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11.27.16

Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter Cookie Cups

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Irresistible and addicting yet healthy Paleo cookie cups with fudgy chocolate almond butter filling.  Easy and fun to make, gluten free, grain free and dairy free chewy almond butter cookie cups great for holiday baking! cookie-cups-13

As promised, I’m not stopping with cookies anytime soon.  Just getting warmed up, actually, with these super chewy almond butter cookie cups that I can’t stop eating!

Way back in the pre-paleo day, those incredibly rich peanut butter cup cookie cups – the ones where you stick a mini peanut butter cup right in the middle of an already-sweet-enough peanut butter cookie – were one of my favorite holiday cookies to bake.

Adam sort of hated when I made them because they’re hard to stay away from and easy to regret.  I didn’t care!  Something about making those cookies just make me way too happy.

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I’ve been thinking for awhile about creating a healthy variation on those cookies, but I hesitated, since I thought it was one of those “copycat” attempts that would leave me disappointed.  But, I reconsidered.

I realized that I LOVE all the Paleo cookies I make, and there’s no reason to deprive myself of a Paleo take on that old favorite.

Almost immediately, I realized that I already had a recipe for chocolate almond butter sandwich cookies that could easily be adapted into an even-more-fun cookie CUP recipe!  Yes, sandwich cookies are fun and I won’t be stopping with those anytime soon.

But, these cute little cups give me warm fuzzy holiday vibes that I had to share with you!  Plus, just as with the sandwich cookies, they’re surprisingly easy to make.

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The cookie dough is super simple – I used almond butter, an egg, coconut sugar, vanilla and Bob’s Red Mill superfine blanched almond flour to create this ultra chewy, almond buttery cookie dough.

I really love the combination of nut butter and blanched almond flour to create a nice and chewy Paleo cookie.  The perfect vehicle for the fudgy chocolate almond butter filling.

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The filling itself is also oh-so-simple.  I microwaved dairy free, soy free dark chocolate morsels with more creamy almond butter until smooth, then added a bit of vanilla.

The filling begins to cool/harden quickly, so I filled my cups when it reached the consistency of frosting, and once it cooled it became a rich, chocolatey fudge.

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When choosing almond flour for Paleo baking, it’s typically best to choose a very fine, blanched almond flour to minimize any “graininess” and mimic the texture of traditional cookies.

I’ve experimented with several almond flours (as you might imagine!) and Bob’s Red Mill Organic Super-fine Blanched Almond Flour does a great job in creating a delicious chewy cookie.

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Bob’s Red Mill Almond Meal is ground from whole, blanched sweet almonds.   Almonds are notoriously healthy nuts providing a good amount of manganese and vitamin E , as well as a healthy serving of monounsaturated fats in each 1/4 cup serving.

Not only do almonds have a healthy boost of protein, they are also very low in carbohydrates and inherently gluten free – perfect for Paleo baking!

Are you guys ready to bake these rich, chewy, fudgy and addicting cookie cups?  We’re making 24 of them here, so, hopefully that will be enough!  When it comes to holiday cookies we have to go big or go home, right?!  So either the cookies are big, or, the recipe is big enough to make LOTS of cookies.

If you are inclined to double the recipe for a crowd, go for it – you can’t go wrong here – the more the merrier 🙂

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Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter Cookie Cups

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Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter Cookie Cups

Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter Cookie Cups that are perfect for the holidays or anytime! Simple, delicious and healthy chewy almond butter cookie cup filled with a dreamy chocolate almond butter fudge. Grain free, dairy free.
Author: Michele Rosen
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Paleo
Servings: 24 cookie cups
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4.71 from 17 votes

Ingredients

For the Cookies

  • 3/4 cup smooth almond butter**
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup organic coconut sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Superfine Blanched Almond Flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • pinch sea salt

For the filling

  • 1/2 cup dairy free soy free chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
  • 1/4 cup smooth almond butter
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 F and line a 24 cup mini muffin pan with liners*
  2. In a large bowl, beat together the egg, almond butter, coconut sugar and vanilla until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the almond flour, baking soda and salt, then stir this mixture into the wet ingredients until fully combined. The dough will be thick and feel greasy due to the almond butter but this won't affect the cookies.
  3. Scoop the dough evenly between the 24 mini muffin cups, then use the back of a 1/2 tsp to make a dent in the center to form the "cups" as shown in the photo above.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until just set. The centers will puff up a bit while baking, so very lightly press them down again once removed from oven.
  5. While the cookies bake, put the chocolate chips and almond butter in a microwavable glass bowl and microwave in 25 second increments, stirring after each one, until melted and smooth. Stir in the vanilla once melted.
  6. To form the cookie cups, wait until the filling cools enough so it's the consistency of thick frosting, then spoon some into the center of each cookie cup. If the filling hardens too much while making the cups, simply microwave for 10-15 second and stir to soften it.
  7. The filling will cool to the consistency of fudge and the cups will be chewy. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*You could also lightly grease the cups with coconut oil - the liners make cleanup and removal so much easier though!
**A creamy, almost drippy almond butter will work best for this recipe - stir well before adding

Nutrition

Calories: 132kcal
Carbohydrates: 5g
Protein: 3g
Fat: 11g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 6mg
Sodium: 66mg
Potassium: 80mg
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 2g
Vitamin A: 190IU
Calcium: 47mg
Iron: 0.6mg

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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Reader Reviews & Comments

  1. Bethany @ athletic avocado says

    November 27, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    How cauteeee are these cookie cups! AB + chocolate is always a winning combo and so are cookies! Love how simple these are!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      November 28, 2016 at 7:12 am

      Thanks! Yup always a winning combo!

