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    Salted PB&J Chocolate Cups

    Published: May 15, 2020 · by Veronika Sykorova · This post may contain affiliate links · 11 Comments

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    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)

    These Salted PB&J chocolate cups are soooo easy to make. They only take about 30 minutes to make these and that includes the time they chill in the fridge! Are you a salted or unsalted peanut butter person? I'm definitely pro salted. I sweetened these with some maple syrup instead of using sweetened peanut butter (I've never actually tried sweetened peanut butter! I've always used natural peanut butter and I love it!). I buy raspberry jam that's only sweetened with apple juice which makes this recipe even healthier! Winning.

    Now let's make some salted PB&J chocolate cups!

    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)

    You only need 4 ingredients! Well, 5 if you count the sea salt flakes. These are so easy to make and it only takes like 15 minutes total for the chocolate to set! I like to chill these in the fridge as opposed to the freezer because I find the whole cup comes together better in the fridge. I put it in the fridge 3 times in this recipe and it only takes like 5 minutes each time you put it in there. So quick and easy!

    I was going to use cacao butter, cacao mass, and powder to make the chocolate but then realized that it's too much work even for quarantine cooking, let's be real haha. If you want to make your own chocolate, more power to you! I might do that next time, but for now, I just used quality organic 85% chocolate bars.

    Ingredients for these salted PB&J chocolate cups:

    • Natural unsweetened peanut butter
    • Unsweetened berry jam, I used raspberry here (or make my Strawberry Vanilla Chia Jam!)
    • Maple syrup
    • Dark chocolate (I used 85% chocolate)
    • Sea salt flakes

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    I like using Maldon sea salt flakes to decorate anything like cookies, these chocolate cups, or anything that has chocolate in it honestly haha. It's meant to be used as a finishing touch to decorate something, rather than in cooking. You can always use regular sea salt or Himalayan pink salt instead if you don't have sea salt flakes on hand.

    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)
    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)
    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)
    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)
    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)
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    PB&J Chocolate cups (vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free)

    Salted PB&J Chocolate Cups

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    • Author: Veronika | thehealthfulideas
    • Prep Time: 30 mins
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 24 1x
    • Category: Dessert
    • Diet: Vegan
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    Description

    A healthier vegan version of regular pb&j chocolate cups with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.


    Ingredients

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    • 360g dark chocolate(I did 85% chocolate to keep the sugar content low), roughly chopped (4 chocolate bars*)
    • ½ cup Natural unsweetened Peanut butter
    • ¼ tsp sea salt or Flaky sea salt, plus more for decoration at the end (Maldon sea salt)
    • ¼ cup maple syrup (or another liquid sweetener of choice)
    • ⅓ cup Raspberry jam (unsweetened) or try my homemade Strawberry Vanilla Chia Jam
    • 24 Mini baking cups
    • Mini muffin baking sheet (optional - easier to handle the cups)

    Instructions

    1. Start by melting the chocolate in a Bain Marie - place a glass bowl over a pot filled with 1 inch of boiling water, making sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Turn the heat down to low and add the chopped chocolate. Let the chocolate melt, stirring a few times to help it melt quicker. 
    2. While that's melting, in a small bowl, mix the peanut butter, maple syrup, and sea salt, and set aside. 
    3. Line a mini muffin pan with mini baking cups and spoon about 1 teaspoon to each cup, enough to cover the bottom. 
    4. Use the spoon to pull the chocolate up the sides of the each cup. If there’s not enough chocolate on the bottom add a little more. 
    5. Place in the fridge to set for a few minutes. 
    6. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture into each cup and lightly smooth it out.
    7. Add about ½ teaspoon of the jam into each cup and transfer the pan back into the fridge for a few mins again as this tends to melt the chocolate a bit. 
    8. Use the remaining chocolate to cover the cups. If the chocolate in the bowl hardened a bit, place it over the pot with water again to melt.
    9. Lightly shake and tap the pan against your counter to prevent air bubbles. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and transfer the pan back into the fridge to set. 
    10. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

    Notes

    *You need about 3 ½ bar of chocolate but it's better to have more than less. 3 bars of chocolate make about 20-21 chocolate cups.

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    1. Cynthia Hoover says

      May 15, 2020 at 5:31 pm

      These salted Peanut butter and jelly chocolate cups look divine! I love the easy to follow instructions. I will be making these this weekend with my son! I love all things peanut butter, most people go for chocolate but peanut butter is my weakness!

      Reply
    2. Erika Ravnsborg says

      May 15, 2020 at 9:06 pm

      You had me at chocolate. Those look amazing! I will have to try and make them

      Reply
    3. Marta says

      May 16, 2020 at 5:51 am

      Oh I need this in my life right now. I'll even recruit the kids to help me make those

      Reply
    4. Viano Dee says

      May 18, 2020 at 7:43 pm

      Hmmm, looks so yummy. Thanks for the receipe.

      Reply
    5. Yana says

      May 19, 2020 at 2:18 am

      ohhh myyyyy!!! i HAVE to try these! they look amazing! thanks for the great recipe!

      Reply
    6. Harman says

      May 19, 2020 at 6:26 am

      My mouth is LITERALLY WATERY 😩😍 Can it be more tasty? ✨

      Reply
    7. Shar says

      May 19, 2020 at 8:23 am

      Thanks for the easy & quick recipe! I also notice the vegan & vegetarian tags... I'm going to enjoy this.

      Reply
    8. Raksha says

      May 20, 2020 at 12:20 am

      oh my God, these look so delicious. I am craving for some chocolate now. I will try to make these.

      Reply
    9. Ashley J Newton says

      May 20, 2020 at 11:59 am

      I feel like the salt is the perfect addition to this recipe. Great balance!

      Reply
    10. littlemisadvencha says

      May 20, 2020 at 11:02 pm

      wooow! This looks perfect. Chocolate is my favorite so I will eat anything as long as there's chocolate... this looks like ana amazing recipe..

      Reply
    11. Louise Smith says

      May 21, 2020 at 10:11 am

      These look absolutely divine. Thank you for sharing the recipe <3

      Louise x

      Reply

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