Protein Nut Butter Cups
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Recipe type: dessert
Cuisine: dessert
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Serves: 24
 
These knock-off Reese's peanut butter cups will satisfy your sweet tooth without any of the guilt.
Ingredients
  • CHOCOLATE TOPPING:
  • ¼ cup cacao powder
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • optional: ⅛ tsp mint extract
  • FILLING:
  • ¾ cup nut butter
  • 1 scoop chocolate peanut butter protein powder
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
Instructions
  1. Mix the nut butter, protein powder, maple syrup, and melted coconut oil together.
  2. Use a mini ice cream scoop or a tablespoon to divide the batter into 24 lined mini muffin cups.
  3. Press down the scoop to create a flat surface, and then pop in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
  4. While the filling hardens, make the chocolate topping. Mix melted coconut oil, maple syrup, and cacao powder together until smooth. Add mint extract if desired.
  5. Take the the filling back out of the freezer, and add about a teaspoon of chocolate topping to each muffin cup.
  6. Put the tray back in the freezer for 30 minutes, or until chocolate coating is firm. Store them in the freezer and resist the urge to eat them all at once!
Notes
You can use any kind of protein, but I think the chocolate peanut butter flavor is a perfect match. Plant protein leads to a runnier filling, but tastes just as good.

Switch up the nut butter for some variations. Smooth, chunky, salted/unsalted, almond, cashew, peanut, the possibilities are endless!

Test out different extracts in the chocolate topping. Mint is excellent, and I plan to try coffee extract with coffee protein powder. Also, test out maple extract!

Adjust the sweetener to your liking. I imagine it would also work well with honey or agave.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 94 Fat: 7.9 Saturated fat: 3.3 Unsaturated fat: .4 Carbohydrates: 4.1 Sugar: 1.1 Sodium: 11.2 Fiber: .5 Protein: 3.1 Cholesterol: 2.3
Recipe by Passports and Provisions at https://www.passportsandprovisions.com/2017/03/18/protein-nut-butter-cups/