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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

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This Homemade Peanut Butter Cups is a PCOS-friendly recipe.

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Your friends and family will flip over Paula Deen's Homemade Peanut Butter Cups! Easy to make and even better than the store-bought kind
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Line the mini muffin pans with miniature muffin liners.

  2. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or in a glass bowl set over a simmering saucepan of water (make sure that the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water).

  3. Spoon 1 teaspoon melted chocolate into bottom of each cup of the miniature muffin pan. Let cool.

  4. Using a hand held electric mixer, beat together the peanut butter, butter, graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and salt until completely mixed.

  5. Press 1 teaspoon peanut butter mixture over chocolate, pressing to edges of cup. Spoon melted chocolate over peanut butter to cover. Repeat procedure with remaining chocolate and peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to set up.

Why this Homemade Peanut Butter Cups works for PCOS

Lunch is where most PCOS meal plans either succeed or collapse. A meal like this Homemade Peanut Butter Cups that combines adequate protein, fibre-rich carbs, and fat keeps blood sugar stable for the rest of the workday and reduces the late-afternoon energy crash that drives sugar cravings around 3-4pm.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, this Homemade Peanut Butter Cups recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.

Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.

This recipe can be part of a structured PCOS meal plan. For a complete weekly plan tailored to your PCOS type, take our free 60-second quiz at pcosmealplanner.com/pcos-quiz to get a personalized 7-day meal plan.

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