Servings 12Standard muffin cup-sized candies (I found these quite large however, so make minis if desired)
Ingredients
Basic Raw Chocolate
½cupmelted coconut oil
3Tbsp.melted cacao butter
¾cupraw cacao powder
1/3cupraw honey
2Tbsp.lucumaoptional – add 2 Tbsp. of maca or cacao powder if not using
¼tsp.sea salt extra sea salt for garnishif desired. A good, flaky salt is best.
Nut Butter Filling:
½cupalmond butteror any nut butter: cashew, pecan, hazelnut…
1Tbsp.raw honeyor maple syrup
1Tbsp.lucuma powderoptional – add 1 Tbsp. of sweetener if not using
sea salt to taste
Instructions
In a double boiler (or a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water) melt coconut oil and cacao butter.
Add honey and whisk to combine.
When completely uniform, remove from heat and sift in cacao, lucuma and add sea salt.
Taste for sweetness and saltiness, and adjust accordingly.
In silicon or paper muffin cups spoon enough liquid chocolate to cover the bottom (the amount is up to you – I kept mine rather thin). Place in the fridge or freezer and cool until solid, about 15 minutes. Remember that you are only using about 1/3 of the chocolate at this stage.
Make the nut butter filling (you can find recipes here for almond butter and hazelnut butter) by combining all of the ingredients until a “dough” is formed. Add more lucuma if it is too wet and runny. Taste for salt. This dough should be quite salty, but if you are using store-bought nut butter with added salt, don’t go overboard.
Spoon the nut dough into ½ tablespoon amounts, roll into balls, and flatten between your palms to just under the size of the chocolate in the cups.
Add nut butter filling to each cup on top of the solid chocolate and drizzle the remaining liquid chocolate on top, making sure to cover the filling completely.
Sprinkle with flaky sea salt if desired.
Place in the fridge to harden for at least one hour.
When you have patiently waited, try removing one of the forms from the nut butter cups. If the chocolate sticks at all, return to the fridge until completely solid.
You can keep the chocolates in their forms or remove them, but either way, store the nut butter cups in the fridge in a sealed container.
Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe makes 12 standard muffin cup-sized candies (I found these quite large however, so make minis if desired)