Protein Peanut Butter Cups
Published 2/15/2023 • Updated 8/30/2023
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What’s better than a peanut butter cup? A peanut butter cup amped with extra protein! Make these delicious protein peanut butter cups with just a few ingredients!
Easy Protein Peanut Butter Cups
Need a little afternoon pick-me-up? Try our protein peanut butter cups! Made with peanut butter, dark chocolate, and protein powder, you won’t feel any guilt eating this protein dessert.
We love this recipe because it only requires 4 Ingredients and a few minutes of your time. Plus, you can keep an entire bag of these protein cups in your freezer for emergencies 😀
Protein Peanut Butter Cups Ingredients
You only need a few ingredients to make these puppies.
Best Protein Powders
Check out our top protein powder recommendations for baking, smoothies, and everything in between.
Garden of Life
Raw Organic Protein
Simply Tera's
Pure Whey Protein
Sun Warrior
Protein Powder
Garden of Life
Organic Whey Protein
try it!
Don’t have protein powder on hand, but do have collagen peptides? Try swapping the two for an equally delicious dessert.
More Swaps
Nut butter: can’t do peanuts? Any kind of nut butter will work! Try:
- cashew butter
- almond butter
- sunflower butter
Chocolate: instead of dark chocolate chips, feel free to use a dark chocolate bar or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Storage
We recommend storing your protein PB cups in the freezer. Will last up to 3 months.
Protein Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup creamy, all-natural peanut butter
- 2-3 tablespoons vanilla protein powder, We like Garden of Life
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Fill a mini muffin tin with muffin liners. Then, spray them with coconut oilicooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the peanut butter and protein powder together. Start with 2 tablespoons of protein powder and go up from there. The amount of protein powder depends on how drippy your peanut butter is to begin with.
- Next, separate the peanut butter and protein mixture into 12 marble-sized balls (~1 teaspoon), and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt dark chocolate chips and coconut oil, stirring every 45 seconds until chocolate is smooth.
- Scoop one teaspoon of the chocolate mixture onto the bottom of each muffin liner. Then, place muffin tin into the freezer for about 10-15 minutes or until chocolate hardens.
- Next, place one protein peanut butter ball on top of each hardened chocolate, carefully flattening the ball with your finger until it has a smooth top.
- Finally, add two more teaspoons of the melted chocolate on top of the peanut butter to each liner to complete your peanut butter cup
- Place muffin tin in the freezer for another 10-15 minutes until chocolate is hardened.
- Enjoy!
Tips & Notes
- Store these cups in the freezer in an air-tight container or gallon-size ziplock.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Oh this recipe looks soooo good! Love peanut butter cups! 🙂 thankyou for sharing this recipe! Healthy eating is so important for your body! That along with regular massages makes your body happy! 🙂
Could you use chocolate protein powder in these?
Hey Carla! Absolutely!
I TOTALLY need my dark chocolate and nut butter fix after dinner–even breakfast and lunch since I’m that obsessed! I’ve been reducing my intake on peanut butter since it started inflaming my digestion, so I’ve been substituting for hazelnut butter, walnut butter and almond butter, which all taste great too!
OMG. If I had to reduce my pb intake, I might die!
I love making my own peanut butter protein cups! Way better tasting and for you than your typical reeses
I’m totally a dessert-after-dinner person, too. A lil something sweet to finish off the meal is what I look for, and these look perfect. Nothing better than chocolate and peanut butter 🙂
I love all things PB and chocolate. These look so yummy and super easy. Can’t wait to try them!
I am addicted to Justin’s dark chocolate PB cups! Time to make my own.
OMG YASSSS. Those are so flipping good!
Me too! That’s what brought me here! I couldn’t find Justin’s PB Cups while grocery shopping tonight and I’ve been having a serious PB cup craving (but suppose to be eating clean). VOILA! God answered a prayer and delivered me here! Just waiting for the first layer of chocolate to harden!
YASSSS for added protein in these already amazing pb cups! Peanut butter is great, but when sandwiched between dark chocolate with added protein, it becomes BAE!
It’s heaven on Earth.
These look like the perfect after-dinner treat! I have some sunbutter I need to use up so I may sub that for the PB. Love your wifi router name, by the way!!
o0oooo love sunbutter!!!
These look AMAZE-BALLS. And you looked awesome on The Jason Show, congratulations!!!
!!!! Thank you!!!