Crazy easy 3-ingredient peanut butter and jelly cups. Like an inside-out Reese's but minus the chocolate, these PB&J cups are naturally vegan, gluten-free, and easily paleo; and easy to customize!
Recipe by Yup, it's Vegan on September 16, 2017
Prep time: PT15M
Total time: PT30M
Rating
5 stars (4 reviews)
Keywords
pb&j cups, peanut butter and jelly cups
Ingredients
1 cup natural peanut butter ((unsweetened + no added oil))
1/4 cup refined coconut oil
1/2 cup jelly, jam or preserves of choice ((pictured is raspberry jam))
18 mini baking cups ((more or fewer depending on the size you make these))
mini muffin pan ((optional))
Categories
Dessert
sweets
Cuisine
gluten-free
grain-free
paleo
refined sugar-free
soy-free
vegan
Steps
Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan or by microwaving it for 30 seconds. Add it to a bowl with the peanut butter and whisk them together until smoothly combined.
Take the mini baking cups, placing them in your mini muffin pan for stability if you have one. Carefully spoon about 1 tablespoon at a time of peanut butter mixture into the bottom of the baking cups. (You can use more or less depending on the size of PB&J cups that you want). After using about half of the mixture, place the tray in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to set.
Remove the tray from the freezer. Add about 1/2 tablespoon of jelly to each cup. If applicable, use your spoon to gently flatten the jelly (this will make it easier to cover it with peanut butter). If your jelly or jam is fairly runny, return the tray to the freezer to set for another 5 minutes. Otherwise, proceed.
Spoon the rest of the peanut butter mixture, about 1 scant tablespoon at a time, over the tops of the cups to cover the jelly. If using any toppings, add them now so that they'll stick. Freeze the cups for another 45-60 minutes until set completely. After that, you can store them in either the refrigerator or the freezer in an airtight container.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 mini cup
Calories: 132 kcal
Carbohydrates: 5 g
Protein: 3 g
Fat: 10 g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Sodium: 50 mg
Sugar: 3 g
Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
Reviews
Danielle Dani on 2018-10-09 (5 stars): Avocado 🥑 oil
Kim Deyo on 2018-02-04 (5 stars): I've got these started in the freezer now. I omitted the coconut oil--because....i just didn't think it was necessary. I just melt 1/2 c peanut butter in the microwave a little less than a minute...stir it good...and pour into the cups to cover the bottoms. Easy Peasy and LESS calories!! Thanks for the recipe!
Sean Mahan on 2017-09-25 (5 stars): Looks delicious... added to the official list of recipes I wanna try soon. Thanks for sharing!
Megala on 2017-09-16 (5 stars): Beautiful, thanks for the inspiration !