These no bake peanut butter buckeye cookies, the classic candy turned into a healthy cookie with only 4 wholesome ingredients. This healthy buckeye recipe is ready in 15 minutes. Dairy free, gluten free and no butter, eggs or oil.
1 cup almond flour, ¼ cup oat flour, ½ cup cocoa, ⅓ cup maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, pinch of salt, ¼ cup peanut butter
Mix all chocolate cookie ingredients in a bowl. Add a few tablespoon more of flour or add a few tablespoon of milk to get the texture so you can roll balls.
Scoop batter with a 3-tbsp scoop into 7 balls and line them on the baking sheet. Or use a 1-tbsp scoop or 1-tbsp measuring spoon and create 21 mini balls.
Either way, line the balls on a baking sheet, then press each flat, using a circular cookie cutter or glass to round the edges.
Add the peanut butter topping
Prepare the peanut butter topping by microwaving the peanut butter for 20 seconds and stir until runny.
¼ cup peanut butter
Add a teaspoon or more of melted PB on top of each cookie and swirl until it coats the top just ½ inch away from the edge.
Set the pan in the freezer for 10 minutes to allow the peanut butter layer to harden before applying the chocolate layer.
Add the chocolate topping
To prepare the chocolate topping, melt the chocolate chips by microwaving the chips and coconut oil for 1 minute. Stir until all chips are melted.
½ cup chocolate chips, melted, 1 teaspoon coconut oil
Spoon the melted chocolate into the center of the peanut butter topping on each cookie.
Add chopped mini peanut butter cups and peanuts.
Cookies are ready to eat. Store refrigerated.
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Notes
Use a runny, healthy peanut butter such as Whole Food's 365 brand, not a mainstream brand with additives and sugar like Jif.Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon for a spicy flavor to your vegan buckeye cookies.You can use a chocolate bar, melted, instead of chocolate chips for the melted shell base. Just break up the bar and melt with the coconut oil.