PROTEIN PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

10 Jan PROTEIN PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

Protein Peanut Butter Cups Ingredients

For the Chocolate:

• 10 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, measured solid⁠

For the peanut butter filling:

• 1/3 cup all natural creamy peanut butter (only ingredients should be peanuts + salt), chilled
• 1 Tablespoon of BioX Nutri Nut Powdered Peanut Butter
• 3 Tablespoons of water
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup⁠
• 1/4 cup BioX Power Whey Isolate OR Power Whey Complex vanilla protein powder⁠

For topping:

• Flaked sea salt

Instructions

• Fill a muffin tin with 12 liners
• Combine semi sweet chocolate chips and coconut oil in a bowl and melt in the microwave in 15-30 second increments until smooth. Check often to avoid burning, it will not take long.
• Add two teaspoons of melted chocolate to the bottom of each muffin liner
• Once done, tap the pan on the counter several times to allow the chocolate to settle flat.
• Place muffin tin in the fridge for 15 minutes to set.
• While the first chocolate layer is chilling, make the peanut butter filling.
• Combine the all natural peanut butter, maple syrup, protein powder, and salt in a bowl until smooth.
• Once the chocolate is set, distribute the peanut butter filling into the 12 cups
• Top with remaining melted chocolate, then use a spoon to flatten the tops
• Sprinkle peanut butter cups with flaked sea salt, then place in the fridge for an hour, or until set.
• Store leftover protein peanut butter cups in the freezer in a Ziploc bag