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Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes my friends. This snack is high in protein and made with peanut butter (duh), peanut butter powder, a touch of maple syrup and dipped in dark chocolate!

This recipe is a real gem, and for reals it's pretty healthy.

This recipe is a real gem, and for reals it’s pretty healthy.

Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes my friends. This snack is high in protein and made with peanut butter (duh), peanut butter powder, a touch of maple syrup and dipped in dark chocolate!

Okay, can we talk daylight savings time because it is kicking my butt. If we think it’s hard for adults to wake up an hour earlier… this kid thing is real hard. Yeah so the waking up part doesn’t matter for him, but it’s the going to bed earlier part that is doing me in. Last night he didn’t get to bed until close to 11pm!!! REALLY KID? And mind you this kid doesn’t nap much so he’s got to be tired. If you watched my Instastories yesterday, that car seat nap was all I got.

This recipe is a real gem, and for reals it's pretty healthy.

So that means mama didn’t get to bed until after midnight. Yep, I most definitely slept through that 5am workout alarm clock. I like to do the 6am CrossFit class because it’s typically before the babe wakes up and before Eric heads into the office. So childcare and peace and quiet are covered and my two reasons for waking up before the sun to workout….

but the last two days early workouts haven’t happened.

This recipe is a real gem, and for reals it's pretty healthy.

But Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes are happening with a side of coffee. I had to pop into share this gem of a recipe with you this morning because peanut butter and chocolate and healthy. One of these balls is seriously like eating a spoonful of PB with chocolate on top… oh and 4 grams of protein per bite. Now that’s a fit recipe!

If you have littles at home, is daylight savings time a challenge for them too? How do you get them to go to sleep earlier??? I LOVE hearing from you– so hit reply to this email or leave a note in the comments below.

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Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes my friends. This snack is high in protein and made with peanut butter (duh), peanut butter powder, a touch of maple syrup and dipped in dark chocolate!

Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes

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5 from 4 reviews
  • Author: Kristina LaRue
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 13 buckeyes 1x
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Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes my friends. This snack is high in protein and made with peanut butter (duh), peanut butter powder, a touch of maple syrup and dipped in dark chocolate!

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup creamy natural no sugar added peanut butter
  • 6 tablespoons no sugar added powdered peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon 100% pure vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

  1. In small bowl, mix together peanut butter, powdered peanut butter, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
  2. Line small baking sheet with parchment paper and roll peanut butter mixture into little 13 uniform balls placing them on the baking sheet to set.
  3. In small microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and coconut oil for 20-30 seconds until melted.
  4. Dip peanut butter ball into chocolate to coat one side and return to parchment paper to dry. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens. Store in airtight container and keep refrigerated until serving.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 buckeye
  • Calories: 117
  • Sugar: 5g
  • Sodium: 35mg
  • Fat: 7g
  • Saturated Fat: 2g
  • Carbohydrates: 8g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 4g
  • Cholesterol: 0mg

This recipe is a real gem, and for reals it's pretty healthy.

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  1. Emily Kenniston says

    These are amazing!

    I tweaked the recipe just a bit to turn them into healthy PB cups! I didn’t want to make a bunch, so I ended up basically dividing the recipe into thirds. The new ingredient ratios were approximately 2.7-3 TBSPs of creamy natural PB (I used Skippy Natural as that is what we had), 2 TBSPs of PB2 powder, 1 TBSP of maple syrup, and about 1/2 a tsp of vanilla. After mixing this–I was very pleasantly surprised by how well the dough mixed and the fact that I didn’t have to refrigerate it at all!–, I separated the large PB “dough” ball that it made into fourths, then I melted some Enjoy Life Paleo-friendly dark chocolate chips (I ended up not needing to add the coconut oil!). I put about a TBSP of the melted dark chocolate into the bottom of a regular sized cupcake liner, topped it with one of the 1/4 (flattened into a disk) pieces of the PB dough, and then topped it with about another TBSP of the melted chocolate. I then put the cups into the freezer (fridge works too, just takes longer) to cool down and solidify. Each cup is REALLY BIG and lovely; about 250 healthy calories (a bit less). Perfection! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I’ve been looking for an easy and healthier version of PB buckeyes/peanut butter cups for awhile!

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  3. Sia | Monsoon Spice says

    What a delightful treats these are and the recipe is so simple! I am making these with my lil boy as his spring term holidays have just began and I too can do with some high protein snacks to keep up with his energy leavel 🙂

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