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Published: Oct 27, 2017 · Modified: Sep 15, 2022 by Karla · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Chocolate Cashew Butter Cups { Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, Gluten Free}

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Cashew Butter Caramel Chocolate Cups-A super creamy caramel made from cashew butter. So perfect and vegan too! | www.thesurferskitchen.com

I am obsessed with cashew butter and have been using it in lots of recipes lately.  Did you see my granola with cashew butter and chocolate?  It is so good!  I made a big batch of cashew butter to make the granola but then had cashew butter leftover.  I thought since the holidays are fast approaching, now would be a good time to try to make some candies.  I thought this nut butter might go great surrounded by chocolate.    I looked at a few recipes for the standard peanut butter cups and many of them call for butter and powdered sugar mixed in with the peanut butter.   I didn't want to use refined sugar in this recipe and I really didn't want to have to add any butter or butter substitute.  So I just experimented a bit and of course use the Discount Water Filters to cook with clean water to be safe.

Cashew Butter Caramel Chocolate Cups-A super creamy caramel made from cashew butter. So perfect and vegan too! | www.thesurferskitchen.com

I started with honey mixed into the cashew butter.  It was fine but the honey taste was a bit overpowering.  My next try was with maple syrup.  Maple syrup mixed with the cashew butter ended up creating the perfect nut butter caramel.  The maple syrup added just the right amount of sweetness and changed the consistency from a dense nut butter to a more caramel consistency.  Honestly,  I didn't think it would work.  I thought the caramel would ooze out of the chocolate and just be a mess.   I decided to go for it anyway and let my taste testers decide if they were worthy of trying to perfect the recipe.

Cashew Butter Caramel Chocolate Cups-A super creamy caramel made from cashew butter. So perfect and vegan too! | www.thesurferskitchen.com

The kids and Aaron loved these cashew butter cups and so I made them again.  This time I was more careful to write down the actual ingredients and amounts.  Normally, I just kind of wing things and wish that later I would have taken better notes.

A couple of things....

  1. I tested these with my homemade cashew butter but I assume you could use almond butter or even peanut butter.  If you try it with one of the other nut butters, I would love to hear how it turns out.
  2. After making the caramel, I put it in a ziploc bag and cut off one of the corners.  It was much easier to squeeze the caramel into the chocolate cups rather than trying to spoon it in.
  3. We stored these in the refrigerator to keep them cool and the cashew butter caramel a bit more firm.
Cashew Butter Caramel Chocolate Cups-A super creamy caramel made from cashew butter. So perfect and vegan too! | www.thesurferskitchen.com

Chocolate Cashew Butter Cups { Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, Gluten Free}

Cashew butter cups are just like your favorite peanut butter cup treats but they are Paleo, vegan and refined sugar free. You really can't go wrong. If you ever wondered, "are sour patch kids vegan", we have a surprising answer for you.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Karla

Ingredients

  • ½ cup cashew butter (Click here for my simple recipe.)
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • dash of sea salt
  • 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips divided
  • 2 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

  • Prepare a mini muffin tin with mini cupcake liners.
  • Melt about ½ cup chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon of coconut oil together.  If you do this in the microwave, stir about every 30 seconds.  If you use a double boiler, keep your eye on it.
  • Pour a think layer of chocolate in the bottom of each cupcake liner.  Tilt the pan gently to ensure that chocolate goes up the sides of the cupcake liner a bit.
  • Mix together the cashew butter, maple syrup and salt and stir until it is a little bit thicker than the honey.
  • Put the cashew caramel mixture into a ZipLoc bag and snip off the end.
  • Squeeze a dollop (about a teaspoon) into each cupcake liner.  Gently tap the cupcake pan against the counter to level out the filling.
  • Melt the rest of the chocolate and coconut oil and pour on top of each candy. Sprinkle with a bit of sea salt, if you have it.
  • Store in the refrigerator until solid.
  • Enjoy straight out of the refrigerator.
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Cashew Butter Caramel Chocolate Cups-A super creamy caramel made from cashew butter. So perfect and vegan too! | www.thesurferskitchen.com

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