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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Homemade Almond Butter Cups
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 15 mini cups 1x
Description
These Homemade Almond Butter Cups are just like those other sweet treats you love growing up, just without the processed sugar and other junk!
Ingredients
For the filling
- 1/2 cup of almond butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut free)
- 1 tbsp coconut nectar
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
For the chocolate shell
- 1 bag of Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips
- 3 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Start by lining the pan with the mini cupcake wrappers. I used a mini cupcake pan, and mini cupcake wrappers to shape the cups.
- Make the filling first by combining the almond butter, coconut flour and coconut nectar in a bowl and whisk thoroughly. You may need to also use a spatula to fold (and get some of the mixture off of the whisk).
- Place in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Place 1 cup of the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl, and place the coconut oil on top.
- Place the bowl in a microwave for 30 seconds, remove and stir. I had to do this three more times until it was completely melted.
- Pour a small spoonful of chocolate in the cupcake wrappers (about a tablespoon). Remove the filling from the freezer, and use a spoon to place filling on top of the chocolate you just poured.
- Once the filling is in all of the wrappers, place the remaining chocolate chips in the bowl and microwave until melted. Cover the remaining cups with the chocolate until you can no longer see the cashew butter filling.
- Place in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes or until solid. Keep in the freezer until ready to serve, and let thaw on the counter 5 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
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