If you want a rich, decadent, chocolatey, vegan dessert*, then THIS IS IT. Vegan Peanut Butter Cups.
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup of peanut butter
* 2 Tbsp. Coconut Flour
* 1 Tbsp. Maple Syrup
* 8 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate* (needs to be vegan chocolate for the dessert to be vegan. Fine if not.)
* 1 Tbsp. Coconut Oil
Directions:
* Mix the peanut butter, coconut flour, and maple syrup all together
![Lots of peanut butter](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.01-AM.png)
Lots of peanut butter.
![Coconut flour, peanut butter, and maple syrup](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.08-AM.png)
Coconut flour, peanut butter, and maple syrup
![chocolate](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.14-AM.png)
Love, Shine, Bliss, Happy, Amaze! Indeed! Aloha Chocolate (SO GOOD)
![mixture](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.19-AM.png)
mixture. Basically, tastes like peanut butter.
![(ghetto) double boiler](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.26-AM.png)
(ghetto) double boiler
* In a double boiler, melt the coconut oil and chocolate (8 ounces is almost 3 full chocolate bars).
![melt chocolate](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.32-AM.png)
melt chocolate
![Action shot.](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.42-AM.png)
Action shot.
* Place half the chocolate in greased muffin tins (or molds, if you are a fancy chef).
![chocolate in tins](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.25.54-AM.png)
chocolate in tins
![yum](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.26.00-AM.png)
Smile.
* Put in freezer for 10 minutes or so, so that the chocolate hardens.
![No judgement about my freezer.](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.26.07-AM.png)
No judgement about my freezer. Yes, “we” (aka my children) eat mini pizzas, waffles, and chicken nuggets. (Also, top right corner: Wandering Goat coffee from Eugene, sent monthly to us by my wonderful parents. CHECK THEM OUT. BEST COFFEE EVER).
![frozen chocolate, first layer](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.26.14-AM.png)
frozen chocolate, first layer
* Place the peanut butter mixture on top of the frozen chocolate layer. Don’t add too much (like I did). Rather, a small dollup in the center of the chocolate tin.
![add peanut butter](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.26.19-AM.png)
add peanut butter (I was overzealous and added too much. Don’t do what I did).
* Then, add the remaining chocolate on top of the peanut butter.
![add more chocolate](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.28.35-AM.png)
add more chocolate
* Place back in freezer to harden for the last time.
* Take out of freezer, and using knife, take out of the tins.
![tada](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.28.51-AM.png)
tada
![sandwih](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.28.57-AM.png)
Mine, although incredibly delicious, turned out to be more of a chocolate / peanut butter sandwich, rather than a cup. Less peanut butter would have allowed the second layer of chocolate to form more of a mold around it.
![heaven](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.29.02-AM.png)
heaven
![in fridge](https://josiegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-13-at-10.29.07-AM.png)
Store in the fridge
Ken and I like to split them for dessert — they are messy, they are rich, but they are also OH SO GOOD. So make ’em. Hope you have a great weekend! Happy March!
Love this idea.. seems simple enough for me!
Okay Making this weekend.. along with your 2 ingredient pancakes I stumbled upon 🙂
All your recipe’s are so amazing, please adopt me so I can eat these more often!!!
Love peanut butter! I bet these are great for my high protein diet!!
Cool seems simple …maybe i’ll stop by chef central for a candy mold and try it….love the ghetto double boiler …and baby girl is is so cute and grown!
take care- enjoy yr wkend!
OMG how good do these look! I have slowly but surely been trying to swap out dairy foods in my life for vegan options and this one seems like an easy switch! Yum! Great post 😉
Xoxo
Annie
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