Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
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Health Score:
35 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
55 min.
Preparation
Calories:
179
calories
Calories
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Nutritional values
These homemade chocolate peanut butter cups taste just as delicious as store-bought varieties but contain no preservatives.
Use extra dark chocolate in this recipe for even more antioxidants.
1 cup contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 179 cal. | (9 %) | ||
| Protein | 3 g | (3 %) | ||
| Fat | 10 g | (9 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 19 g | (13 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 18 g | (72 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2.5 g | (8 %) |
more nutritional values
| Vitamin A | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin D | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin E | 0.7 mg | (6 %) | ||
| Vitamin K | 1.4 μg | (2 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁ | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₂ | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Niacin | 1.3 mg | (11 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₆ | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Folate | 5 μg | (2 %) | ||
| Pantothenic acid | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Biotin | 1.9 μg | (4 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁₂ | 0.1 μg | (3 %) | ||
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Potassium | 351 mg | (9 %) | ||
| Calcium | 16 mg | (2 %) | ||
| Magnesium | 54 mg | (18 %) | ||
| Iron | 4.3 mg | (29 %) | ||
| Iodine | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Zinc | 0.7 mg | (9 %) | ||
| Saturated fatty acids | 5.9 g | |||
| Uric acid | 2 mg | |||
| Cholesterol | 4 mg | |||
| Complete sugar | 18 g |
Author of this recipe:
EAT-SMARTER
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Ingredients
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- Ingredients
- 16 ozs plain Dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids, chopped)
- ½ cup smooth Peanut butter
- 2 Tbsps butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
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Peanut butterPreparation steps
1.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water. Remove from the heat and pour into the base of 12-18 bun tins, only barely filling the bottom of each tin. Freeze for 15 minutes.
2.
Beat together the peanut butter, butter, and icing sugar until light.
3.
Place a small tablespoon of peanut butter into each chocolate lined tin then bang the tin on a hard surface several times to flatten. Freeze for 15 minutes.
4.
Spoon more melted chocolate on top and bang the tin on a hard surface several times to flatten. Freeze for 15 minutes to set the top layer of chocolate.
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