Faux-Reece's Peanut Butter cups (Healthified!)

If I were to relapse against the whole 'eat clean' diet thing (and I do, more or less daily - especially at work. The parmesan and chilli soda bread is to die for, and don't get me started on those blimin' petit fours), I'd rekindle my love for Reece's peanut butter cups. Those, to me, were perfection, and by far the best offering in the entire sweet/chocolate aisle. Quite a statement, huh?

Even so, despite my previous devotion to all things Reece's, I think I might've just found a recipe to replicate that familiar feeling of stomach-fulfilment without the preceding guilt; introducing the wonder that is the all-healthy, all singing-and-dancing, homemade faux-Reece's cups. These are the bomb, and an absolute must-make recipe for all my fellow Reece's fanatics out there (and somehow I'm pretty sure there are a lot of you). Recipe found at Detoxinista, altered/healthified (even more) by me.



Ingredients:

2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter (salted)
2 over-ripe bananas
1 tablespoon agave nectar
2 tablespoons coconut flour
40g dark chocolate (4 squares of Lindt 90%)
1 teaspoon coconut oil

As always, the process is simples: mash the bananas and combine with the peanut butter, agave and coconut flour in a mixing bowl until the consistency is creamy and irresistible. Grab a baking tray and place the mix into scoops onto the tray (I used mini cupcake holders to recreate that 'cup' effect - y'know, with the crinkled edges and all. I love that shit, and it's all part-and-parcel of the whole mind-blown oh-god-these-are--actually-as-good-as-Reece's effect).



Place the tray in the freezer to set whilst melting your chocolate and coconut oil in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Stir to combine, before fetching the tray once more to drizzle on the melted chocolate/oil, filling in the little gaps at the edges (or, if you chose to scoop sans-cups, drizzle on as best as you can to cover the balls). If your 'balls' are able to be picked up and dipped into the chocolate (as they should be, according to the original recipe. Doh), by all means do so to cover the entire thing (mine were too 'moist'. Yep, I said it...sorry).

Set in the freezer once more for at least 10 minutes before re-experiencing that chocolate/PB love affair (but with a banana-y, coconutty twist). Oh, yes - those were the glory days (and your taste buds are about to be taken back - hurrah)!