First, I just want to say Happy New Years to everyone! I am really excited for what is to come for my MacroChef blog in 2015. I hope everyone is ready to have an awesome year. These protein peanut butter cups are the perfect recipe to kick start your healthy new year

It has been way too long since I have had a Reese’s cup. I forgot how amazing they are. One of my absolute favorite combos is chocolate and peanut butter, so you know that I love Reese’s cups.

It was my first time trying to make a peanut butter cup, and they actually turned out fantastic. I just started making them and they came together really well. The chocolate coating is a mix of milk and dark chocolate. I used Amber Lyn chocolates sugar free chocolate baking chunks. It is by far my favorite chocolate to cook with.

I was able to keep them low fat as well by using peanut flour and protein powder for the filling. Peanut flour is peanuts with all of the oil and fat squeezed out of them and blended in to a flour. The protein powder I used was Musclepharm’s cinnamon bun combat powder. You could use vanilla, but I absolutely love the flavor of the cinnamon bun.

These are definitely the perfect treat for anyone who wants a Reese’s cup, but also wants to stick to their diet. A typical Reese’s has about 11 grams of sugar each. My protein peanut butter cups have only 3.5 grams of sugar. Not to mention the fact that they have 9 protein and a normal Reese’s has 2.5 grams of protein.

Go ahead, start your new year off right. Make these surprisingly healthy and nutrition peanut butter cups. People who try them will have no idea they are actually eating something good for them.

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