04/27/2026
If you love chocolate as much as I do, you find a way to incorporate it into your meal plan without going crazy and overindulging.
Let's face it! Chocolate rice cakes only go so far!
I found a protein peanut butter cup recipe that hit the spot!
Just enough chocolate and peanut butter to satisfy the sweet tooth but still lower in calories than a candy bar.
A plus? It has 9 grams of protein!
Note: This recipe uses full size cupcake silicone liners. I reserved some of the ingredients and made 1 mini cup to experiment. I found it was just enough chocolate to satisfy me. I will be doing mini cups in the future.
PROTEIN PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
1 scoop Level 1 Protein
2 TBsp Natural Peanut Butter
2 TBsp flour
1/4 cup Jocko Molk
6 squares 85% Cacao Chocolate
Prepare the filling by combining all ingredients except the chocolate in a small bowl. Mix well.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl at 30 second increments until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Using a pastry brush, brush a thin layer of the chocolate in and up the sides of 6 silicone fullsize cupcake liners.
Freeze for 5 minutes.
(For a thicker chocolate layer, add another thin layer to the cups and freeze another 5 minutes.)
Remove the cups from the freezer and add the filling. Put enough filling into each cup to fill all 6.
Add a layer of the melted chocolate on top of the filling.
Freeze for 30-35 minutes.
Peell off the silicone cup and enjoy!!
Serving: Makes 6
Serving size: 1
Calories 115
Carbs 4 g
Fat 7 g
Protein 9 g
Karen's Healthful Tip:
Use any flavor of Level 1 Protein that you enjoy. In addition to vanilla, ice cream cookie, chocolate milkshake and salted peanut butter sound like great alternatives.
The same goes for Jocko Molk. I used vanilla but chocolate and even sweet cream coffee sound delicious.