(Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies

Almond or Peanut butter, almond flour, dark chocolate = vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free!

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Copy-cat Reeces butter cups – with added pecans or other nuts for a crunchy treat. These can be made into the shape of an egg or circle. These have more almond flour and less sweetness than my previous Reeces Butte cup –  Almond Easter eggs. Healthier and make me happy.

Easter is around the corner, with Mardi Gras beginning of Lent season. The next three weeks are all about Easter Treats! That are healthy, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free!  

Easy to prep days or months before and keep in your freezer. Take out 20 minutes before serving or directly out of freezer. 

Lively Life’s Mission

(Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies follows Lively Life’s mission of food that is actually healthy and good for your gut. That’s what Lively Life Healthy Eats, Healthy Treats are all about. What if you could eat and everything you ate was actually good for you. That’s what we are doing here. Our bodies need nutrients, vitamins and minerals, as well as phytonutrients (think the rainbow in colors, each color has different phytonutrients), these nutrients are used by your cells, hormones (think body messagers) and every function the body, organs, and cells need to do in order for us to function everyday. What you eat matters, what your body digest matters even more.

Which diet are these (Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies are suitable for?

Vegan – Yes

Gluten-free – Yes 

Dairy-free – Yes

Egg-free  – Yes

Nut-free – No sorry – it’s full of almond flour and has pecans.  

Paleo and Keto friendly

Quick to make!

ENJOY!

How to store (Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies

Store in freezer in an airtight container for upto 3 months. Best stored shorter to reduce freezer burn. Take it out and decorate while frozen. Serve around 20 minutes after freezer or directly out of freezer if you like cold treat. Can store in fridge for 30 days in an air tight container.

To be honest – we eat them right out of the freezer – amazing!

Pair this with:

Desserts it goes with

• Easy Whipped Feta dip with green chilies
• Easy Whipped Feta with Fennel and Orange
• Zucchini and Tomato Appetizer
• Easy Whipped Feta Dip with Mediterranean Twist
• Cashew Cheese Ball – Vegan Option

As a dessert with a meal:

• Gluten-free MEATLOAF without Breadcrumbs
• Chicken Broccoli Mushroom Dinner
• 2 ingredient Easy & Quick Pizza!

How to make this (Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies fool proof?

1. Adding the chocolate to the frozen eggs can be a little tricky. Make more chocolate/coconut oil mix if needed. Keep your fingers off – use utensils.

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RECIPE

(Peanut) Almond Butter Eggs or Cookies

Lively Life

Healthy copycat Reeces Butter Cups – use almond or peanut butter.

Gluten-free and Dairy Free using dark chocolate.

We use almond flour to use less nut butter and make them tasty, healthy fats and protein! Nutrient dense and vegan too.

Choose healthy nut butters that do not contain hydrogenated fats – just nuts are better.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan

Servings 20 pieces

Ingredients

  

Nut Butter Middle

• 1/2 cup almond butter or just nuts peanut butter
• 1 cup almond glour
• 3 pinches sea salt or himalayan salt
• 1 tbsp maple syrup add an extra tbsp if you want sweeter
• 1 tsp tsp pure vanilla extract

Mix together.

• 1/3 cup pecan pieces optional

Mix. Form Eggs or circles, place on tray and freeze for 20-40 minutes.

Chocolate shell

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar
• 2 tsp coconut oil
• 2 pinches sea salt or himalayan salt

Instructions

 

Nut Butter Middle

• Mix nut butter, almond flour, salt, maple syrup, vanilla extract together with flat whisk, fork or by hand.
• Add 1/3 cup of pecans if you like crunchy and mix.
• Place parchment paper on cookie tray. Form eggs or circles with mix than place on cookie tray. Freeze for 20 to 40 min.

Dark Chocolate Goodness.

• Use microwave (20 sec and stir, repeat if needed) or double boiler method – Start a small pot of 1.5-2 cups of water boiling.
• In a small glass Pyrex measuring cup put the dark chocolate and coconut oil.
• Place the Pyrex measuring cup in the boiling water pot as a double boiler. Stir while it is melting.
• Once melted add the last salt amount in the ingredients.
• Take the balls out of the freezer and drop one at a time into the Pyrex measuring cup and rotate the ball or use a spoon to cover it with chocolate. Take it out and place it back on the parchment paper. Do this for each ball.
• OPTIONAL: Then using the spoon drizzle the last bit of chocolate by moving your spoon quickly over the balls to give it an additional trace or line appearance.
• Sprinkle with Himalayan salt. Put back in Freezer. Store in freezer till you want to eat them. Enjoy and Happy Easter!!

Keyword almond, almond flour, peanut butter, reeces butter cups

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