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16 March 3, 2016 Desserts

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups

I was compensated by Nielsen-Massey Vanillas for my time in developing this recipe and post. All opinions are my own.

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are a upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!
Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are a upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Want to know a secret?

It is perfectly acceptable to run off of junked up coffee and cookie dough.

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

But spoiler alert (as if the title didn’t give it away…), it’s not ordinary cookie dough. Say what?!

Besides having an usual obsession with Asian food since my pregnancy, I also in love of warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies. One of my girlfriends is a killer baker and she brought over a bag of her famous chocolate chip cookies one day. That bag had a shelf life of 15 hours. They were out of this world soft. The hubs said they weren’t baked enough for his liking. Instant stare down. I promptly told him he was crazy and to never lay a paw on mamas cookies again.

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

From that moment on, cookies ran my life. But as we all know, you aren’t supposed to eat raw cookie dough. For once in my life, I actually listened to that warning. I felt like looking out for my little one was more important than scarfing down half a bowl of cookie dough.

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

To fix my not so much of a problem, I whipped up my cookie dough dip. Such a smart idea. For my stomach. Maybe not my waist but that was growing anyways thanks to the peanut, so did it really matter?

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

While the cookie dough hit all the right spots, I went and stuffed them into chocolate. Game changer. The dough is secretly healthy and has no egg!  Nor flour or butter. But lots of chocolate! I made the dough with Nielsen-Massey Tahitian Pure Vanilla Extract, a teaspoon full.  Which may sound like a lot for a small quantity of dough but the vanilla helps to sweeten the dough without the need of a lot of sugar.

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Should I mention how amazing these would be for a holiday get together? Say Easter? Rather than buying those peanut butter eggs, whip up a batch of these cookie dough peanut butter cups! Actually make that two batches…because your first batch will last, oh 15 hours because who has self control around cookie dough? Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

Make sure to visit Nielsen-Massey and follow along on Instagram for recipe inspiration!

Tools I used to make this recipe:

  • Silicon Muffin Cups
  • Glass Mixing Bowls
  • Silicon Spatulas

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups

Healthy Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups are an upgraded, homemade peanut butter cups! Stuffed with skinny peanut butter cookie dough, these cups are perfect for holidays or to beat that sweet tooth!

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

45 minTotal Time

Yields 12

Author:

Megan

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Ingredients

  • Chocolate Cups:
  • 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil
  • Cookie Dough:
  • 1/3 cup garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • Pinch salt
  • Pinch baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Tahitian Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup (or more for sweeter dough)
  • 1 tablespoon old-fashioned oats
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk, if needed to thin out
  • 1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. In a microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and coconut oil. Melt at 50% power, for 30 seconds, then at 15 second intervals until chocolate is smooth.
  2. Using twelve muffin cup liners, add the melted chocolate. With a spoon paint some of the chocolate up the walls of the liners. Place in fridge to chill.
  3. Meanwhile, prepare cookie dough dip by placing all ingredients, except chocolate chips, into a small blender. Process until smooth. Place in small bowl and fold in chocolate chips.
  4. Once chocolate cups have set. Place a bit of cookie dough into each cup. Wet your fingertips with a bit of water and flatten the dough, leaving a bit of room so the chocolate can fully encase the cookie dough. (If it doesn’t, no worries. You will just have a bit of the dough sticking through on the edges. They will still taste great!)
  5. To finish, pour and smooth the remaining chocolate over the cookie dough until it is just covered. You may need to microwave the chocolate a bit more if it has hardened.
  6. Place the cups in the fridge to set.
  7. Store the cups in an air-tight container in the fridge.

Notes

*The cook time refers to the chilling time needed for the cups.
*I highly suggest using silicon muffin cups as they are the easiest to peel the cups from.

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Looking for more chocolate desserts?

No Bake Baileys Smores Mousse Cups are a simple dessert that is filled with espresso and chocolate mousse and topped with a toasted marshmallow! A dessert you will have no idea is under 150 calories!

