Chocolate is to love, what my love is for chocolate. I am pretty sure I eat chocolate everyday. Sometimes it is raw cacao powder in my smoothies, sometimes it’s cacao nibs sprinkled on my super-powered oatmeal and sometimes it is a few whole cacao beans mixed in to my super food trail mix.
That there cup of chocolate love up above is not raw chocolate. I have yet to venture into the world of raw chocolate making (though it is on the list). What that up there cup of chocolate love is, is delicious, decadent, home-made, vegan and puts a peanut butter cup to shame. That cup of chocolate love is what I made for Valentine’s Day and should I make these only once a year, I will surely look forward to them for the other 364 days.
That, my chocolate loving readers, is just how rich, decadent and lovingly delicious these are. I often remind clients that cake and ice cream will never hug us back. I think these cups of chocolate love might just break that rule. They sure did hug me back! Chocolate is to love, what love is to chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: None
Ingredients (serves 12)
- 2 bars dark chocolate, try and hit up the 70% or greater (or 1 cup unsweetened or bittersweet bakers chocolate- dairy free)
- 1/2 cup, almond butter (smooth or crunchy depending on your preference)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, or 1 tsp fresh vanilla bean
- pinch sea salt (plus more if you want to sprinkle on top)
- 3 Tbs arrowroot or tapioca flour
- 2 Tbs cacao nibs(optional)
Instructions
Create a double boiler by filling one larger pot with water and placing a smaller one inside. Made sure no water gets into the inside pot as this will turn the melting chocolate.
Add about 1/3 of the chocolate into the small pot and stir as it melts.
Once melted, pour into 12 muffin liners. You may wish to add the liners to a muffin tin for added support.
Chill the tin in the fridge or freezer, until the chocolate has hardened a little (about ten minutes).
Mix together the almond butter, salt, vanilla, arrowroot flour and optional cacao nibs until it is able to form little round doughy balls. You may need more arrowroot flour but best to add 1 Tbs at a time to make sure.
Make 12 small ‘patties’ and place on the chocolate base in the muffin liners.
Melt the remaining chocolate and pour into the cups, covering the almond butter.
You may wish to sprinkle sea salt or cacao nibs on top.
Keep in fridge or freezer and best to hide way at the back.
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Mmm..these look delish! I love how simple the ingredients list is.
I made some bars the other day with chopped nuts, almond butter, coconut oil, chia seeds, flax seeds, and some other stuff. Afterward I thought it would be a good idea to put chocolate on, so I had some powdered cocoa in my pantry. I read that 1 T of oil to 3 T of cocoa makes a liquid. So I did that with some melted coconut oil. IT WAS SO BITTER. I scraped the top off! Lesson learned.
I’ll just buy some Green and Black’s!
You can do it… you just have to add your sweetener of choice- a little sucanat or palm sugar maybe…
WOW! I wish I had thought of this!
Now you can just enhance and improve it… as long as you share your secrets.
These look amazing! I’m almost out of almond butter, but when I pick some up, this will be the first thing I make!
These look amazing!!!!!!!!!! I love PB cups.. or DID love them (back in the day)! Now I can enjoy these healthier ones!
Looks great. I was wondering if you could recommend a couple of brands for raw cacao powder and raw cacao nibs. They are pretty pricey, and I would hate to buy a brand that turns out to be lower quality/taste. So am hoping for your expert advice
I heart Navitas and Sunfood- you can link to both from this site and order online too. If you are in Toronto, ChocoSol is a great local supplier.
What a wonderful idea…I can taste it now!
Thanks for the chocolate love today
Thank you so much for responding to my question
I am in Washington, DC, but now that I have two brands to look at, I am good to go 
Meghan, you’re going to get yourself arrested if you keep posting food porn like this. I thought I was done drooling until I got to the “sprinkle sea salt or cacao nibs on top” bit at the end. Good thing hiding them at the back of the freezer is part of the recipe!
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My jaw dropped when I saw this! Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups = Perfection!!
Yep. I have to agree.
And with so few ingredients! Looks AMAZING.
Yummm!! Can’t wait to make these! Thanks Meghan!
Oh yum, I would definitely be feeling the love if someone made these for me! Looks amazingly delicious, and the combo of chocolate and nut butter just can’t be beat.
These look incredible. I’m off to the shops to whip up a batch of love!
Mmm, thanks so much for such a scrumptious recipe! The bit about the sea salt on top is pure genius! I love the fleur de sel dark choco mixture…and then to add nut butter. Yum.
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Oh man that looks good! Tweeting!!!!!!
Drooling.
This was recipe was made for you Heather!
Ok, got to look for arrowroot flour now. I’m drooling.
These were FANTASTIC Meghan.. and they are hiding WAY WAY back in the freezer! lol.. i actually cut them in half so I wouldn’t be straying TOO far even when I had one! lol.. delish though! super super delish and very easy!
Yes. Yes they are fantastic!
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Meghan ~ You are seriously a genius!!! I came across this recipe when I was trying to figure out the ratio of how much chocolate to add to almond butter to make Dark Chocolate Almond Butter. I ended up making these instead for my friends birthday and they were a HUGE hit! I am posting about them tomorrow and linking up to you
Thanks again – you are AWESOME!
Danica
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Wow, I am late to the game – these look amazing! Any tips on where to find arrowroot / tapioca flour? Can it be substituted with a different type? Thanks!
Yeah- ground coconut works… you just need something to thicken the almond butter a little. And those flours can be found at most health food stores.
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