Peanut Butter Cups (Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free)
Looking for a yummy dessert to make for those with food allergies or dietary restrictions? How about Peanut Butter Cups? This recipe can be vegan, dairy-free, and/or gluten-free — it’s flexible enough to be experimented with and still comes out delicious.
Gluten & Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Cups
Adapted from Oh She Glows; Makes 12 cups
Ingredients
3/4 cup almond flour/meal (grind almonds in a food processor or high-powered blender if you can’t find flour or meal in the store)
3 T coconut flour
2 T peanut, almond, or sun butter
2 T coconut oil, melted
2 T pure maple syrup
1/4 t pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
Chocolate topping
Ingredients
3 T coconut oil, melted
3 T pure maple syrup
2 T cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
You can also make the topping using 1 cup chocolate chips combined with 2 T coconut oil (you can find dairy-free chocolate chips in the organic/natural section of your grocery store or on Amazon – Enjoy Life is a great brand).
Directions
Combine almond flour, coconut flour, peanut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extra and salt in medium bowl until combined. I use my Kitchen Aid with paddle attachment.
Line a muffin pan with muffin cup liners. Using a cookie scoop
For the chocolate topping, combine melted coconut oil, maple syrup and cocoa powder in small bowl. Whisk until there are no longer lumps. If it seems thick, microwave for ten seconds and whisk again making sure the coconut oil is completely incorporated. Pour over each peanut butter cup and refrigerate until set. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
*If I’m using coconut flour I aim to pay less than $5/lb. Coconut flour lasts for a long time and can be used in pancakes, waffles, baked goods and more. You can buy it on Amazon or Winco usually has a great price in their bulk section!
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A Silicone Muffin Pan
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Do you think you could add a vegan protein powder in there? Anyone tried?
You could add a rice protein (Sun Warrior is the best) and it would turn out fine. Just reduce the oat flour by the amount of protein powder you add. Great suggestion.
Made this last night and – oh my goodness – they are SO good! WAY better than any store bought peanut butter cup I’ve ever had (which I can’t eat anymore anyways).
Very excifed to try these ! 🙂
Thank you !
Thank you for this! They are AWESOME! I used honey with a little bit of molasses to mask the honey flavor. Worked great!
I cannot wait to try these, Thanks!
Why do you use maple, could you use honey or another sugar? I don’t like maple anything.
I use maple primarily because I like the taste better. But you could sub honey or other liquid sweetener and be fine.
Pure maple syrup, will not spike blood sugar where as honey and sugar will. It’s also less processed. Just make sure you get the one that says, Pure Natural Maple Syrup.
Oooh! I love this! What other nut flours would you recommend besides almond flour? I found out I have a sensitivity to almonds, but not other nuts. Is there peanut flour? What about using all coconut flour? Or grinding cashews? Thanks!
All coconut flour is hard because it’s a bit tricky with the liquid. You could use oat flour in place of the almond flour and combine with the coconut flour and it would still turn out pretty good. You would have to play with the liquid amounts to make sure your consistency is crumbly but sticks together when you pinch it between your fingers. You could use cashews just fine too.
Could you use Peanut Flour? I ordered some online to try with something else that tasted HORRIBLE so it’s just sitting in my cupboard. After I got it online, I heard that Trader Joes carries Peanut Flour for Elise who posted that she has the sensitivity to Almonds?