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Peanut Butter Chia Chocolate Protein Cups (Vegan & Gluten Free)

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I’m a slightly obsessed with these little cups of heaven.  Chocolate mixed with peanut butter, um yes please! I will never ever turn down a chocolate peanut butter combo of anything…ever.  We added the powerhouse ingredient, cacao powder, to turn these into chocolate.  We also added rolled oats and chia seeds, these little chocolate peanut butter cups are packed with a TON of protein, they will satisfy your sweet tooth and they are filling.  Oh, and they are gluten free and vegan.  Yep, these are pretty much too good to be true.

You can prep these in 10 minutes flat, let them set in the freezer and before you know it you will be in peanut butter chocolate heaven. I know we say this all of the time but really and truly you NEED these in your life.  Friends don’t let friends miss out on something this delicious, so we are just being a good friend!


Peanut Butter Chia Chocolate Protein Cups
 
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
Layer 1:
  • 3 Tbsp natural peanut butter
  • 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • 3 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • ½ C rolled oats
  • 2 Tbsp chia seeds
Layer 2:
  • ¼ C natural peanut butter
  • 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan over low heat add peanut butter, maple syrup, cacao powder, coconut oil, vanilla and salt. Stir until melted. Remove from heat and stir in rolled oats and chia seeds.
  2. Line mini muffin liners in a mini muffin tin. Distribute layer 1 evenly into the 10 cups. Place in the freezer.
  3. In a small saucepan over low heat add peanut butter, maple syrup and coconut oil, stir until melted.
  4. Remove protien cups from freezer. Add layer 2 evenly over the top of each protien cup and return to freezer. Once frozen place protein cups in tupperware and store in the freezer.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Power Smoothie

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The combo of peanut butter and chocolate might just be one of the best ever!  Right? It’s no surprise that our kids happen to feel the same way.  This peanut butter chocolate power smoothie is a very popular item in both of our households for the kids and the adults alike.  The reason we call it a power smoothie is simply because it is totally loaded with super healthy ingredients that also happens to taste amazingly delicious!!  Yep, another WIN!  So you need to be let in on a secret ingredient that we use often for chocolatey deliciousness…it’s called cacao powder…not cocoa powder (check out the spelling difference).  We are in love with this raw, organic, 100% cacao powder because of all of the energy boosting health benefits that it possesses.  It’s loaded with magnesium, copper, potassium, zinc and iron!  It’s literally a chocolate superfood that supports blood, heart and bone health as well as metabolic functioning.  Sounds too good to be true, huh?  Well, it’s not.  Let’s not discount the fact that this little gem also contains spinach (another powerhouse we know and love) and Greek yogurt (totally loaded with protein)…all blended with the sweetness of a banana, some almond milk and a splash of vanilla and you are good to go!

 

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Power Smoothie
 
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 C spinach, packed
  • 2 Tbsp natural peanut butter
  • ¼ C 0% Greek yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp cacao powder (can use cocoa powder instead)
  • 1 C almond milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ½ C crushed ice
Instructions
  1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and sprinkle top with cacao powder.

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

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Looking for your chocolate fix without the dairy?  Look no more, we have the answer to your sweet tooth and this is a game changer.  Introducing vegan peanut butter cups, so rich and creamy you will not believe they are dairy free.

Have you ever tried cooking with cacao butter?  Not only are they the base for these awesome chocolates but they can also be used as a skin moisturizer….who knew?  Talk about a double whammy!! The cacao butter melts down beautifully and freezes in a matter of minutes.

 

To make these little bites of bliss simply add cacao cubes into a saucepan warmed over low heat.  Once the cacao butter melts down add maple syrup, cacao powder (or cocoa powder) and vanilla and mix together.  Remove from heat and fill each mini liner to the halfway point with chocolate.  Drop a heaping 1/2 tsp of peanut butter into each cup and fill chocolate over the top.  Freeze for 10 minutes until set.  Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and eat up! Store cups in the freezer, although my guess is they won’t last long!

