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Healthy Chocolate Almond Buttercup Recipe – GF/V

Chocolate and nut butter go together perfectly in my opinion. Actually, I’m pretty sure if I could live off almond butter alone I would.. or I just love it to make everything awesome (like this candy corn popcorn). But really, this healthy chocolate homemade buttercup variation is decadent. They make the perfect dessert simply because you can’t eat a lot of them!

If you’ve noticed.. I’m also a dessert fiend. Or I guess, snack fiend. The truth is, while I eat three meals per day I also work from home. This means I tend to snack all day long. Thankfully, this works for me.

But the reason that it works for me, is because I always make sure to have healthy items on hand!

Like these lovely homemade buttercups!

These beauties, like many of my other recipes are made from real, whole food ingredients. Not only does this make them super simple to make but it also gives my body some nutrients it needs instead of just sugar.

So it’s no wonder that I’ve been eating these beauties for a while!

This vegan homemade buttercup recipe is made from four of my most used ingredients, starting with cacao.

I freaking ADORE cacao powder (below is my favorite brand!). You can read more about the awesome benefits of cacao powder in this blog post but the basics are that it’s full of calcium, antioxidants and general healthy goodness

Which means..chocolate, when it’s in a pure form is actually very good for you! So yay! Because I eat a lot of cacao powder!

Like most health-aware people, I also use a decent amount of Coconut Oil. Both in my beauty products (like this whipped foot butter!) and in my snacks. It’s an awesome healthy fat, it’s hydrating, anti-bacterial and truly works for just about everything in my house! So needless to say, I purchase it by the gallon haha

The ingredients are simple: I like to use maple syrup as a sweetener because, well, I’m CANADIAN 😀 and almond butter gives another dose of healthy fats plus makes everything taste just perfect. Add in some vanilla extract and these beauties are finished!

Truly, these homemade buttercups make a tasty- but healthy!- dessert or snack.

One of my favorite things about them though is that you can customize the sweetness to your preference! I personally prefer a very dark chocolate (which is what these end up as- almost like an 85-90%) but if you like a bit sweeter of a taste, just add in some powdered or liquid stevia to the chocolate powder and it’ll still work out perfectly.

Like I said, this homemade buttercup recipe is easy to make (thank god for no bake snacks right??), delicious and still healthy for you to mow-down on!

Ingredients In The Homemade Buttercup Recipe

• 1/3 cup Coconut Oil
  (measured solid)
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/2 cup Almond butter
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Note: all of these health boosting ingredients can be purchased through my favorite retailer Well.ca– and the best part is that they offer free shipping!

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Measuring spoons
• Silicone muffin cups
• Whisk
• Silicone spatula

How To Make The Homemade Buttercups

In a small pot heat the coconut oil over low heat. Once melted whisk in the cacao powder and maple syrup until combined.

In another bowl, whisk the almond butter and vanilla extract until smooth.

Note: make sure you use almond butter with no additives, you want a runny butter.

In silicone molds, divide just over half the chocolate mixture into the molds. Make sure there is more on the bottom than there will be n the top, otherwise when you pull them out of the molds the almond butter leaks through.

Next, scoop 1-2 spoonfuls of almond butter into each mold. Try to make sure the butter is not in one giant clump in the middle.

Top the molds with the remaining chocolate sauce.

Place the molds in the freezer for 30-60 minutes until solid.

When ready to eat, remove the cups from the freezer and let thaw for ten minutes before enjoying.

Makes 6 (depending on molds)

Note: these cups have a very dark chocolate taste. If you prefer more of a sweet flavor add some stevia or sweetener of choice to the chocolate mixture

Don’t forget to pin these Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Homemade Buttercup recipe!

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These no bake homemade butter cups make the perfect dessert. They’re delicious, tasty and easy to make. They’re also decadent which means you can’t binge on them! Whip up a batch and keep a stick in your freezer for when you need a chocolate fix.