Peanut Butter Cups Recipe

Once your children are old enough to say 'sweetie' the battles begin.

If you've read the food section in Look Great Naturally - without ditching the lipstick you'll know I'm a fan of chocolate - not sugar laden confectionery but raw chocolate to which all manner of goodies can be added.  I love this recipe !  Janey Lee Grace www.imperfectlynatural.com

Peanut butter cups.

From CHOC Chick

Ingredients:

100g CHOC Chick Raw Cacao Butter

6Tbps CHOC Chick Raw Cacao Powder

1-3Tbps Sweet Freedom (natural low GI sweetener) or Agave Nectar Organic

Sustainably sourced peanut butter or cashew nut butter

Mini baking cups or little muffin case

Step 1
Follow CHOC Chick’s Simple Raw CHOC recipe, but as you will need to make 2 batches, use half the ingredients each time.

Melt 50g raw cacao butter on a low heat over a pan of boiling water. Once the cacao butter has melted, turn heat off and add 3tbsp raw cacao powder mixing well with a metal balloon whisk. Whisk in the Sweet Freedom/Agave syrup (start with 1-2 tbsp and add a bit more if you prefer a sweeter taste) and mix well. The consistency should be smooth and quite runny.

Spoon 2-3 teaspoons of the mix into mini baking cups (each about halfway full) and place in the freezer to set for 10 minutes.

Step 2
While the first layer is setting in the freezer, repeat Step 1 to make the top layer of raw chocolate.

Step 3
Once the chocolates have set, spoon in half a teaspoon of peanut butter into each baking cup, then top up with the second layer of the melted raw chocolate mixture.

Step 4
Place in freezer for another 10-15 minutes. Take out when chocolate has set, peel off the baking cups and your CHOCtastic Peanut Butter /Cashew Nut Butter Cups are ready to enjoy. Keep refrigerated or in the freezer to store, unless you end up eating them all at once (very easily done, ours lasted around 30 seconds!!)