# High Protein Peanut Butter Cups

A quick and easy recipe for peanut butter cups with 75% less fat, made with peanut butter powder, applesauce, and protein powder, then covered in melted chocolate.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Snack
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Peanut butter powder
- 0.5 cup Unsweetened applesauce
- 1 scoop Protein Powder
- 1 cup Dark chocolate chips
- Maldon salt

## Instructions

1. Mix peanut butter powder, applesauce, and protein powder until thick.
2. Roll the mixture into balls.
3. Melt chocolate.
4. Pour a teaspoon of melted chocolate at the bottom of a muffin liner.
5. Add your peanut butter balls to the muffin liner.
6. Thumb print the ball down for the perfect bite.
7. Finish it off with two more teaspoons of chocolate.
8. Sprinkle with Maldon salt.
9. Freeze until set.

## Equipment

- Muffin liner
- Microwave
- Tray

## Tips

- Roll the mixture into 12 balls.
- Melt chocolate gently in the microwave.
- Add 1 tsp chocolate to each muffin liner, place a PB ball on top and flatten gently.
- Cover with 2 tsp chocolate, tap tray to level, sprinkle salt, freeze until set.
- Leaving out coconut oil from the chocolate and adding protein powder to the dry mix makes them lower in calories and higher in protein.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-01-07

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