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    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    Hello and Happy Halloween!

    Today I'm going to share an insanely easy recipe for for some very decadent sweet treats: dark chocolate peanut butter cups!

    After discovering the wonders of coconut oil dark chocolate I knew that I needed to make some peanut butter cups ASAP. And I'm so glad I did!

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    These cute little cups are fantastic because they only require 5 ingredients, most of which are common pantry staples in a plant-based kitchen! All you need is peanut butter, coconut oil, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and a liquid sweetener like maple or agave syrup.

    This is a great recipe to play around with some optional toppings too. You can add whatever you like! Flaked coconut, chopped nuts, dried fruit, hemp hearts, anything goes!

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    For the photo shoot I filled these mini muffin liners right to the brim. For eating I prefer them to be only ½ - ⅔ full because they're very rich.

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    For layered cups you're going to: 1) spoon 1 level layer of chocolate into each cup (the amount is up to you, I find about ¾ - 1 teaspoon to be about right.) and pop them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes until hard. 2) Top each chocolate layer with about 1 teaspoon of peanut butter (add more if you loove the PB.) Freeze for 15-20 minutes until the peanut butter layer hardens. 3.) Repeat step 1.

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    If you're not a fan of the layer/freeze/layer/freeze/etc. thing, you are in luck because I have a shortcut for you! 1) Spoon 2 teaspoon of melted chocolate into each cup. 2) Spoon 1 teaspoon of melted peanut butter into the cup. 3) Grab a knife or skewer and twirl it through the melt-y peanut butter/chocolate mixture until you achieve a pretty swirl effect. 4) Pop them in freezer until hard. That's it!

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    Because we're using coconut oil chocolate here, these cups need to be kept chilled in your fridge or freezer. If you don't, you're going to have a very scary (but still delicious!) pile of peanut buttery-chocolate-yness. So make sure to keep them cold! You can eat them straight out of the freezer or let them soften at room temp. for about 5 minutes before enjoying one.

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    These 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups are vegan, gluten and soy free, naturally sweetened and made with minimally processed ingredients.

    Since there's no need for a hot double-boiler to melt the chocolate here, making these would be a great kid-friendly Halloween activity! Plus, you'll have something that's decadent AND wholesome to enjoy while you're handing candy out to the kiddos this year! Happy snacking!

    5 Ingredient Vegan Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups8

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    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Ready in 30 minutes or less!}

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

    ★★★★ 4 from 3 reviews
    • Author: Brittany at ilovevegan.com
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 15 minutes
    • Total Time: 20 minutes
    • Yield: 8 cups 1x
    • Category: Dessert, Sweet Treat
    • Cuisine: Vegan
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    Description

    Super simple coconut oil dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Just 5 ingredients and less than 30 minutes for minimally processed, vegan, gluten & soy free, wholesome decadence!


    Ingredients

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    Coconut Oil Dark Chocolate

    • ⅓ cup coconut oil
    • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
    • 3 tbsp maple syrup
    • ¼ tsp vanilla extract

    5 Ingredient Coconut Oil Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

    • 1 recipe coconut oil chocolate
    • ⅓-⅔ cup natural peanut butter (room temperature)
    • optional toppings: Flaked coconut, chopped nuts, dried fruit, hemp hearts, etc.

    Instructions

    Coconut Oil Dark Chocolate

    1. In a warm bowl, whisk together: melted coconut oil, cocoa, maple syrup, and vanilla extract.

    Assembly (layered cups)

    1. Spoon 1 level layer of chocolate into each cup (the amount is up to you, I find about ¾ – 1 teaspoon to be about right.) and pop them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes until hard.
    2. Top each chocolate layer with about 1 teaspoon of peanut butter (add more if you loove the PB.) Freeze for 15-20 minutes until the peanut butter layer hardens.
    3. Repeat step 1: Spoon 1 level layer of chocolate into each cup (the amount is up to you, I find about ¾ – 1 teaspoon to be about right.)
    4. Optional: Add toppings like chopped nus and goji berries.
    5. Pop them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes until hard.
    6. Enjoy!

    Assembly (swirled cups)

    1. Spoon 2 teaspoon of melted chocolate into each cup.
    2. Spoon 1 teaspoon of melted peanut butter into the cup.
    3. Grab a knife or skewer and twirl it through the melt-y peanut butter/chocolate mixture until you achieve a pretty swirl effect.
    4. Pop them in freezer until hard.
    5. Enjoy!

    Notes

    Use the melted coconut oil chocolate as soon as possible. As the chocolate sits the cocoa seems to absorb the coconut oil and the mixture can start to look a little lumpy. It won't affect the flavour but your cups won't look as smooth.

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    Comments

    1. CM

      March 26, 2018 at 7:00 am

      I enjoy chocolate peanut butter cups any time of year. These look wonderful😊

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    2. ETCrowe

      February 13, 2016 at 7:05 pm

      I found that melted white chocolate mixed with the peanut butter will make the cups hold their shape. With the coconut oil, the cups melt when they get to room temperature.

      ★★

      Reply
    3. Jennifer

      August 20, 2015 at 7:21 pm

      Brittany,

      Just made these for my husband - he loves them! Do you have the nutritional information for them listed? My husband and I use myfitnesspal and want to ensure we are calculating correctly. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Brittany

        August 26, 2015 at 2:51 am

        Hi Jennifer! Here's the nutritional info for using 1/2 cup of peanut butter and dividing the recipe into 8 cups: 1 cup contains 200 calories, 18g fat, 2g fibre, 6g sugar, 4g protein. I hope that helps!

        Reply
    4. Honey

      May 20, 2015 at 2:42 am

      Wow. I have just made my second batch. Between my small kids (4 and 6yrs) and myself I am cleaned out in a day. My hubby and the teen arrive home tomorrow and I know they will love these too. First batch I accidentally used 2/3 cup of coconut oil and cocoa but left the vanilla and maple the same. We all loved it even though it was a tad dark. This batch I realized my error but didn't want it too sweet so just added a splash more of vanilla and maple. Yummo

      Reply
      • Brittany

        May 23, 2015 at 11:07 am

        I'm so glad you and your family enjoyed these peanut butter treats! Thank you for commenting!

        Reply
    5. Klose vogel

      November 01, 2014 at 11:13 pm

      I must Happy sweet Halloween with these mouth watering butter cups,Thanks for the preps too

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Brittany

        November 02, 2014 at 3:28 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply

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