Healthier Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls made healthier! They're dairy-free, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free, but just as delicious as the classic favorite. With a creamy peanut butter center coated in rich chocolate, they're the perfect make-ahead treat for holidays, gifting, or anytime those cravings hit. Quick, simple, and freezer-friendly!
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup smooth peanut butter oily, see notes above for tips
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup superfine almond flour
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips heaping, see recommendations above
Instructions
- Stir together the peanut butter, syrup, vanilla, and flour in a medium-sized bowl until well combined. It should stick together and be smooth and creamy. If it seems dry, add a splash of oil from the peanut butter. If you're peanut butter isn't oily, try adding a teaspoon or two of melted coconut oil or avocado oil.
- Roll the mixture into 16 evenly sized balls. Put them on a small baking sheet lined with parchment paper that fits in your freezer. Set the baking sheet flat in your freezer for 1 hour to harden up.
- Melt your chocolate in a double boiler, or in the microwave for about a minute and a half. You'll want to do this in 30 second increments, stirring in between each, to ensure the chocolate doesn't burn. The chocolate should be melted and completely smooth with no lumps.
- Dip your balls one by one in the chocolate, coating them on all sides. I like to use a fork to do this, to let the excess chocolate drip off back into the bowl easily.
- Put your balls on the parchment-lined baking sheet, then pop them back into the freezer for about ten minutes to set, or until the chocolate is completely hardened.
- Store the chocolate balls in an airtight container in the fridge for a week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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Notes
The peanut butter filling should stick together like a cookie dough texture. If it's very dry and not sticky, add a teaspoon or two of melted coconut or avocado oil.
If there's excess chocolate at the bottom of your balls after they're hardened, you can use the tip of a steak knife to cut it off and make them prettier.
To make these even lower in sugar, you could use a monkfruit sweetener like Lakanto sugar-free maple syrup and Lily's chocolate chips.
Nutrition
Calories: 109kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0.1mgSodium: 52mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 0.3mg
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