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Coconut Butter Cups Recipe

June 6, 2012 by Katie Wells
Homemade Coconut Butter Cups Recipe

These coconut butter cups are similar to my coconut clusters, but slightly easier to make and without the coconut texture that many kids don’t like. They provide a lot of healthy fats and are a way to sneak some extra coconut into your kids’ diets.

Healthy Coconut Butter Cups RecipeIf you liked Reese’s cups in your pre real-food days (*ahem*) these are a good healthy substitute. They don’t taste exactly like Reese’s (no peanut butter or high fructose corn syrup) but are a good alternative.

We also sometimes bring these to events where there will be treats for the kids so that they have a healthier choice.

What You’ll Need

  • quality dark chocolate without soy (I like these and they are gluten, dairy, and soy free)
  • shredded coconut 
  • vanilla extract
  • coconut oil
  • stevia extract or raw honey
Homemade Coconut Butter Cups Recipe

Coconut Butter Cups Recipe

Katie Wells
Coconut butter cups are similar to peanut butter cups, but without the high fructose corn syrup or peanut butter. They are fun to make and a great, natural treat.
4.5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Dessert
Servings 12 +
Calories 257 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 TBSP vanilla extract
  • 3 TBSP coconut oil (divided)
  • 10 drops stevia extract (or to taste)
  • 1 lb dark chocolate

Instructions
 

  • In a blender or food processor, combine the shredded coconut, vanilla, 2 Tablespoons of the coconut oil, and the stevia extract and blend/pulse until thick and paste-like. It will eventually start to resemble the thickness of almond butter or coconut cream concentrate. Set aside.
  • In a double boiler or bowl on top of a small pot of boiling water, melt the chocolate with the remaining 1 Tablespoon of coconut oil. When melted, remove from heat.
  • Pour about 1 Tablespoon of the melted chocolate into the bottom of 12 muffin cups (silicon work best) and rotate the muffin cup to coat the sides (I haven't tried paper liners, but they might stick!). Make sure you only use about half of the chocolate mixture.
  • Put the cups in the freezer to harden quickly once you have coated the bottom and sides of the muffin cups. When hardened, take each out and scoop out about 1 Tablespoon of the coconut mixture into each cup and press down gently with the back of the spoon to flatten.
  • Cover the tops of the coconut mixture with more melted chocolate and put back into the freezer or refrigerator to harden.
  • Once completely firm, remove from the muffin cups (will probably need to dip the tray into hot water if using metal muffin cups) and store in an airtight container.

Notes

Fancy them up a bit by sprinkling with a little shredded coconut or chopped nuts while the top layer of chocolate is still melted. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1pieceCalories: 257kcalCarbohydrates: 24.6gProtein: 2.4gFat: 20.3gSaturated Fat: 15.9gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 17mgFiber: 4.2gSugar: 19.5g
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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder and CEO of Wellness Mama and Co-Founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (30 Comments)

  1. Valerie Caldas

    June 18, 2014 at 4:09 PM

    Hi there!
    I am just new to your site and have already made a body scrub and just put a batch of these tasty treats in the freezer. I am now looking into making the lotion bars. Love your site! Thank you all the super, healthy and surprisingly easy ideas!

    Reply
  2. Jessica

    May 29, 2014 at 3:25 PM

    I made these as soon as I read the recipe and really enjoy them. Although, they were much more time consuming than I originally thought they would be to make since I used mini muffin tins. Any ideas on how to speed this up while still using the mini muffin tins?

    I did use the paper muffin liners and they worked REALLY well. They peeled right off the cups without any issue whatsoever.

    Reply
  3. renee d

    October 7, 2013 at 12:50 PM

    these sound so great! should i be concerned about the silicone muffin pan? what type of chemicals are known to be emitted from it?

    Reply
  4. Wilma Bodrak

    July 18, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    I LOVE these….however, we live in the tropics and they tend to melt almost faster than we can eat them……any ideas on how to make them serve-able for more than 2-3 min.?

    Reply
    • Jen

      August 4, 2016 at 6:28 PM

      5 stars
      Store them in the refrigerator, or even the freezer. I have a friend who loves all his treats frozen.

      Reply
  5. angela

    August 27, 2012 at 12:38 PM

    I just made your coconut clusters yesterday and my husband and I love them!!! I really wanted my kids to like them so they’d get their daily coconut oil, but they didn’t really love them and I am thinking it is b/c of the texture, like you mentioned. So I am going to try these for the kids. I have been looking all over Amazon and searching the web for silicon mini muffin trays that have the ridges so they look like yours (Reeses!) I would love to know where you got yours or the brand. Everything has no ridges. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      August 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM

      I actually got them from Amazon, but a friend recently found some at a kitchen supply store in the mall.

      Reply
      • Kelley

        April 8, 2016 at 1:31 PM

        Could you please give the brand name for the silicone cups so I can order them please?

        Reply
        • Wellness Mama

          April 10, 2016 at 10:50 PM

          I can’t find the exact ones I ordered and there isn’t a name on them for me to check, but these are extremely similar and have the ridges https://www.amazon.com/Pantry-Elements-Silicone-Baking-Cupcake/dp/B00COWLXJ4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=wellnessmama-20&linkId=68aa0d54bdeac788d62d1abe08c6f0bf&language=en_US

          Reply
  6. Laelle Martin

    June 8, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    I also wonder what to substitute for stevia since it’s not something I’ve gotten into using yet.  Mostly because my husband really doesn’t like it.  

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      June 10, 2012 at 11:37 PM

      You could use honey, maple syrup, or even cane sugar instead.

      Reply
  7. Laelle Martin

    June 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    These look awesome!  Do you have a mini muffin cup that makes the ridges in them like in the photo?  You said you didn’t use paper with them, but searching online didn’t come up with any silicone muffin cups with ridges in them…  

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      June 10, 2012 at 11:37 PM

      I did… found them on Amazon a couple months ago…

      Reply
  8. Aimee

    June 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    Would a bit of almond butter be good too?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      June 7, 2012 at 12:35 PM

      Yep… you can actually fill them with almond butter…

      Reply
  9. Alex Koolhof

    June 6, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    mmm, I don’t have any stevia. I wonder if some honey or maple syrup would suffice as a sweetener.

    Reply
  10. Amy Stadler

    June 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM

    those look so YUMMY! i use to love reese’s peanut butter cups but i can’t eat milk chocolate anymore since it causes me to get migraines 🙁  but i still love my dark chocolate!  will definitely need to try these!

    Reply
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