No Bake Baileys Smores Mousse Cups

Rich and Fudgy Almond Butter Flourless Brownies are the perfect dessert that come together quickly and are lightened up with a few ingredient swaps!

Fudgy Almond Butter Flourless Brownies

Rich and decadent Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies are naturally gluten free and filled with two types of chocolate and creamy peanut butter!

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

If you make this recipe, make sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #WITHSALTANDWIT. I’d love to see what you are cooking up in your kitchen!

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Categories: Desserts Tags: candy, chickpeas, chocolate, cookie dough, DIY, holiday, peanut butter

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Comments

  1. Kacey @ The Cookie Writer says

    March 3, 2016 at 8:50 am

    You have no idea how much my sister is going to love me when I present her with these!! We love peanut butter cups, but cookie dough cups sound AWESOME!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 3, 2016 at 10:19 am

      Oh you are such a sweet sister for making these for her! Thanks Kacey! Hope you all enjoy :)
      Reply
  2. Shelley @ Two Healthy Kitchens says

    March 3, 2016 at 9:00 am

    Oh wow! This recipe has seriously everything ... EVERYTHING! ... going for it! First: cookie dough! (You had me right there!) Second: covered in chocolate! Third: HEALTHY, TOO!!!! This is just awesome in every way!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 3, 2016 at 10:18 am

      Why thank you Shelley!
      Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    March 3, 2016 at 9:54 am

    Skinny means I can eat 5, right??! YUM!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 3, 2016 at 10:18 am

      It's perfect math ;) Thanks Stephanie!
      Reply
  4. Amanda | The Chunky Chef says

    March 3, 2016 at 10:57 am

    Hey there fellow Nielsen-Massey blogger :) I love these... and I'm pretty sure I could eat like 20 right now lol
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 3, 2016 at 2:13 pm

      Oh hey hey! I am with you...bring them on! Thanks Amanda!
      Reply
  5. Annie says

    March 3, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    I'm with you, I want very soft cookies....basically warm cookie dough hahah! I LOVE these little bites, they look incredible!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 4, 2016 at 8:22 am

      Oh preach! Soft cookie dough cookies for sure! Thanks girl!
      Reply
  6. Megan Keno says

    March 4, 2016 at 1:16 am

    Peanut butter and chocolate are my two weaknesses! I love this idea, definitly going to try it out!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 4, 2016 at 8:22 am

      I am right there with ya! Thanks Megan!
      Reply
  7. Cookin Canuck says

    March 4, 2016 at 11:01 am

    These look absolutely amazing and I am totally blown away that you made your cookie dough with garbanzo beans. Brilliant!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 6, 2016 at 4:15 pm

      Why thank you!!
      Reply
  8. Shannon says

    March 4, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    I didnt think PB cups could get any better! These are amazing!
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 6, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      Well thanks Shannon!
      Reply
  9. Cyndi - My Kitchen Craze says

    March 6, 2016 at 12:21 am

    These PB cups look amazing and the fact that they are healthy is making me think I can eat 3, 4, okay maybe 5. I love all the chocolate going on there. Yum!! And I'm with you on the cookies. I like my cookies undercooked. That's the best and only way to eat them.
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 6, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      I am with ya! More the merrier ;) Thanks Cyndi!
      Reply
  10. Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says

    March 6, 2016 at 11:20 am

    This cookie dough is BLOWING MY MIND! Garbanzo beans instead of flour? Such a great calorie saver. I've gotta try this.
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 6, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      I hope you do! We can't stop eating them ;)
      Reply
  11. Prairie Gal Cookin says

    March 15, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    Hey, just wanted to drop you a note and say thanks so much for linking up over at Sunday’s Simple Homemaker on Prairie Gal Cookin! Please feel free to drop in and leave a different link or two on this week’s link-up, we’d love to have you! http://www.prairiegalcookin.com/sundays-simple-homemaker-3rd-weekly-link-up/
    Reply
    • Meg says

      March 16, 2016 at 7:38 pm

      Oh thank you for the invvite!
      Reply

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