Earth Day Peanut Butter Cups – these vegan chocolates a tasty and colorfully fun way to celebrate Earth Day, while doing what we can to keep our planet healthy and vibrantly colorful! Kid friendly recipe!
recipe originally published April 22, 2011
Earth Day Peanut Butter Cups
Happy Earth Day!
I like to think that many of us think of Earth Day as every day, and we simply use Earth Day itself to raise awareness.
The Earth Day Network has a goal of A Billion Acts of Green, and it got me thinking of what I can do above and beyond what I already do, today and ongoing.
I am happy to live in an area where recycling has always been the norm. Back in college I was vacationing in… three southern states, and remember being shocked at the lack of recycling – even of the basics like aluminum cans and newspaper. It’s a huge eye opener, and I shudder to think one day we will have a real life Idiocracy on our hands, with mountains of landfill.
I could go on and on about how the foreshadowing of Idiocracy is frightening, but that is a whole other blog…
Easy Kid Friendly Recipe Hack:
Step One: Buy dairy free / vegan friendly peanut butter cups, like our favorites here.
Step Two: Frost with the blue and green colors, as usual.
Earth Day Pledges:
- walking to meet my sister for dinner this evening.
- spending very little time on the computer today, television will be off.
- spend much of my time outdoors to take advantage of natural light and conserve our electricity.
- continue planning our annual vegetable garden – I hope to be planting soon.
beneficial everyday habits:
- bring reusable bags to the grocery store.
- eat vegan (anyone can do it, even Meatless Monday helps a great deal!).
- reducing our paper product consumption, using cloth towels, etcetera.
- make vegan chocolate peanut butter cups!
Step By Step Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
first layer chocolate, all the way up the sides:
second layer peanut butter, almost to edges:
third layer, white chocolate covering completely:
unwrapped:
Earth Day Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients
Instructions
- Melt chocolate in double boiler.
- Fill candy cups 1/3 full, coating the inside edges of the wrapper to the top. Cool in fridge until set (15 minutes).
- Spread a spoonful of peanut butter almost to the edge.
- Melt white chocolate, reserving 1/3 for final step.
- Spoon white chocolate over peanut butter layer, smoothing and covering completely. Return to fridge to cool (15 minutes).
- Separate remaining white chocolate into two bowls, coloring one green and one blue. For the last layer, swirl greens and blues to make earth shapes.
Notes
dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan
Recommended Products
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365 Everyday Value, Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips, 12 Ounce -
King David Vegan Lactose-Free Non-dairy Kosher White Chocolate Flavored Chips 8.8-ounce Bags (Pack of 4) -
Classic Peanut Butter by Justin's, Only Two Ingredients, No Stir, Gluten-free, Non-GMO, Responsibly Sourced, 16oz Jar -
Chefmaster Liqua-gel Food Coloring (12 Pack) 20ml Liquid Gel Food Dye Set, Vegan & Kosher Food Coloring, 12 Vivid Food Colors for Easter Eggs, Drink Coloring, Slime Coloring & Fondant Coloring -
Justin's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups , 1.4 Ounce (Pack of 12)
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
14Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 94 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 63mg Carbohydrates: 7g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 9g Protein: 4g
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Arman @ thebigmansworld says
YOU DID NOT PIMP UP THESE CUPS.
You did. Respect.
Kristina Sloggett says
yup. did so.
Kelly @ TastingPage says
Love this! You’re so creative making this perfect treat for Earth Day. I love it!
Kristina Sloggett says
THANK YOU Kelly! these are definitely a fun project.
Dorene says
Love the idea. Where do you find the papers to use. They are obviously smaller then cupcake papers.
spabettie says
hi Dorene, for all of my peanut butter cups I use these short candy wrappers. I find these in the candy making section at Michaels, a craft store in our area. (all craft stores with candy/baking sections should have something similar?)
Paulina says
these are TOO cute!! you are talented, these are actual maps on there!
spabettie says
thank you! these are so fun to make, I have some unique flavors coming up for Valentines…
Ari says
very inventive, I love the realism. every day should be earth day <3
Ada C says
wow, these are beautiful! I love the detail, they ARE Earths! very realistic, I love them!
Jack says
these are TOO cute! so creative, and I love that you can pull off dairy free and they still taste and look good! great job!
recycle says
What are you doing for Earth Day? Check out this video of Earth Day tip advisers I saw on YouTube and you might just learn a thing or two from them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdRz5L1TP8
G CLark says
I love the cakes!!! Never really got the idea of Earth Day but it has produced some amazing images. I found this great video of our planet! Hope it will inspire you to do your share to keep it this way!
Here is the link to the video:
http://thewritefuture.typepad.com/the-write-future/2011/04/earth-day-2011.html
Also some great pictures at National Geographic today
spabettie says
thanks for sharing the video – it’s beautiful!!
Tiffany @ Simply Shaka says
You are so frickin adorabe with those pb cups!!! Did Basil get a doggie friendly one? 🙂
For me, I don’t turn on the lights unless I have to. I love it staying lights out longer so I can leave the lights off when I go to work and don’t have to turn them on until 7P or so.
spabettie says
aren’t they fun? Basil had plenty of peanut butter as I was making these… 😉 I love having natural light instead of using indoor lighting too! our current house has two great skylights for that, but some weirdly placed windows, so sometimes I find myself in the dark! 😀
bunkycooks says
If we all made these types of pledges, the world would be a better place. Hope you had a great Earth Day and I love the peanut butter cups. Very festive!
spabettie says
yes, I agree, Gwen! nobody should ever think the small things do not add up – they definitely do! have a great week!!
Meg says
These are ADORABLE! Happy Easter to you and Basil!!!
spabettie says
happy Easter to you and Cara too!! <3
Miri Leigh says
SO creative! These look delicious and and so cute! Nice job!
spabettie says
thank you!! they were really fun to make.
spabettie says
thanks, Miri!
Tami says
So Cute!! I saw them on TasteSpotting. 🙂
spabettie says
Hi Tami! thank you, and thanks for stopping by and saying hello! have a great week!
Heather @ kissmybroccoli says
How cute! I love how you made each one actually look like North & South America! Where do you get your short paper cups? I hate using the big ones when I’m not making cupcakes.
I live in the south as you know and it really is amazing how many people are in the dark about recycling. I actually just started recycling in the last year when I canceled my trash pick up. Now I just run by the trash/recycling center on my way to work!
spabettie says
yeah, I tried… some look better than others, but they were fun to make and everyone loved them! 😀 the short paper cups I found at my local specialty baking and candy shop – I bet they can be found in the candy supply at Michaels or another craft store?
recycling – yeah… the three states I visited in college included Tennessee and Virginia… it really blew me away that they threw away their newspaper!
Christin@purplebirdblog says
Ahhhhhhhhh I love them!! Tasty AND cute!! Seriously SO CUTE!! I love all your Earth Day ideas! I’ve been working on using less plastic baggies and more reusable containers. And I can’t wait till we move because I will be instituting a garden again… I miss growing veggies so much!
spabettie says
the earths were VERY fun to make! 😀 and YES to gardening!! I can’t wait to start mine this year!! I hope you have a fantastic week, my friend!! XXO!