Homemade Healthy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (No Sugar)
These sugar free homemade healthy dark chocolate peanut butter cups are made with just 2 ingredients-dark chocolate and peanut butter. It is super easy to prepare at home. These mini chocolate peanut cups are free from any preservatives with the goodness of all-natural ingredients and also tastier, healthier, and cheaper than the famous Reese brand.
Ingredients
- 250 gm dark chocolate 70%
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ⅓ cup crushed roasted peanuts
- Mould for making chocolates or paper cups
Instructions
How to met chocolate
- Take peanut butter in a small bowl. Microwave it for 10-15 seconds. Transfer it to a piping bag. Make a small cut in the bag and put it aside.
- Put a saucepan on medium flame filled with water up to its 1/4 mark.
- Chop the chocolate and transfer it to a bowl.
- Once the water starts boiling, put the bowl on the pan and mix the chocolate with the help of a spatula till it melts completely.
- Take it off the heat and mix the chocolate well for 2-3 minutes. This process is called the tempering of chocolate. It adds a shiny look to the finished chocolate. Let it cool to room temperature.
How to make peanut butter cups with mould
- Once the chocolate reaches room temperature, Take a mould and pour 1 tsp chocolate into each cavity ( up to its 1/3 mark). Tap the mould a few times to remove any air bubbles and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes to set.
- After 10 minutes, take out the mould from the freezer and pipe out peanut butter up to 2/3 of each cavity of the mould and now fill the rest of the space with the melted chocolate.
- Tap the mould a few times to remove any bubbles and put it again in the freezer for 10-15 minutes or till it is set.
- Once the chocolate sets, demould the chocolate pieces from the mould. Place them in an air-tight container and keep them refrigerated.
How to make peanut butter cups without peanut butter
- Now in the leftover melted chocolate, add crushed roasted peanuts and mix well.
- Spoon out this mixture in the different shaped moulds, and spread evenly. Tap the mould a few times and then put it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes or till it sets.
- Once they are set, demould them and place them in an air-tight container and keep them refrigerated.
How to make peanut butter cups without mould
- Use small-size muffin paper cups or paper cups used to keep sweets whichever is available easily.
- Place them in a mini muffin tray or small chutney bowl. Now follow the same procedure as above and refrigerate them till they set nicely.
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Notes
1. Use milk chocolate or dark chocolate as per your preference.
2. After the chocolate is melted, cool it to room temperature, only after that start making chocolate cups.
3. For the filling, you can replace peanut butter with other nut butter of your choice.
4. To store, refrigerate them in an air-tight container or freeze them in zip lock bags or freezer safe box.