Ingredients for Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
To prepare these homemade no-bake peanut butter cups, gather the following ingredients:
- Dark Chocolate: You can opt for dark chocolate chips, dark chocolate baking chunks, or break up a dark chocolate bar.
- Peanut Butter: While any peanut butter will suffice, smooth, natural peanut butter is highly recommended. If using sweetened peanut butter, reduce the amount of added honey.
- Honey: Used to sweeten the peanut butter; maple syrup is also a viable alternative.
- Coconut Oil: Ensures the chocolate maintains a smooth texture for biting into. You can substitute butter if you don’t have or prefer not to use coconut oil.
- Vanilla Extract: Enhances the chocolate’s flavor.
- Coconut Flour: Slightly thickens the peanut butter mixture, providing a fudgy texture. Almond flour or peanut flour can be used as substitutes.
- Sea Salt: Adds a hint of seasoning, some for blending and some for topping.
Although these cups are designed to be dark chocolate treats, you can certainly use milk chocolate if you prefer or any other chocolate percentage that suits your taste.
Dietary Adaptions
To Make them Gluten-Free: No adaptations are needed; this recipe is inherently gluten-free.
