Banana Peanut Butter Cups
These little Banana Peanut Butter Cups are easy to make and ready in less than 15 minutes. They're Vegan, Gluten Free and paleo friendly.
Servings 8 mini pb cups
Equipment
- small mixing bowl
- mini muffin tin
- spoon
- rubber spatula
- freezer
Ingredients
homemade dark chocolate
- 4 tablespoons cacao powder
- 6 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- pinch sea salt
peanut butter + banana filling
- 1/4 cup natural creamy peanut butter no sugar added
- 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 1/4 banana thinly sliced
Instructions
- Line a mini muffin tin with 8 paper liners and set aside. In a small bowl combine peanut butter and maple syrup. Stir until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, (something with a pourable spout would be best) combine cacao powder, melted coconut oil and maple syrup. Mix ingredients together until a thin chocolate liquid appears.
- Carefully pour a little liquid chocolate into each muffin cup until the bottom is just covered. You want a thin layer of chocolate on the bottom, but not too much because you want enough chocolate to use for the top. Place muffin pan into the freezer for about 1 minute.
- While chocolate hardens in the freezer, slice banana. Remove muffin pan from freezer and spoon peanut butter into each cup until all gone. Carefully press 1-2 banana slices on top of each peanut butter cup until the peanut butter slightly spreads into the hardened chocolate.
- Pour remaining liquid chocolate on top of each peanut butter banana cup until fully coated. Sprinkle with sea salt and place in freezer for 5 minutes or until chocolate is fully hardened.
- Store in freezer in an airtight container for up to three months.
Notes
chocolate- you can easily sub out the homemade chocolate with a dark chocolate bar. Simply melt one dark chocolate bar with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil on stove top. Add both ingredients to a small sauce pan and heat on low heat, stirring constantly until a thin chocolate sauce appears.
peanut butter- feel free to sub out peanut butter with any nut butter of your choice. You can also evenly swap it out with sun butter if you have a nut allergy.