enjoyed it 😀 And your fiance, too-bonus!
How many cups does this yield? And does it double well?
Thnks
Lila,
Sorry for the slow response, but this makes 24 mini cups. It can easily be doubled.
Your blog!! The sugar free recipies!! You are a goddess! Thank you! Thank you!
Haha, thanks Coley!