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    Home » Recipes » Healthy Desserts

    Adaptable Chocolate Butter Cups (Vegan)

    Published: Mar 27, 2015 · Modified: Jul 1, 2017 by Lauren · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    Lately, I've been realizing how important the little things in life are.

    Adaptable Chocolate Butter Cups (Vegan)

    It's not a new car or a bigger house that really make my life, but rather it's having a low histamine day (you allergy sufferers know what I mean), squeezing out juuuuuust enough conditioner to get you by until the next trip to the store, or turning on the TV and finding that Shark Tank just began (Shark Tank hoo haha!).

    These are the simple things that make up a good day, and for some reason, I'm just starting to really take note of it.

    It would seem that many days are set up to make us really dig deep and see what we're made of, but appreciating the small moments can make such a difference.

    This recipe, for example, made my day this week.

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    I had another Easter treat scheduled for Monday, but the photo session for it ended up flopping due to a technical error on my part. No big deal, but it still put me in a surly mood because I ended up with nothing to post!

    These butter cups, on the other hand, came together beautifully and truly taste just how I wanted!

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    This fact is mirrored by the fact that the hubs could not stop food-gasming over the taste, which is totally delicious and so sinful.

    The addition of oat flour gives some body to the filling, while using coconut sugar lends a granulated mouth-feel to each bite that pleasantly adds to the texture.

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    Simply deemed 'butter cups' instead of peanut, cashew, or the like, because you can really use whatever nut or seed butter you like/tolerate!

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    Adaptable Chocolate Butter Cups (Vegan)

    Delicious raw chocolate cups that you can fill with any nut or seed butter you tolerate!
    Prep Time5 mins
    Total Time5 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Raw
    Servings: 12 large butter cups
    Calories: 184kcal
    Author: Lauren Goslin

    Ingredients

    • CHOCOLATE:
    • ½ c . coconut oil , melted
    • ½ c . cocoa powder
    • ¼ c . maple syrup
    • dash sea salt
    • BUTTER FILLING:
    • 6 T . nut or seed butter of your choice (we love the stone ground raw pecan butter from Vivapura or peanut butter best!)
    • 2 T . coconut oil , melted
    • 2 T . + 2 t. oat flour (I grind my own flour using Country Choice Organic Oats)
    • 2 T . coconut sugar
    • ½ t . vanilla extract
    • dash sea salt (if nut or seed butter is unsalted)

    Instructions

    • Mix together the ingredients for the chocolate.
    • Pour a small amount of the chocolate into each of 12 paper muffin cups (just enough to coat the bottom).
    • Freeze until hardened (5-10 minutes).
    • Meanwhile, mix together the ingredients for the butter filling until well combined.
    • Evenly distribute the butter filling atop the chocolate in the 12 cups.
    • At this point, you can freeze the filling for another 5-10 minutes or (if you're antsy like me) evenly distribute the remaining chocolate directly atop the butter filling.
    • Freeze until chocolate is solid (10-15 minutes).
    • Enjoy!

    Notes

    Nutrition facts are based on using peanut butter in the filling. WW points (new system): 5

    Nutrition

    Sodium: 58mg | Sugar: 7.4g | Fiber: 1.6g | Calories: 184kcal | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.9g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Fat: 15.9g | Protein: 2.8g | Carbohydrates: 11.3g

    Speaking of nut and seed butters, can we talk about that for a second?...

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    Anyone else suffer from the excessive procurement of these creamy wonders? I have just about every nut and seed butter in my fridge that you can imagine, with the exception of almond because I'm allergic.

    As I was making these, I thought the line-up of my stash was worthy of documenting. 🙂

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    As I mentioned in a previous post, Vivapura kindly sent me a few products to sample, not the least of which was their raw pecan butter.

    This is my hubby's absolute favorite butter cup pairing, and it is definitely a product I would recommend trying at least once in your life!

    What is your favorite nut or seed butter?

     

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    Comments

    1. Carrie

      July 16, 2017 at 10:48 am

      I filled these with your pumpkin seed butter and they were a hit! Thanks Lauren! 🙂

      Reply
    2. Kurt

      July 04, 2017 at 8:57 am

      Yippee!!! Healthy peanut butter cups! I love these little guys!!!

      Reply
    3. Karen

      January 10, 2016 at 9:18 am

      Wow these look amazing. I won't go near a Reese's they've got too much junk. Can the oat flour be substituted for something gluten free...maybe brown rice flour? Favorite nut butter is sunflower but can't keep it in the house because the husband can't leave it alone.

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      • Lauren

        January 10, 2016 at 6:10 pm

        Hi Karen,

        I think rice flour would work, but you could also grind gluten-free oats! 🙂

        Reply
    4. Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen

      April 05, 2015 at 6:52 am

      Oh my my! Theses Chocolate butter cups look adorable and delish! 😀

      Reply
    5. Kari Peters

      March 31, 2015 at 5:13 pm

      I like your idea to put a little oat flour in the filling, I think it would be more authentic to the childhood favorite (peanut butter cups)! I've never tried pecan butter before but I think that's where I'll be starting first, it sounds wonderful!

      Reply
    6. dawn

      March 27, 2015 at 5:21 am

      yes, that is a crazy selection of nut butters!!!
      i want to see your flours! you have soon many 🙂

      Reply
      • Lauren

        March 27, 2015 at 7:24 am

        Lol, to my credit, I've pared down the flour stash! 🙂

        Reply

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