      Reply
      • Heidi says

        February 2, 2018 at 11:22 am

        Do you know the nutritional information on the almond butter chocolate cups? A friend has made these several times and we love them!!! Thank you!!!

        Reply
        • Michele says

          February 2, 2018 at 8:45 pm

          I can update the recipe to show nutrition, check back soon!

          Reply
        • Gretchen says

          March 7, 2018 at 7:08 pm

          5 stars
          I added these in my fitness pal the nutritional value is different. Mostly concerned about carbs. Any idea why?

          Reply
    • Saritha says

      December 21, 2018 at 11:47 pm

      5 stars
      Thank u so much for the recipe , I used sukrin gold brown sugar alternative to my dough, but nxt time ill add 1Tsp more, nd i added swerve confectioners and splenda combo to the chocolate fudgeplus a 1 teaspoon of coconut oil . winner. So happy with the results. Thanks much again

      Reply
  2. Camille says

    November 28, 2016 at 12:20 am

    Could they be filled with jelly and turned into thumbprints too?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      November 28, 2016 at 7:12 am

      Yup you could really put any filling in there!

      Reply
  3. Emily says

    November 28, 2016 at 2:27 am

    Chocolate and cookies? YES PLEASE!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      November 28, 2016 at 7:11 am

      Haha! Can’t go wrong 🙂

      Reply
  4. lindsay Cotter says

    November 28, 2016 at 10:34 am

    can’t go wrong with these! perfect holiday treats that no one will think are healthy but actually ARE! looooove

    Reply
  5. Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets says

    November 28, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    These are the perfect little vehicle to go from plate to hand to mouth in one fell swoop.

    The pictures are fantastic too.

    Reply
  6. Amanda @ .running with spoons. says

    November 29, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    I’m seriously loving all the almond on chocolate action going on here 😉 And can we please talk about that filling?! I’m dying over how fudgy it looks!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      November 29, 2016 at 7:51 pm

      And probably the simplest filling ever too!

      Reply
  7. Connie says

    December 9, 2016 at 2:17 am

    I made these delicious treats tonight and they turned out amazing! My husband loved them too. Thanks for the recipe and I look forward to trying more of your fabulous healthy treats.?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      December 9, 2016 at 1:38 pm

      Awesome! So glad you liked them 🙂

      Reply
  8. Linda says

    December 30, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    Can these be done with sun butter and something other than almond flour? My son is allergic to green nuts and was thinking perhaps I could use coconut flour.

    Reply
    • Linda says

      December 30, 2016 at 5:41 pm

      Oops.. meant tree nuts. Darn auto correct

      Reply
    • Michele says

      December 31, 2016 at 10:36 am

      I haven’t tried these with coconut flour but typically I halve the measurement, or sometimes add even less. I have a recipe for chocolate chip cookies using sunflower butter and coconut flour – https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/soft-paleo-chocolate-chunk-cookies-nut-free/ – you could try this for the cookie cup part of the recipe and then just sub sunbutter for the filling 🙂

      Reply
  9. Abby says

    January 10, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    Does it have to be Bob’s Red Mill almond flour?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 11, 2017 at 1:17 pm

      Any fine blanched almond flour will work well 🙂

      Reply
  10. robyn yoder says

    April 9, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    5 stars
    These are quick and delicious! I used xyla instead of coconut sugar and After I took them out I just put three chocolate chips in the middle while they were warm and then when softened swirled them together Thank you.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      April 11, 2017 at 6:12 am

      That sounds great!

      Reply
  11. Tammy says

    August 20, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    Oh my goodness! Thank you a million times over for this recipe! I just completed my third week eating a strict Paleo diet. I have a long way to go in my health and weight loss goals and was having a little tantrum today, focused on what I no longer eat. It was a real, pathetic, pity party!! I found these cookies on Pinterest and whipped them up quickly. I just enjoyed one and all feels right with the world again.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      August 21, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      Thrilled you liked these! And happy to help 🙂

      Reply
  12. Sarah says

    November 7, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Could you make these with a flax egg?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:36 am

      Yes I think that would work just fine!

      Reply
  13. Mirjana Simic says

    April 16, 2018 at 3:04 am

    5 stars
    Thank you for sharing these recipes.
    I loved them.
    I used almond and vanilla extract.,also, piping bag help me a lot filling up cookies!

    Reply
  14. Stephanie Cruz says

    October 30, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    Muito Obrigada por compartilhar esse conteúdo, amei seu blog e seu trabalho ! Parabéns , já favoritei e vou colocar em prática essa receita, irá me ajudar muito ! <3

    Reply
  15. Vanessa says

    February 4, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks for sharing! Do you use this chcocolate topping in anything else? Looks so good!

    Reply
  16. sharon George says

    April 21, 2019 at 7:23 pm

    I made these today with a twist; having no mini-cupcake liners or pans, I made them into choc chip cookies. Had to add about 1/2 TBS of avocado oil and one egg, as my almond butter was not thin enough. Mixed in choc chips and baked for 9 min. Best choc chip recipe I have found yet.

    Reply
  17. jane says

    June 10, 2019 at 8:53 am

    does the flour need to be superfine blanched? can you use regular almond flour?

    Reply

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