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Healthy Peanut Butter Cups

Make these easy and delicious but healthy peanut butter cups that have been sweetened with nature's candy, dates! They're the perfectly delicious and healthier version of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Once you make these, you'll never want store-bought PB cups again! 
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Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:0 minutes
Chilling time:10 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Melissa Bravo-Almazan

Equipment

  • food processor
  • 12-cup cupcake pan
  • 12 silicone cupcake liners

Ingredients

  • 6 dates, pitted
  • 12 tsp peanut butter
  • 12 oz chocolate of choice for melting
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

  • Line 12-cup cupcake pan with silicone molds. Set aside.
  • In a medium sized, microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate and coconut oil together. Microwave in 15-20 second increments. Stir chocolate after each set of 15-20 seconds.
  • Scoop about a tablespoon worth of melted chocolate into each silicone mold. Place cupcake pan in freezer for about 5 minutes. Once removed from the freezer, spread a heaping teaspoon amount of peanut butter onto hardened chocolate.
  • Place dates in a food processor and chop for a few seconds. Scoop about a teaspoon amount on top of peanut butter layer.
  • Pour a tablespoon amount of melted chocolate over each cup, covering the chopped dates and peanut butter. Place cupcake pan in freezer again for 5-10 minutes. Finish with flaky sea salt. Gently remove peanut butter cup from silicone mold. Enjoy!

Notes

Keep peanut butter cups stored in a plastic container in the fridge.