Raw Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

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Happy Monday Bloggie Friends!  How are you today?  How was your weekend?  Mine was great!  Let me count the ways.  Some of the cool things included getting together with fellow blogger Madeline, like I mentioned I would be.  Here’s a few pics from our coffee outing.

Two women and young girl standing in front of coffee shop

Skylar with me today and 2 year olds generally last about 3.478 minutes in coffee shops.  Skylar lasted over an hour which was great, but Madeline was awesome with her and humored Skylar by drawing and playing along with Skylar’s “artwork”.

Woman and young girl sitting and smiling

She even let Skylar try on her cool yellow shades.

Woman with arm around young girl smiling wearing large yellow sun glasses
Next time, it will be just the Adult Girls for maybe some shopping time, too.  Yay!  Girl time recharges my batteries, big time.  Madeline is an ultimate sweetheart, totally patient, and I love getting together my new local BFF!  Hugs, Sweetie!
Two woman and young girl in front of coffee shop

During the rest of the weekend, I whipped up a few creative vegan chocolate treats, and taught yoga, which still has me grinning from ear to ear!  Tell me about how your weekend unfolded and what kinda trouble you got into stayed out of.

Thanks for the great feedback on enjoying my Weekly Highlights & Recap post that I did.  I’m glad you liked everything from Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls

Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls on sheet of plastic wrap close up

To Kale Salads

Kale Salad with mixed vegetables in dressing on white plate

To Raw Vegan Apple Crumble

Raw Vegan Apple Crumble in clear container

And a big Congrats to the Winner of the $25 EcoStore USA Gift Certificate…Enjoy it, Sweetie!

But it’s a new week and time to start fresh, so here’s a few things I made this weekend…

Butterfinger Oats
1/3 c dry oats, 2/3 c water (could use almond milk but I didn’t have any open), and then added cinnamon, brown sugar, butterscotch chips, and a smashed mini-Butterfinger (we’re slowly making our way through the excess Halloween candy I purchased.  At this rate we should have it done by Halloween 2010.)

Bowl of Butterfinger Oats with spoon in oats
Up close of butterfinger oats in bowl with spoon

For one of our din-dins I took some of the never-ending bounty of potatoes that I bought on my TJ’s Grocery Haul and cut up some red potatoes + yukon golds, mini-carrots, doused with EVOO, S & P, 1 Tsp Ground Ginger(ginger is a great tenderizer and flavor booster)

red and yukon gold potatoes, baby carrots with oil, salt, pepper and ginger in foil lined pan
Close up of red and yukon gold potatoes, baby carrots with oil, salt, pepper and ginger in foil lined pan

Roasted at 400F for about 40 minutes

Roasted red and yukon gold potatoes, baby carrots in foil lined pan
Close up of cooked red and yukon gold potatoes and baby carrots

And served the roasted veggies along side a Hugh Jass Pea kinda Salad of greens, cukes, carrots, tomatoes, peppers with some of my Homemade High Raw Vegan Slaw Dressing

Mixed salad with dressing served with roasted potatoes and carrots on plate
Close up of salad and mixed potatoes and carrots on white plate
Close up of the roasted potatoes and carrots next to dressed salad

So after all those taters and green goodness, it was time for dessert.  Enter my newest, super easy, 3-ingredient (raw) vegan dessert.  No fancy appliances needed.  A spoon will do.  Curious?

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Averie’s (Raw if You Want) 3-Ingredient, 10-Minute Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

Yields: 2 Peanut Butter Cups.  Intentionally a very small recipe, feel free to mass-produce.

1/2 cup melted chocolate (i.e. 2 Full-Size Squares of Melted Baker’s Brand Chocolate because it’s dairy-free, or melt 1/2 c Chocolate Chips, or a Cocoa Powder/Agave/Coconut Oil Mix)

2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter

1/2 Teaspoon Nutritional Yeast, optional

In a microwave-safe bowl melt the chocolate and spoon a thin chocolate layer into paper muffin liners (two). Allow chocolate to cool in the liners. While it is cooling, prepare the peanut butter and nutritional yeast mixture by stirring to combine it in a small bowl. If you don’t have nutritional yeast, omit it. It simply gives a slightly salty, cheezy, “gritty” and more authentic texture to the filling (similar to the Reese’s filling) but is not essential. Spoon the mixture on top of the cooled chocolate base layer. Melt additional chocolate and spoon melted chocolate over the top to completely cover the peanut butter. Allow cups to set up fully before eating, at least 5 to 10 minutes in the freezer if you are in a hurry.

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First, melt your chocolate (Raw Foodies, use whatever ratios of raw cocoa powder, agave, & coconut oil suits you to keep it raw).  I use the 45 seconds in the microwave trick and melted about 1/4 c worth, which is 1 Baker’s Chocolate Full-Sized Square. (You’ll melt the other square later).

Bakers chocolate bar square in container semi-melted
Melted bakers chocolate in container with spoon

Then, take paper muffin liners and Pour the Melted Chocolate in, just coating the bottom of the liners.

Paper muffin liners with bottoms spread with melted chocolate

Mix up the Filling
2 Tbsp PB + 1/2 Tsp Nooch
Optional: Dash of Salt, Dash of Agave, Dash of Vanilla Extract.  This is to your taste and highly subjective, so do as you wish friends, but I think my version is quite Reese’s-like.

Peanut butter and nutritional yeast in green bow with spoon

If you’re having a hard time getting your nooch well-incorporated into your PB, zap in the micro for 15 seconds.

Mixed up peanut butter and nutritional yeast in green bowl with spoon

I love how the nooch actually gives the PB that barely there, ever-so-slight chunky factor like the filling in Reese’s Cupsis.

Close up of peanut butter mixture with spoon

Spoon the Filling into the now-hardened (or somewhat hardened) Chocolate Layer

Peanut butter mixture spooned on top of chocolate in paper muffin liner
Pour more Chocolate over the Top.  I melted up 1 more square now.
Semi-melted bakers chocolate in container
Remaining chocolate spooned over peanut butter mixture in paper liners

Transfer your cups carefully to a plate

Two Vegan Peanut Butter Cups transferred to brown plate

Put them in the Fridge to Harden Fully

Refrigerated Vegan Peanut Butter Cups on brown plate

And look at how chilly & yummy that looks!

Overhead of finished Vegan Peanut Butter Cup

Unwrap & Notice the rippled or ruffled Reese’s-like edges.

Side view of unwrapped Vegan Peanut Butter Cup
Hand holding untapped Vegan Peanut Butter Cup on top of liner
One split Vegan Peanut Butter Cup topped with another unwrapped one

I normally would just make teeth marks, but I used a knife to show you the inner workings of my Vegan PB Cups.

Split Vegan Peanut Butter Cup showing creamy peanut butter filling
Close up of split Peanut Butter Cup showing filling
Two halves of Vegan Peanut Butter Cups stacked on top of one another

Kinda Highly Addictive.  But the fun stuff usually is.  Feel free to make a larger batch.  There are lots of pics, but the whole thing took less than 10 minutes of active cooking time.  You just have to let them firm up, and I bet that could happen in 15 minutes in the freezer.  So, you’re less than a half hour away from homemade vegan PB Cups!!  What are you waiting for?

They are rich, smooth, and even more satisfying because you made them yourself.  And, you can feel awesome knowing there are no yucky ingredients in them.  And did I mention the pretty rippled edges.  Love those.

Do you like peanut butter cups?

Have you ever made them at home?

 

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  1. I’m recently retired and having fun, finally, trying out new things, now that I have the time. Can’t wait to experiment with those peanut butter cups. I look forward to see more of your ideas!