I LOVE candy! Or at least I used to. My sister likes to remind me that I could hear candy being unwrapped a mile away and come running. However, now I don’t like what’s in candy, which is why I’ve made my own the past few years. That’s right….my own!

Below is my Peanut Butter Cups recipe. To see my Mounds/Almond Joy recipe, go here! They’re both vegan and gluten free! (Not that you or your ghoulish guests will notice!)

Happy Halloween!

Peanut Butter Cups (Vegan & Gluten Free)

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 2 dozen mini-cups

Chocolate Coating:

• Half cup organic coconut oil
• Half cup natural peanut butter or other all natural nut butter (such as almond butter)
• 6 tbsp raw cacao powder
• ⅔ cup Sucanat (or raw sugar), powdered fine in a Cuisinart or blender
• Pinch of sea salt
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

Peanut Butter Filling:

• ¼ cup natural peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons honey

Directions:

• In a double boiler or on very low heat mix chocolate coating ingredients until smooth.
• Put a little coating in the bottom of mini-muffin papers in a mini muffin tin and place in the freezer.
• While it is setting (just takes a few minutes), mix the peanut butter and honey together.
• Add the mixture on top of the set/chilled chocolate layer and then add more of the chocolate coating on top to cover the filling.
• Freeze again until set.
• Then enjoy your perfect chocolate-peanut butter combo creation!

Adapted from: Simple. Healthy. Tasty.