I was visiting with my darling friend Laura Madden who shared with me her remarkable Natural Vegan Chocolate bark and we talked about the amazing possibilities of the bark in other dishes. Peanut butter cups come to mind...only because they're just the bomb. I'm not going to lie, there's a huge part of my rear-end that was caused by those sugar treats. Many of you know that I've been switching over to a healthier lifestyle and when it comes to food, I am certainly a work in progress. That being said, when I find something amazing that can satisfy my cravings now and then, it is a good thing! So, here's the natural, vegan, sugar-free version that I came up with today. It has been a blast...and I'm not going to lie, I'm so very glad to have something to replace my peanut-butter cups with right now.
Tess' Peanut Butter Cup Filling
1/2 cup natural nut butter (of your choice but I used Nutzo organic 7 nut and seed butter)3/4 cup Natural almond flour
3T natural granular erythritol or 30 drops natural stevia
1 tsp Natural Madagascar vanilla bean paste
Chocolate bark Coating
adapted from Laura Madden's Vegan Chocolate bark
3/4 cup organic raw baker's cocoa
3/4 cup Coconutreat Raw Organic Coconut Oil
2-3 droppers full liquid stevia (I prefer the flavor of Sweetleaf.com)
1/2 tsp Natural Madagascar vanilla bean paste
Melt the coconut oil over very low heat just until liquid.
Stir in the remaining ingredients until smooth. Doesn't the picture of chocolate like that just do the heart good?
While the cocoa sets, divide the peanut mixture into eight balls and flatten them to fit the bottom of a cupcake cup...
Keep chilled until you're ready to enjoy. Coconut oil will start to melt around 80 degrees, so chilling is best.
There you go! A great replacement for an occasional treat!
Always My Very Best,
Your Friend Chef Tess
2 comments:
Is there a reason why vanilla bean paste is your preferred vanilla form here? I'm guessing that most kitchens don't have it (mine doesn't). Maybe I can figure out a way to make my own. But would vanilla extract make the filling too runny? And would I use the same measurement of the extract?
Okay, I'm going to say it: Why do I have to get a magnifying glass and also make several attempts at reading those two words down below before I finally type one in correctly? I'm not a robot, but I'm a human who has trouble reading characters that are smudged, look like they have waxed paper over them, are overlapping other characters, or laid on their sides in such a fashion as to make them sometimes difficult for the best of us to get. This may or may not find its way into the comments section! :)
I just love vanilla bean paste but you can use equal amount of real vanilla here.
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