Peanut Butter Banana Cups

I'm doing the 21 Day fix this week and my usual evening snack is a sliced apple and my Homemade Peanut Butter.  But I decided tonight would be a good night for a little treat and to try a new recipe.  

These little peanut butter banana cups were so easy to make and I just popped them into the freezer for a couple hours and they were done!  

I love using the silicon muffin cups and use them in so many recipes.  They work great and I love that I can just pop my Peanut Butter Cups right out of them so easily! I have used them for mini cheese cakes as well and they are perfect.  

These little Peanut Butter Banana Cups have just one slice of Banana in them so I can't really count it as any fraction of a purple container for the 21 Day Fix but each one uses about 2 Tsp of Peanut Butter and a tiny bit of honey and coconut oil so I'll be counting each one as 2 Tsp for the day.  Not bad for such a tasty treat!  

Peanut Butter Banana Cups

Servings: about 12 cups

21 Day Fix Portions: 2 TSP per 1 Cup
Preparation time: 10 minutes

• 1 ripe banana
• 3/4 cup unsweetened peanut butter (I used my Homemade Peanut Butter)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 teaspoon coconut oil 
• 1/4 plus 1/8 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt

1. Cut the banana into slices between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick.

2. Mix all remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.

3. Place a bit of the peanut butter mixture to cover the bottom of each of the silicone muffin cups. 

4. Place a banana slice on top of the peanut butter.

5. With a spoon, scoop the peanut mixture onto each banana slice and cover completely.

6. Place in the freezer to set.

7. Store in the fridge or freezer.

I hope you enjoy and it cures any sweet tooth craving you have!  

Healthier Peanut butter cups

Who doesn't love Reece peanut butter cups?

Well for years I loved them and every holiday (Easter being the worst) I would eat way too many peanut butter cups. 

But when I have up all processed foods, that meant cheap chocolate bars too. Now I love to have a piece or two of dark chocolate and really don't miss cheap milk chocolate at all! In fact in the few times I've had another Reece cup I've been really disappointed and in satisfied from it. 

I got these awesome silicon baking cups last year and all my muffins came out of them so easily that I decided to try making my own peanut butter cups in them with Dark chocolate and my homemade peanut butter! 

I hit the jackpot!! 

Sweet and salty and no guilt! 

The only problem is that depending on how thick or thin my current peanut butter is, once you bite into the cup the tend to crack and spew peanut butter which can make them a bit messy! 

Messy but oh so good! 

I wanted to make up some peanut butter cups today since I was already baking so I decided to play around with the recipe a little and add some coconut oil to the chocolate and to the peanut butter to make hopefully help it stay together a little better when eaten!

What you'll need:

For the Chocolate:
1 cup Organic Dark Chocolate chips
1 TBSP Coconut Oil

For the Peanut Butter filling:
1 Cup Homemade Peanut Butter or Natural peanut butter 
2 TBSP Honey
1 TBSP Coconut Oil

Directions:

First melt the Chocolate chips with the coconut oil and stir until it is smooth. 

Then combine peanut butter, honey and coconut oil in a bowl and warm in the microwave for about 30 seconds to get everything softened.  Stir together and set aside. 

Next you will put about a spoonful and a half of the chocolate into the bottom of each silicon cup and swirl it to come up the sides about half way. 

Follow with a scoop of the peanut butter mixture and another scoop of chocolate. 

yum!  Peanut butter filling going in

Now for the final touch.  A little more chocolate!

Put on a small tray and refrigerate for several hours or until the chocolate has hardened.  

Then just pop them out of the silicon cups and enjoy!

Adding the coconut oil to them really did help reduce their messiness, and made them easier to enjoy!

These bad boys are so tasty and a nice little cheat day treat.  But they are still a treat even if they are made with great ingredients!