Copycat Peanut Butter Eggs WWPP=2
by christinashaw
This past month, I received a lot of requests for a healthy “Reeses egg” makeover. My first thought was to just freeze a blob of peanut butter, shape it into eggs, and cover in chocolate. Voilà; healthy Reeses eggs! But that seemed too easy. I was up for a challenge.
And so, without a clue if it would work, I used Sugar-Free Powdered Sugar to make more authentic chocolate Reeses eggs. It did work!
These irresistible chocolate eggs taste just like the real thing.
No, seriously, they really do.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup peanut butter ; (or any nut butter)
- dash salt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar or sugar-free powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
- Liquid Stevia, to taste ; or 2 tbsp. agave or pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons sugar/sugar-free sweetener ; to taste, if needed
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix the first three ingredients together in a bowl until it becomes a crumbly dough. (Note: if your nut butter is from the fridge, let it sit awhile—or microwave it—so it’s easier to mix. Also, I put the dough into a plastic bag to shape into a ball with less mess.) Add the extra 2 tbsp. sugar/sf sugar if it’s too gooey, and add a little more pb if it’s too dry. (Different brands of peanut butter will yield different results.) Taste the dough and add a little more salt if desired. Form dough into flat little ovals (or egg shapes, but real Reeses eggs are flat). Freeze the dough for an hour or so, until it’s hard.
Meanwhile, mix the cocoa and coconut oil (melt the oil if it’s not already melted) in a shallow dish. Add the agave/maple or stevia drops. If you use the stevia option, also add a scant 2 tbsp. water or extra oil. Mix until it looks like chocolate sauce, and then take one “egg” out of the freezer at a time (so the rest stay cold) and cover in chocolate. (I used a corn-cob skewer. No idea why I even have those, but they worked really well! A fork would also be fine.) Immediately return covered egg to the freezer and let harden. Best to store these in the freezer as well. You can thaw a little before eating, or eat when frozen–either way, they’re awesome!
NOTES
How To instructions here: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/copycat-reeses-peanut-butter-eggs-nutrition-information/
Nutrition
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| Serving Size: 1 Serving (9g) | ||
| Recipe Makes: 9 Servings | ||
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| Calories: 51 | ||
| Calories from Fat: 33 (65%) | ||
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| Total Fat 3.7g | 5 % | |
| Saturated Fat 0.6g | 3 % | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 1.8g | ||
| Polyunsanturated Fat 1.1g | ||
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0 % | |
| Sodium 45.3mg | 2 % | |
| Potassium 68.7mg | 2 % | |
| Total Carbohydrate 3.3g | 1 % | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.7g | 3 % | |
| Sugars, other 2.6g | ||
| Protein 1.9g | 3 % | |
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Calories per serving: 51
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