Cookie Butter Cups

Name: Cookie Butter Cups
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 12oz of a really good dark chocolate; 8 to 12 teaspoons Trader Joe's Cookie Butter

by Cooking with Rocco

8 Cups

45 min

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Growing up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were, and probably still are my favorite candy. But one thing I didn’t realize is that they’re probably one of the easiest commercialized candies you could make. All you need is some melted chocolate, some peanut butter, a muffin tin, and cupcake liners.

But the best part is that once you know how to make a standard peanut butter cup, you can experiment with all types of flavors. You’re not a fan of peanut butter, not problem…you can use almond butter or any other nut butter of choice. You don’t like milk chocolate, who cares…get a little fancy and use some really good dark chocolate.

In this recipe I used Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter with some really good dark chocolate. You could use milk chocolate, but because the cookie butter is on the sweeter side, the dark chocolate provides that perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness.

You may see some recipes instructing you to mix coconut butter with the chocolate or mixing maple syrup, powder sugar, or other ingredients with the nut butter. I didn’t use any of those ingredients in this recipe. I simply used the cookie butter and dark chocolate, and they still came out awesome. The coconut oil just makes the chocolate a little harder. The other ingredients just makes the nut butter a little creamier, but also sweeter. If you’re looking for a healthy treat, that extra sweetness is not something you’d want.

Cookie Butter Cups

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Recipe details

Yield 8 Cups
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 35 Minutes Total time: 45 min

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Instructions

Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
Using the double boiler method (or microwave), melt half your chocolate (6oz) until creamy and smooth. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of chocolate into each liner. Gently shake the muffin tin back and forth and lightly tap it on the counter to ensure it evenly spreads along the liner.
Place the muffin tin in the fridge to chill for 15 minutes.
While the chocolate is in the fridge, add the the cookie butter to a microwave safe dish and heat it up in 10 second intervals, just until softened.
Add about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of cookie butter to each. Transfer the tray back to the fridge to chill for another 5 to 10 minutes.
Melt the remaining chocolate until creamy and smooth. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the remaining chocolate on top of the hardened cookie butter. Similar to Step 1, gently shake the muffin tin back and forth and lightly tap it on the counter to ensure the chocolate evenly spreads along the liner.
Transfer the muffin tin back to the fridge and chill for another 15 minutes. Once chilled, remove each cookie butter cup from the muffin tin and service. Store any leftover cups in the refrigerator.

Comments

Mary lu on Nov 05, 2020

what is cookie butter?

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- Millie on Nov 05, 2020
  
  It is a flavored spread much like peanut butter. You will find it near the peanut butter at the supermarket.
  
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- Mary lu on Nov 05, 2020
  
  thank you millie, will look for it.
  
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- Westie on Mar 27, 2021
  
  You can buy it on Amazon ! It is delicious!
  
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- Westie on Mar 27, 2021
  
  can use it on crackers, sandwiches. Like peanut butter! I ate in just a spoon, when my friend gave me some
  
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- Gail on Mar 28, 2021
  
  Is there peanut butter in it. Have a peanut allergy.
  
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- Familyfound on Mar 28, 2021
  
  If you are Canadian, you can check the stores that sell President's Choice products.... Speculoos cookie butter (enriched wheat flour, sugar, modified palm oil, water, canola oil, caramelized sugar syrup, vegetable mono- and diglycerides, citric acid, baking soda, salt, cinnamon), canola oil, sugar, palm oil, canola lecithin, caramelized sugar. It is peanut free!
  
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- Mary lu on Mar 28, 2021
  
  I'm not in canada but I will look for it here. thanks.
  
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- Mary lu on Mar 28, 2021
  
  thanks. will look for it.
  
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- Hea15270237 on Mar 27, 2022
  
  You may say it is peanut free , but it has 2 types of palm oil which is from coconuts which is from the nut family so people who are allergic to coconuts will be allergic to it .
  
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Marilyn Kipp on Nov 06, 2020

Can’t wait to try it

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