Chocolate and peanut butter is EASILY one of my favorite combo’s on the planet. Growing up, Reeses and Butterfingers were my go-to candy because they both have that delicious peanut buttery flavor! Now, I love enjoying those every now and then but I usually prefer a clean-ingredient alternative like these homemade peanut butter cups.
It makes me so happy to make and share recipes for treats that taste equally as good, if not BETTER, than the conventional ones that we all grew up with.
I love this recipe because the protein powder adds a little bit of extra staying power, a super fluffy texture to the peanut butter, a nice hint of vanilla, and just the right amount of sweetness. It is TO DIE FOR.
Bonus points that you only need three ingredients for the entire recipe!
I used Nuzest Clean Lean Vanilla Protein but feel free to use any protein powder you have handy!
My mini muffin pan doesn’t fit in the freezer so as you can see in the picture above, I simply arranged mini muffin liners on a couple of small plates.
You can also see that for the first layer of chocolate, I like to use a spoon to push up the melted chocolate on the sides of each liner to hide the peanut butter layer.
Mini Peanut Butter Protein Cups (plant-based!)
Ingredients
For the chocolate layers
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
For the peanut butter layer
- 1/3 cup peanut butter (only ingredient should be peanuts or peanuts and salt)
- 1/2 tbsp coconut oil (melted)
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (about 12-13 grams)
Instructions
- Place liners in a mini muffin pan OR arrange mini muffin liners on a plate (see above picture).
- Add 1/3 cup chocolate chips and 1 tbsp coconut oil into a small bowl. Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between each.
- Place about 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate in the bottom of each muffin liner. Set in freezer.
- In another bowl, mix together your peanut butter and coconut oil. Stir in protein powder.
- Remove mini muffin liners from the freezer. Add about 1/2 tsp peanut butter mixture to each cup. Set back into the freezer.
- Melt the remaining 2/3 cup chocolate chips and 1 tbsp coconut oil in the microwave.
- Remove your muffin liners from the freezer and top with melted chocolate. Set back in the freezer for at least 1 hour or until chocolate has hardened.
- Store in the freezer!
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