Thursday, August 8, 2013

can't get enough pumpkin

Raw Pumpkin Peanut-Butter Cups:

Okay friends... these are addicting, but no worries because these homemade "Reeses" are vegan, raw, sugar-free, wheat and soy-free, and are only 45 calories per serving size! I got this recipe from an awesome dessert blog, "Chocolate Covered Katie" and since mine didn't come out quite as pretty as her's did (her's is the first pic), I added some coconut milk to mine, mixed everything up, and made icecream! Ready, set, go!

Ingredients:
  • .25 cups cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp agave 
  • .25 cup coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp pumpkin puree (I used canned pumpkin)
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter (or almond butter)
  • 1/8tsp cinnamon
How to make them:
  1. mix the first four ingredients listed together in a bowl
  2. scoop the mix you just made into individual cupcake paper holders set in a cupcake pan-- don't scoop too much of the chocolate mix, just enough to cover the bottom of each one... there will be chocolate mix left over, save for later!
  3.  put the cupcake pan (with the chocolate mix scooped in there) in the freezer for ten minutes
  4. mix the pumpkin, peanut butter, and cinnamon together into a thick mouse-like filling
  5. after ten minutes, remove the cupcake pan from the freezer and scoop in the pumpkin-pb filling on top of each chocolate circle in each cupcake paper
  6. cover each top with the original (unfrozen) chocolate mix!
  7. pop into the freezer, may take 15-20 mins to freeze completely! 
These seriously taste better than Reeses in my opinion. The chocolate is dark, and sweet, and the coconut addition  gives it a smooth, melt-in-you-mouth texture. The pumpkin mixes super well with the peanut butter and makes for the perfect fluffy filling! This way, you can enjoy your candy guilt-free!

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