 

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
 
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Serves: 12-14
Ingredients
  • 1 C cacao butter
  • 3 Tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ C cocoa powder or cacao powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • approx ⅓ C peanut butter
  • sea salt
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan over low heat melt cacao butter. Add maple syrup, cacao powder and vanilla and whisk to combine. Remove from heat.
  2. Line a mini muffin pan with liners. Start with 12 liners - pour chocolate to the halfway point in each liner. Drop a heaping ½ tsp peanut butter in each cup. Fill to top with remaining chocolate. May be able to fill 1 or 2 more cups.
  3. Freeze peanut butter cups for 10 minutes. Top each cup with a small pinch of sea salt. Store chocolates in the freezer in an airtight container.

Flourless Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

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If you are a peanut butter fanatic, these are the cookies for you. They are rich and ridiculously moist – sorry to use the “M” word but it’s necessary when describing these cookies! The best part is that they can be in your mouth in 15 minutes flat.  Only 4 basic ingredients go into these cookies with 1 optional but really (NOT optional) ingredient..the m&m’s or dark chocolate chunks.  We say they are optional but who are we kidding? Just do yourself a favor and throw the m&m’s in too. If you are gluten free these cookies should be an absolute staple in your life.  Oh and by the way, you might as well double the recipe because we guarantee they won’t last long!

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Flourless Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
 
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Serves: Makes 12 cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 C peanut butter (We use Skippy natural for this recipe)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • ½ C dark brown sugar, packed
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ¼ C mini m&m's or dark chocolate chunks (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Add peanut butter, egg, brown sugar and vanilla together, mixing thoroughly. Either fold in m&m's or top with m&m's. Using a cookie scooper, drop cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Use the back of a fork (may need dip fork in water so it doesn't stick to the cookie dough) to score and slightly flatten cookies. Top with m&m's if they weren't folded into the dough. Cook for 10 minutes, let cool for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Peanut Butter Acai Bowl with Fresh Fruit, Homemade Granola and Honey

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This recipe is for all the Acai bowl lovers out there!! If you don’t know if you are an acai bowl lover, here is your chance to find out! We are pretty sure that you will become one after you try making these. The fun part about making acai bowls is that you can add in a variety of healthy ingredients of your choice and they all taste fantastic! We were feeling a little “nutty” today so we threw in some peanut butter. Terrible joke but we are going with it! Seriously though, we buy these frozen packs of Sambazon Acai berry and guana mix at Costco (they have it in regular grocery stores too) and toss them in the blender with whatever we have on hand. We added a little almond milk along with the peanut butter and topped it with some homemade GTK granola (store bought is great too), fresh blueberries and sliced bananas. This whole process took a whopping 5 minutes and just like that…breakfast is served! Kids are fed and at school. Peace out, time to go walk the dog now.

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Peanut Butter Acai Bowl with Fresh Fruit, Homemade Granola and Honey
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 - 3.5 oz single serve packs of Sambazon acai berry + guana mix (can be gound in the frozen section of most grocery stores or Costco)
  • 2 Tbsp natural peanut butter
  • ½ C light almond milk or other nut milk of choice
  • fresh berries and bananas
  • GTK homemade granola (search homemade granola) or store-bought granola
  • honey for drizzling on top
Instructions
  1. In a blender add acai, peanut butter and almond milk. Blend until smooth. Remove from blender and place in bowl. Top with fresh berries, sliced bananas, and granola. Drizzle with honey and serve immediately.
Good Thyme Tip - You can add whatever you like on top. Coconut flakes, slivered almonds or hemp hearts would also be good if you don't have granola on hand.

Lemon Meringue Pie Balls + Peanut Butter Cup Balls

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What is the #1 go to snack that we pretty much always have on hand at all times at our house you ask?? That would be BALLS! Balls you ask? Yes balls…get your mind out of the gutter; I’m talking energy balls! Growing up my best friend’s mom would make us these amazing peanut butter balls made out of peanut butter, corn flakes, powdered milk and honey and oh were they ever good!! Courtney and I have changed it up a bit over the last couple of years into a healthier and just as addicting version. The great thing about this ultra nutritious snack is that your kids can get in on the action. In our house whenever we are down to our last few, my oldest daughter will often times throw together a new batch. Not only are they quick and easy to make, they are a great on the go snack before sports or other activities.

