Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups

5 from 1 vote

Pumpkin peanut butter cups are soft and creamy in a salted chocolate shell, easy to make with 4 ingredients including coconut flour, and in under 15 minutes. The perfect high protein sweet treat both dairy free and gluten free.

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 336kcal

Author: Dee Dine

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup pumpkin puree
¼ cup water
5 dates pitted
¼ cup peanut butter creamy
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
pinch of salt
¼ cup coconut flour or oat or almond flour

chocolate shell

1 cup chocolate chips
1 tablespoon coconut oil olive oil

Instructions

Prep

Soak dates for 5 minutes in a pot of just-boiled water. If they are very dry, you can boil them for 2 minutes then let them soak. Drain and remove pits.
Melt the chocolate chips. Add the chips and oil to a pyrex glass measuring cup and microwave for 1 minute. Stir until all chips are melted. If any remain, microwave at 10 second intervals.
Line a muffin tin with paper liners or use a mold.

Make Pumpkin PB Cups

Spoon half the melted chocolate into the cupcake liners, using a spoon to draw the chocolate up the sides. Set the pans in the freezer so the chocolate can harden.
1 cup chocolate chips
Add all ingredients EXCEPT for coconut flour to a blender and process into a paste.
¼ cup water, 5 dates, ¼ cup peanut butter, 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice, pinch of salt, 1 cup pumpkin puree
Transfer to a bowl, and fold in flour so the batter is dry-ish. If the batter is wet and sticky, add a few more tablespoons of flour.
¼ cup coconut flour
Press about 3 tablespoon of mixture into each chocolate-coated coated cup. I used a medium cookie scoop. Flatten mixture with a spoon. I filled about 10 cups.
Spoon remaining melted chocolate on top of each cup, sprinkle with flaky salt.
1 cup chocolate chips
Set them in the freezer for 5 minutes or until chocolate top hardens. Enjoy!

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Notes

Use coconut oil or olive oil for chocolate.

I used organic canned pumpkin puree from Whole Food's 365 brand. If you use a different brand that is wetter, you might need to add a tablespoon or more of flour.

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