Delicious vegan peanut butter and jelly cups made with just 8 ingredients. These chocolate treats are so versatile, gluten-free, no-bake and easy to make.
Add the frozen berries, superfine sugar, and lemon juice to a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring often to ensure the berries don’t stick to the bottom of the pan. Lastly, add the cornstarch and whisk well, cook for another 3 minutes while continuously whisking. Set aside to cool to room temperature for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, line a muffin tray with 8 muffin cases.
Finely chop the chocolate and add it to a heat-resistant bowl. Place the bowl on top of a saucepan that is about ¼ ways filled with simmering water (bain-marie). Stir the chocolate with a rubber spatula every so often to melt it evenly.
Add one tablespoon of melted chocolate to each muffin case, and swirl the case so that the chocolate comes up around and coats the edges. Place in the fridge to set for at least 15 minutes.
Add the peanut butter and powdered sugar to a bowl and mix using a spoon until smooth. Add approximately a tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture into each chocolate cup and smooth it out with the back of a spoon. Top with 1-2 teaspoons of the cooled jam mixture and smooth it out evenly with a spoon.
Reheat the remaining melted chocolate if needed before pouring it over the jam layer of the chocolate cups.
Place them back in the fridge to set completely for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt before serving.
Storage instructions
Keep them in an airtight container and refrigerate them for up to a week. You can also freeze them and defrost them at room temperature for an hour before serving.
Notes
Swap the chocolate out for some vegan white chocolate for a delicious twist on this recipe.
You can technically use any nut butter you have at home in your pantry. Cashew butter and almond butter work really well, even some homemade vegan Nutella if you have a batch to hand.
Sunflower seed butter or tahini make a great alternative to peanut butter if you’re avoiding nuts or have a peanut allergy.