Comments on: Keto Peanut Butter Cups

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:57:17 +0000

Easy & delicious! Thank you!

By: Arman

Arman — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:09:49 +0000

In reply to Lisa Heim-Zeller. Hi Lisa! You can use myfitnesspal to calculate it :)

By: Arman

Arman — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:09:34 +0000

In reply to SJ. Butter :)

By: SJ

SJ — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:53:31 +0000

What can be used instead of coconut oil?

By: Lisa Heim-Zeller

Lisa Heim-Zeller — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:07:08 +0000

Hi Arman! I love your recipes! I have had gastric sleeve surgery and I find your healthy low cal, lower fat, low carb recipes are especially delicious and helpful on what, can sometimes be a rather dull diet. I made your delicious sugar-free peanut butter cups with Lily’s dark chocolate chips and used your low calorie peanut butter recipe ( which is FANTASTIC!!!). Having trouble figuring out the nutritional info when using the low cal pb. Would you happen to know? Thank you! Lisa

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 22:01:07 +0000

Now that I actually had a chance to try making peanut butter cups, I can share my experience! Overall these tasted really good, but I ran into two issues. The first one is that the coconut oil seemed to make the chocolate pretty much melt upon contact with my skin, which didn’t totally surprise me because coconut oil melts from simple body heat, so holding these with my fingers to take a bite was not an option. Definitely have to leave them in the wrappers.

Also, I found that the coconut oil made the chocolate not stick to the mini muffin liners very well. This might not sound like a big issue, but I found that this resulted in the sides of the cups being really thin, so when I took a bite, peanut butter oozed out the sides of the chocolate shells.

These were tasty and I will make them again, but I found them to be really messy even with prior refrigeration because of the oil. If anyone else experiences this issue, I think spreading the chocolate in multiple layers up the sides of the cups and freezing each layer will keep the peanut butter filling from popping out like it did with mine. But I do love how soft and smooth the coconut oil made the chocolate!

By: Arman

Arman — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:11:12 +0000

In reply to Ellie. Thank Ellie- I'll have to hunt those down- what a flavor combo :)

By: Ellie

Ellie — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:51:31 +0000

This sounds a little like peanut butter stuffed chocolate ice cubes! I don’t know if you have access to Albert’s Chocolate Ice Cubes, but they are heavenly little squares of chocolate hazelnut and it’s the coconut oil in them that makes them melt-in-your-mouth soft. I would personally love to see your take on a low-carb version of these addictive little chocolate squares! 🙂

I recently tried making my own peanut butter cups (not low carb) and while I definitely think they needed milk chocolate as opposed to the dark chocolate I had on hand, I never considered adding coconut oil to the chocolate coating to make it smoother and softer. Thank you for putting that bug in my ear! I’m going to try my hand at peanut butter cups again based on your recipe because anything Reese’s is a weakness of mine too and I’d love to be able to make a more diet-friendly version at home.

I may not be going low-carb, but I am dieting and those sugar-free Russell Stover peanut butter cups are a little expensive. I would love to have a stash on hand that I can make for a fraction of the cost.