Keto Candy – Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

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Chocolate and peanut butter…Peanut butter and chocolate. Is there a more perfect match in the universe? I don’t think so! This Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups recipe will satisfy your candy cravings on keto!

Halloween is fast approaching along with the millions of pounds of Halloween candy in the stores. Can we all agree that temptations abound?

Since adopting the ketogenic lifestyle, I’ve learned that instead of resisting the temptations, and failing miserably, I needed to ketofy all those temptations!

Related: Read how I won my family over to go keto!

And if I can make keto versions of Ice-Cream, Brownies, and Pie…why not keto candy too!

The great thing about this recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups is I always have the ingredients on-hand at any given time.

The best part is, with pumpkin or egg candy molds and a couple of modifications, you can make chocolate peanut butter cups for any holiday! 

Check out how I modified this recipe slightly to make sugar-free chocolate peanut butter eggs for Easter.

My recipe includes instructions for making homemade keto chocolate, BUT you can always melt down a bag of Lily’s Chocolate Chips along with a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil for the same results.

How to Make Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

First, make the chocolate by melting unsweetened chocolate and coconut oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat.

Then add in the powdered swerve, vanilla crème stevia, and salt. Continue stirring until the sweetener completely dissolved, and remove from heat. You can also use regular, clear stevia or chocolate-flavored stevia.

Divide the chocolate evenly between two bowls. Pour one of the bowls of chocolate into 18 small cupcake molds and refrigerate until it hardens.

While the bottom layer is chilling in the fridge, make the peanut butter filling. A lot of people ask what brand of peanut butter to use, and I always recommend making your own.

If you want to see how easy it is to make homemade peanut butter, check out my YouTube video on Homemade Peanut Butter.

Heat peanut butter and butter in a medium saucepan until melted together over medium-low heat. Whisk powdered Swerve and vanilla extract into the melted peanut butter and butter mixture.

Now, take the bottom layer of the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups out of the refrigerator, and divide the peanut butter filling evenly into the 18 small cupcake molds for the middle layer.

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Finally, pour the chocolate from the second bowl on top of the chocolate peanut butter cups and refrigerate again to chill until ready.

Personally, I’d put these Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups up against the sugar-filled store-bought version any day of the week. I love dark chocolate mixed with peanut butter to create a rich and satisfying flavor.

As an alternative, if you stay away from peanuts because they are a legume, you can make these with Homemade Almond Butter too!

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