Project Description

Peanut Butter Coconut Melts
 
Many of my relatives suffered from diabetes (including my father), so I have seen what a cruel disease it can be and also the extreme lifestyle changes such a diagnosis requires. I have also witnessed how difficult it can be for individuals living with such challenges to follow their medical professionals’ recommendations to make dietary or other lifestyle changes, especially limiting sugar consumption. It makes me really happy to be able to offer such a decadent low-GI candy to people who otherwise are unable to enjoy such pleasures. This recipe was inspired by “Delicious Obsessions (www.deliciousobsessions.com) Maple Coconut Bars with Coconut Oil. With a little experimenting, I was able to transform these bars into a delicious peanut butter candy recipe with a delightful texture and depth of flavour. Even better, you can press these winners into silicone or other candy moulds in minutes, with fresh candy ready and waiting in just an hour.
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Recipe Type: Dessert
Special Diets: Low Glycemic (GI), Grain-Free, Paleo
Serves: 36-50 Candies
Ingredients
  • 2 cups shredded or desiccated unsweetened coconut
  • ⅔ cup melted coconut oil
  • ⅓–½ cup smooth, unsalted,
  • unsweetened peanut butter or other nut/seed butter or soy (nut-free) nut butter alternative
  • 1 tsp–1 tbsp maple or yacon syrup, to preferred sweetness
  • 1 tsp Chicory Root Inulin with Stevia or favourite sweetener
  • ½ tsp blackstrap molasses
  • ¼ tsp Himalayan salt
Instructions
  1. Stir all the ingredients well in a bowl then press into candy moulds, ensuring the oil is evenly distributed to all candies.
  2. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or until solid.
  3. Store in the refrigerator for several days (if they last that long) and for over a month in the freezer in a sealed container.

 
Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Cups
 
My family is crazy about chocolate-covered peanut butter cups. This simple variation of the melts recipe has all of the tasty goodness of the familiar candies from the store, but without the ingredients that don’t agree with our bodies.
Author:
Recipe Type: Dessert
Special Diets: Low Glycemic (GI), Grain-Free, Paleo
Serves: 36-50 Candies
Ingredients
  • 1 recipe Peanut Butter Coconut Melts, chilled in the freezer until frozen
  • favourite sugar-free dark chocolate, melted in a double-boiler (or in a bowl above a pot of hot water)
Instructions
  1. Dip frozen Peanut Butter Coconut Candy Melts in melted sugar-free chocolate, place on a piece of parchment paper and refrigerate until solid (about 15 minutes).
  2. If you would like a thicker coat of chocolate, return the candies to the freezer for a few minutes, then dip each back into the melted chocolate, return to the parchment paper and refrigerate until ready to serve.
  3. Like the melts, these candies can be stored in the refrigerator for several days or for over a month in the freezer in a sealed container.

 

 

Dr. Theresa Nicassio is a registered psychologist (#1541) and author of YUM: plant-based recipes for a gluten-free diet (Sept 2015). Embracing a holistic perspective of health and certified as a gourmet raw food chef, nutrition educator and integrative energy healer, Theresa focuses her time providing psychotherapy to clients in her private practice in Vancouver.

YUM: plant-based recipes for a gluten-free diet (Sept 2015)
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