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Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups

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Posted:8/4/16
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Save some money and make your own decadent chocolate treats at home. Three ingredients and just 15 minutes for these healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups! Gluten-free and vegan-friendly.  

Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups. Just three ingredients and about 15 minutes! this recipe

What the whattttt. Guys. It is AUGUST. How and why does summer go by so fast?! It feels like just yesterday we were in the UP!

While I write this I am physically sitting at my desk back home in Michigan. But as you’re reading this I am currently in the UK. Drinking all of the tea and eating all of the scones. At this point, I have already toured the Harry Potter Warner Bros. studio (HP fans, where you at?), seen the sights of London, checked out Leeds, and have likely already spent the past couple days hiking in Scotland 😀 I promise I’ll share photos ASAP.

Just 3 ingredients using chocolate chips, healthier salted caramel sauce, and almond butter gets you the most delicious little cups!

I am honestly so grateful to have been able to go on this trip. Looking back to the planning and weeks leading up, I was definitely a little scared. Not necessarily scared of flying, or traveling alone. But just scared of… trying something new, I guess? It feels a little silly to admit, truthfully.

But it was either a trip to the UK with some of my favorite people, or going camping on the Georgian Bay with my family like I have every summer of my entire 27 years of life . And I couldn’t have both. And while I am sad I don’t get to see my favorite Canadians or watch the sun go down on the Georgian Bay, I have to say I am proud of myself for going on this trip. To some of you that may not be a big deal, but for someone who looks forward to routine, there was a bit of anxiety building up to this trip.

Of course I was excited too. Super duper excited. But also nervous. Christina totally summed up all of the feels with her IG post the other week. Which led me to think back to the quote

“Because the things you’re scared of are usually the most worthwhile”

So true though, right?

Save some money and make your own decadent chocolate treats at home. Three ingredients and just 15 minutes for these healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups! Gluten-free and vegan-friendly.

I always keep that thought in my head when I am about to embark on a new adventure. Whether it’s traveling, a new workout class, saying “yes” to something new, attending a conference, etc.

Being scared doesn’t have to be debilitating. Once you get of your own way, it can be invigorating, exciting, and 200% worth it. I feel like it is always worth it.

You just have to have the right mindset.

Healthier Caramel Almond Butter Chocolate Cups

So what are these little cups I’ve been tantalizing you with throughout the discussion above?

Healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups

Just three ingredients and 15 minutes is all it takes to become a BA chocolatier in your own kitchen.

Three ingredients and just 15 minutes for these healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups! Gluten-free and vegan-friendly.

What you need

quality chocolate

salted caramel sauce

almond butter

We’re using Erin’s Healthier Salted Caramel Sauce (for like, the third time, no joke) because it is BOSS and easy and better than store-bought 😀

All you do is melt your bowl of chocolate chips, spoon on some almond butter, a bit of caramel, and finish off with melted chocolate. 15 minutes in the freezer and you’ve got yourself some seriously good caramel almond butter cups.

Healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups. 3 ingredients and 15 minutes!

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  • Author: Ashley
  • Yield: 12 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

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  • 10oz bag quality chocolate chips (I prefer dark, but your choice!)
  • about 2 TBS almond butter (I used homemade)
  • about 1 TBS healthier caramel sauce, chilled*

Instructions

  1. Line mini muffin pan with 12 paper liners, set aside.
  2. Melt chocolate chips in microwave for 15 seconds at a time, about 45 seconds to 1 minute total, stirring in between until chips have completely melted. (You can also melt in a small saucepan on stove over low heat, or a double boiler. Whichever method you use, just make sure not to burn the chips.)
  3. Scoop about 1 heaping teaspoon of melted chocolate into the 12 muffin liners.
  4. Using the ½ teaspoon scoop out almond butter into each cup of chocolate. Then add about 1/4 tsp of chilled caramel sauce on top of the almond butter. Top the cups with the remaining melted chocolate, about another heaping teaspoon, and transfer pan to freezer to set for about 10 minutes. Once the cups have set, enjoy!

Notes

*It works best if your caramel is more chilled so it doesn’t spread out the middle of the chocolate.

{DAIRY-FREE/VEGAN-FRIENDLY VERSION: I’ve found using coconut oil with dairy-free chocolate chips makes for a better consistency when melting. Follow Erin’s instructions in her caramel & sub dairy-free butter, or you could try using all coconut oil in place of the butter. Hope that helps! }

-I store my cups in a container in fridge, and allow the cups to come to room temperature before enjoying.

–cook time refers to time in freezer.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cup
  • Calories: 132
  • Sugar: 15
  • Sodium: 26
  • Fat: 6
  • Saturated Fat: 3
  • Unsaturated Fat: 9=0
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 18
  • Fiber: 1
  • Protein: 1
  • Cholesterol: 0

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These caramel almond butter cups are so hard to stop at one… not that I would know… I don’t eat chocolate or have an obsession with homemade cups or anything like that…

KIDDING.

Obviously.

Three ingredients and just 15 minutes for these healthy Chocolate Caramel Almond Butter Cups! Gluten-free and vegan-friendly.

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"Ashley Walterhouse is the founder of Fit Mitten Kitchen, based in the Greater Lansing Area of Michigan, AKA “the Mitten.” Ashley grew up as a picky eater but later discovered that eating healthy was actually easy and fun. She started FMK in 2015 as a way to share her newfound love of developing healthier recipes for all to enjoy."

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  1. rachel @ athletic avocado says

    8/4/2016 at 7:16 am

    i don’t think that there could be anything more perfect than these little cups! Pinning for later <3

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      8/10/2016 at 8:10 am

      Thanks so much for pinning! 😀

      Reply
  2. Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It says

    8/4/2016 at 7:24 am

    These look amaze-balls!! So happy you’re having a great time in the UK! I always get nervous before new things, especially when I started my intensive last week. I was sooo nervous about everything but it’s been going so well! I guess I worried for nothing!

    ★★★★★

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    • Ashley says

      8/10/2016 at 8:09 am

      We often end up worrying for nothing 😉 Glad everything is going well for you!

      Reply
  3. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    8/4/2016 at 7:44 am

    Enjoy your trip!!! So fun!
    And…chocolate and caramel…always fun too 😉

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      8/10/2016 at 8:08 am

      Thanks Rebecca!

      Reply
  4. Michele @ paleorunningmomma says

    8/4/2016 at 10:06 am

    I always melt a little coconut oil in with the chocolate for that creamy consistency. Hopeless chocolate caramel lover here so these look amazing!

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      8/10/2016 at 8:08 am

      Isn’t caramel the best?! It’s one of my favorites. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Emily says

    8/4/2016 at 2:52 pm

    It’s amazing how mindset changes everything when I go traveling. When I go into the unknown with a sense of expectation and excitement, it changes the whole vacation right around.

    I can’t wait to see pictures of the green hills of Scotland!

    Reply
  6. Jess @hellotofit says

    8/5/2016 at 9:25 am

    Can’t get over how gorgeous these look. They could be chocolate cup modelz.
    Trying new things is scary AF, but it’s what makes life exciting, right? Unless you’re trying to spray a wasps’ nest. I saved that for the husband.

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      8/10/2016 at 8:07 am

      hahaha yes let’s save THOSE scary things for the husbands 😉

      Reply

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