Healthy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
GUESS WHAT I DID LAST WEEK?? I made Peanut Butter Cups. Healthy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups! Totally nutritious, sugar-free, low-carb, gluten-free and guilt-free. Soooo I obviously ate like, four in a row 😉
And I sure loved sharing the eats with you here and here on Twitter.
These Homemade Peanut Butter Cups will restore your faith in everything — the super creamy peanut butter filling, the rich and sweet milk chocolate coating.
It’s like comfort on top of comfort. You know, for those extra tough days.
These are comforting, rich, sweet and decadent — just like the storebought version — but without the excess calories, fat, sugar and strange additives (PGPR) and preservatives (TBHQ).
You know, I can resist some things but definitely not these Healthy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups. Far from it.
I had a hard time NOT eating every single one of these in five seconds flat… ummm, I kinda finished them all the same day I made them. But that’s not a problem, they’re healthy and totally guilt-free.
It’s pop quiz time:
Question: What’s better than one Peanut Butter Cup?
Answer: TWO Peanut Butter Cups!
… Or four 😉
Take it from me — always keep a batch of these on hand! Why? In case of emergencies, duhhh.
Healthy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 4 oz No-Sugar-Added Milk Chocolate (melted)
- 35g (¼ cup) Powdered Erythritol
- 30g (¼ cup) Peanut Flour
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 76g (⅓ cup) Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
Instructions
- Spoon ~1 teaspoon of the melted chocolate into 8 cavities of a peanut butter cup mold. Rotate the tray at an angle to coat the cavity “walls” with the chocolate. Place in the freezer while you make the filling.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the erythritol, peanut flour and salt. Stir in the yogurt. Mixture should be thick, like frosting.
- Scoop the filling into the chilled chocolate cups. Do not overfill.
- Spoon the remaining melted chocolate over the filling. Refrigerate until firm. Serve immediately, or store in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Recipe Notes
Recipe republished with permission from the Naughty or Nice Cookbook!
Enjoy 🙂
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– Jess
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Saw these this morning….. went to the store, bought the ingredients I didn’t have, made them…. SO GOOD. Your recipes are my favorite; I’ve been on a baking spree with them 🙂 Next up- Peanut butter fudge!
Stephanie-
OH MY GOODNESS I’m so happy you made the recipe!! I’m glad you liked the Peanut Butter Cups 🙂
I hope you like the Peanut Butter Fudge as much as these!
-Jess
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Love your website!
Can I use truvia and blend into making a powder?
Shweta-
Truvia should work if you powder it in a blender or food processor. Or, you can just let it dissolve in the yogurt before mixing the filling all together. Just note that Truvia is 2x as sweet as erythritol so I would recommend using only 2 tbs. Hope you like the recipe! 🙂
-Jess
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Peanut butter cups were my favorite before my son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy. We prefer Sunbutter over Soybutter. Any idea how to make this with Sunbutter?
Brenda-
Sorry to hear about your son’s peanut allergy! I’ve tried sunbutter before and it’s pretty good 🙂
I haven’t tried replacing the peanut flour here, but you can try swapping the flour with sunbutter instead. It should firm up after refrigerating. I hope you guys like the recipe!
-Jess
Where on this page can I find the reciepe?
Hey Gigi! The recipes that were added to my cookbook, The Naughty or Nice Cookbook, were taken off the blog since they were remade and improved specifically for the book 😀
If you’re curious as to why I did this, I explain it in this post: http://dessertswithbenefits.com/about/why-i-removed-some-recipes-from-the-blog/
I will be updating the posts that I removed the recipes from to include the ingredients in the recipe soon. Maybe that will be a happy medium? 🙂
Best,
-Jess
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Wow, just made these and they are wonderful!!!! PB cups are my weakness so I’m so thankful to have a healthy alternative. Thanks a million for the recipe!!!
Couldn’t you make the chocolate part with unsweetened dark cocoa powder?
Bean-
Cocoa powder wouldn’t work because you need a solid chocolate for the coating. Cocoa powder wouldn’t allow the filling to hold its shape :/
-Jess
I’m a newbie to this low-carb, sugar-free way of life and I’m finding it extremely difficult to find desert recipes that don’t require baking or very many ingredients..You see, I don’t enjoy cooking and have never baked a desert outside of a bundt cake and don’t have things in my cupboard like peanut flour and powdered erythritol..My question is, am I able to substitute the peanut flour for another flour like say coconut or almond and sweet leaf stevia in place of erythritol? Also, can you recommend any other desert recipes that are no bake requiring very few ingredients that are of the peanut butter, coconut and chocolate variety?
Stephanie-
I totally understand! This new “way of life” is a complete shock sometimes, especially when you find all these ingredients you’ve never heard of. Unfortunately, in this recipe, the peanut flour is required. It’s what gives the PB cups that PB flavor, and it also helps create a nice and fudgy texture (it’s really delicious… peanut flour is versatile and can be used in a ton of things, like PB frosting and even a savory peanut butter sauce).
I haven’t tried this recipe with stevia, but that’s a great idea! I’m sure it’ll work just fine in place of the erythritol. You’ll probably need 20-30 drops, or scant 1/4 teaspoon.
I have a few no-bake dessert recipes that might help you out:
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-raspberry-coconut-fudge/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-coconut-fudge/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-chocolate-fudge-truffles/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-peanut-butter-fudge/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-cheesecake-dip/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/peanut-butter-protein-balls/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-krispy-treats/
http://dessertswithbenefits.com/peanut-butter-dark-chocolate-shortbread-bars/
Hope these help! 😀
-Jess
Thanks Jess..I appreciate your help but I think I’m going to have to give up on the notion of making a desert..There is just too much that goes into baking these delectables and I just find it intimidating..The only desert I’ve made since being on this low carb sugar free diet and the easiest are vanilla coconut bars..I spread peanut butter over them and I was a happy camper:^)
Hi, I love your recipes and would LOVE to make the peanutbutter cups!
Can you please tell me, what is Erythritol ??
THANK YOU!!
cheers,
greta
Hi Greta!
Erythritol is a natural sweetener that replaces sugar. Powdered erythritol looks and tastes just like powdered sugar 🙂
Hope you like the recipe!
-Jess
Having trouble finding peanut flour. Can I substitute peanut butter powder instead?
Peanut butter powder (like PB2 or Jif) is the same thing as peanut flour 🙂
What about sugar alcohol content? is there away to avoid those?
If you don’t want to use erythritol (even though it’s all-natural and sugar-free!), you can use another powdered sweetener: organic/fair-trade powdered sugar will yield results almost exactly the same as the original, but they won’t be sugar-free anymore. If you want a less processed sweetener, you can use powdered coconut sugar or date sugar or granulated honey, but the flavor will be very different and the filling’s color will be a dark brown. Hope this helps! 🙂
Thanks for your reply and suggestions!
I can’t have refined sugars and am very sensitive to sugar alcohols unfortunately. Both upset my stomach terribly. Natural sweetners are definitely better for you from a health standpoint but I was wondering if Splenda could be used?
I am hoping to find some ways to enjoy a little dessert once in awhile and these rexipes sound amazing!!
Sorry to hear that Heather! I haven’t tried Splenda here but I’m sure it would work just fine. The erythritol doesn’t affect the texture all too much, it’s just there for sweetness 🙂
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hi jess, can I make this recipe a different version without ruining it, one with higher protein?
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