Homemade Almond Butter Cups

These Homemade Almond Butter Cups are just like those other sweet treats you love growing up, just without the processed sugar and other junk!

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Copycat Halloween Candy

There’s something about Halloween time that really brings out the worst (or best) in my sweet tooth. I mean the fact the entire holiday revolves around candy, but when I give myself the green light to go overboard, the sugar monster jumps with glee.

What’s funny is when I was little, I rarely ate the candy I got when I went trick or treat. I was all about the costumes. One year I remember I was a clown. Not like the terrifying, hiding in the sewer IT clown – but a cute little clown with a bright red nose and a cute little costume. My freshman year of high school I was Britney Spears from the “Baby One More Time” music video. Full midriff baring, schoolgirl Britney Spears. Why I thought that was a good idea I will never know.

Now that I am much older – I don’t dress up anymore. I am sure once I have children of my own that will change (or I’ll just make dad do it), but the holiday has switched to being more about the treats. My tastes have matured like my costume choices, so I decided to try and make some paleo treats of my own.

Homemade Almond Butter Cups

Who doesn’t love Reese’s peanut butter cups? I liked the fact that they come out with shapes for the holidays. Not wanting to miss out, I made these copycat Reese’s in honor of my favorite holiday. I also made them in honor of almond butter. Almond butter has such a rich creaminess to it, and is perfect for everything. I always use it for my waffles and smoothie bowls, so it made sense that almond butter was in. I get my almond butter from Trader Joe’s.

You can really use any chocolate chips you like for this recipe, but I used Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips as they are dairy free, gluten and soy free, as well as delicious. I mean yes the sugar is a bit more than I would eat in a day, but it’s a holiday so YOLO (is that still a thing?). You can also substitute Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides for the coconut flour for some extra protein.

These are perfect if you have anyone in the family with a dairy or soy allergy (if there is anyone with a nut allergy, substitute the almond butter for sunflower seed butter).

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