Since balls are the snack of all snacks, we have come up with different flavor combinations. Lemon merengue pie balls are pretty darn amazing as well. It’s you’re lucky day today because we have posted not just one but two recipes for balls. Because two balls are always better than one, right?!

 

 

Lemon Meringue Pie Balls
 
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Serves: Makes 12 balls
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  • 1 C rolled oats
  • 6 medjooli dates, pitted (if dry soak in hot water for 10 minutes)
  • juice of ½ large lemon
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • kosher salt to taste
Instructions
  1. In a food processor add oats and pulse until broken down, but not a fine powder. Add dates and continue to pulse until dates are broken down. Add lemon juice, zest, coconut oil and maple syrup and pulse until all ingredients are incorporated. Add kosher salt to taste.
  2. Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Transfer to an airtight storage container and store in the refrigerator or freezer (our preference).

 

 


Peanut Butter Cup Balls
 
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Serves: Makes 12 balls
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  • 1 C rolled oats
  • ½ C peanut butter (we use natural pb)
  • ¼ C honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 Tbsp cacao nibs
  • kosher salt to taste
Instructions
  1. In a medium sized bowl add oats, peanut butter and honey. Add in vanilla and cacao nibs. If using unsalted peanut butter add salt to taste.
  2. Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Transfer to an airtight storage container and store in the refrigerator.
Good Thyme Tip - May have to adjust by adding more oats or more peanut butter (or honey if you like it sweeter) depending on type of peanut butter you are using, some brands are thinner than others.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

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I don’t know about you but I’m not a morning person. Some days I barely have enough time to brush my teeth before heading out the door. These are the mornings that I end up reaching for something not so healthy, or even worst; leaving without breakfast. Never fear, I have a solution for those crazy mornings when you have zero time to make something healthy. Overnight oats to the rescue! Whip up a batch of these overnight oats the night before and breakfast will be waiting for you when you wake up. Chocolate peanut butter overnight oats are not only satisfying, but they are healthy and super yum!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1½ C rolled oats
  • 2¼ C unsweetened cashew milk or other milk of choice
  • ¼ C natural peanut butter
  • 2 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 2 Tbsp maple syrup
  • kosher salt to taste
Instructions
  1. In a bowl combine all ingredients together, thoroughly mixing in the cacao powder. Cover and chill in refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight.
  2. Add more milk the next day if needed to reach desired consistency.

Apples with Oatmeal Cookie Dip

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Whose kids are not starving after school? I don’t know about you but the minute mine walk in the door, they act as if they haven’t eaten in days and are totally famished! I mean, I don’t blame my son who’s in 4th grade, given that he eats lunch at 10:30am! Poor guy. That’s a mid- morning snack in my book! With that being said, I really try to capitalize on this ravenous hunger and have healthy choices available to them immediately. This is a perfect time to have fruits and veggies on hand. That seems simple enough but we all know how easily kids can get bored of the same old thing. To make fruits and veggies more interesting, pair them with fun, easy dipping sauces or spreads. This Oatmeal Cookie Dip is a perfect example of providing a healthy treat that is so crazy good but is also loaded with nutrition. It also only takes about 3 minutes to make, you can’t beat that. My kids gobble this one up and I’m not going to lie, I have been known to gobble it up too!! Trust me. I am confident that you will Love it!

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Apples with Oatmeal Cookie Dip
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • small pinch of salt
  • sliced apples
Instructions
  1. Toast the oats in oven or saute pan for about 1-2 minutes. Keep an eye on them so they don't burn.
  2. Transfer toasted oats to a mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir until well combined.
Good Thyme Tip - This dip is delicious served warm but can be enjoyed at room temperature as well. May need to adjust the amount of peanut butter depending on the consistency of peanut butter used,