Get your peanut butter and chocolate fix AND a high-protein snack with these homemade high protein peanut butter cups! Just a few ingredients and you can enjoy all of the delicious sweet 'n' salty flavor without all the hydrogenated oils and corn syrup.
Ingredients
for -12+ servings:
1/2 cup of Yumbutter flavor of your choice (Peanut, Almond, or even Cashew would be great!)
2 tbsp of MCT oil or Coconut Oil
16 oz of dark chocolate chips
1 scoop of unflavored or vanilla whey protein powder of choice
1 tbsp of sea salt
Directions
In a double boiler, add MCT or coconut oil and dark chocolate chips. Heat and stir until melted.
Grease a 12 count cupcake tin and fill molds with a little less than half way with melted chocolate. Freeze for 8 minutes.
Mix nut butter and whey protein powder in a bowl. Remove filled cupcake tin from freezer. Add 1/2 tsp of the nut butter and protein powder mixture to the center of each mold. Top each with remaining chocolate. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Freeze for two hours and enjoy!
Recipe via @lvlsusa