Opposite Day.
A day when no means yes, naptime is play time, and dessert comes before dinner.
We celebrated Opposite Day once every year when I was in preschool: we wore our pajamas to class, greeted each other by saying goodbye, and circle time became square time. We tried to sing the ABCs backwards, and then all of the students got a chance to be the teachers (yikes). Why the day has such an indelible impression on me that I can remember so vividly all the way back to preschool, I really don’t know. Must’ve been the dessert-before-dinner thing.
Who could forget that?
What’s the opposite of a chocolate peanut butter cup? That would be a peanut butter chocolate cup: a thick coat of peanut butter surrounding a chocolate center.
Best eaten before dinner.
Inside Out Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Adapted from Homemade Peanut Butter Chips
- Level 1/2 cup powdered peanut butter or PB2 (48g)
- 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil or cacao butter, melted (40g)
- 4 tsp pure maple syrup (20g)
- heaping 2 tbsp melted semi-sweet chocolate of choice, or Sugar-Free Chocolate (32g)
- mini cupcake liners or candy molds
Combine first three ingredients in a bowl, and stir well to form a paste. Smooth a little under 1 tsp into each of ten mini cupcake liners, going up the sides just a bit. (I put the cupcake liners into a mini muffin tin.) Freeze 10 minutes. Then divide the chocolate evenly among the liners and freeze again. Finally, top with remaining peanut butter paste. Freeze again until solid. If using coconut oil, keep these peanut butter cups refrigerated or frozen. With cacao butter, the candies can stay out at room temp. (I much prefer coconut version, but cacao butter works if you have an allergy.)
Click for: Peanut Butter Cup Nutrition Facts
Question of the day:
Do you remember preschool or kindergarten?
I think one of my favorite preschool activities was making junk art out of cereal boxes, milk cartons, and toilet paper rolls. But I also really liked the scented markers… I would get the markers a little too close, and they often sent me home with a rainbow nose. Not sure my mom was all too happy about that.
Link of the Day: 8 Healthy Fathers Day Recipes.
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Also can you just use regular peanut butter? Dont know or have powdered. Thank you
I’ve GOT to try these!
Can you use agave nectar instead of maple syrup in this recipe?
Yes, always.
Do you have to use pure maple syrup? Would sugar free maple syrup work?
This was my first recipe I ever made off your blog!
followed it exactly as printed and it is amazing! Love how the taste of the coconut oil comes through.. Deff better then the store bought ones!
Kali Kali – this is diet food, right?? huh? huh? Inside out peanut butter cups
I made these today and they are AMAZING! I always know when something’s a hit because my hubby moans while he’s eating, lol! Yup, you got him going with these! Thanks for all the awesome recipes. You’re the best, Katie! <3
How many calories do you think each one would be? Estimated?
It is listed right there in the post.
These are so yummy!!! I made these in 30 minutes and made more that 10 with little candy molds!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Hi I recently stumbled upon your blog and I LOVE all your recipes! They’re so healthy and such a great alternative for processed packaged products. I really want to make these peanut butter cups for my sister because she absolutely LOVES Recess’s PeanutButter Cups, but I have a problem with the use of Peanut Butter powder/ PB2, I read in an article that it’s unhealthy so I’m wondering if I’m able to use regular peanut butter instead? Thank you!
Hi there, do you have her cookbook? If so, page 60 has exactly what you are looking for 🙂
https://lett-trim.today/faq-page/chocolate-covered-katie-cookbook/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E