Fast & Easy Sugar Free Peanut Butter Fat Bombs

I’m sure you have all seen posts about all the amazing benefits to coconut oil?  While coconut oil may be the “trendy” thing right now, I’m buying in!  I love it!  Not only do a cook and bake with it, but I also use it to remove my makeup, slather it on my skin and use it as a carrier for essential oils!  This recipe with satisfy a sweet tooth while giving you a healthy dose of coconut oil goodness!

This recipe came to me after making chocolate treats with coconut oil!  I’m SUPER sensitive to caffeine, sensitive so I absolutely cannot have chocolate before bedtime, but I love sweet treats in the evening!     Enter the peanut butter fat bombs!

This recipe is SUPER flexible – so you could easily use any type of nut or seed butter or protein powder!   I choose unsweetened peanut butter (just peanuts – no extra sugars, oils or salts) due to trying to cut out all excess sugars in my diet and my protein powder is stevia sweetened! 

Dairy & Sugar Free – Peanut Butter Fat Bombs!

1/4 + 2 TBSP cup coconut oil

1/4 cup unsweetened peanut butter (or nut/seed butter of choice)

1 scoop vanilla protein powder (my favourites are SunWarrior& LeanFit)*

1 tsp vanilla extract (caramel extract is yummy too!)

3 drops of NuNatural vanilla stevia (optional)

Sprinkle of salt (optional)

Silicone  moulds or you could spread onto parchment paper for a slab piece.

 

While getting ingredients ready, put small pot on the stove on high.  Let the pot get nice and warm and remove from heat.   Add in ingredients and stir until smooth and fully melted together!

Pour into silicone moulds or as an alternative use a cookie sheet with covered parchment paper and pour mixture onto parchment – spreading it out to desired thickness.   Place into freezer and let sit for 3 hours or until it has hardened.   If you used the moulds – pop the fat bombs out and place into a ziplock baggie in the freezer.   If you used the parchment paper – break into pieces and store in a ziplock baggie in the freezer.

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My kiddo LOVES these & they are such a great source of fat and protein for their growing bodies! I also find for myself they really satisfy my cravings for sweets and I only need 1 or 2 to get to happily satisfied!

Swaps and Alternatives!

Of course you could use any nut or seed butter you have!  There shouldn’t be any issue with the swap! Tahini is what I’ll be trying next time!

Feel free to add sweetener of your choice ~ honey or maple syrup would be awesome.   The amount will depend on your protein powder’s sweetness!

Don’t have protein powder or want chocolate?   You could easily take out the protein powder and add a tablespoon or 2 of cocoa powder!  Get creative – this recipe is very forgiving!

Did I mention this recipe is FAST and easy to whip together?  If you know where all your ingredients are – I’d guess it will take you less than 5 minutes!  So find that coconut oil and get on it!

Hope you enjoyed this and please let me know what else you’d like to see from Dairy Free Betty! 

 

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Dairy Free Snack Ideas

Well hello,

I know one thing I’m always on the hunt for is great snack ideas.  I have a few guidelines for them too, now that I’m a busy mom of a crawling little monster – they have to be quick & healthy! 

 

Here is my current list;

Ants on a log (can sub almond butter, sunflower seed butter, hummus?)

Raw Pies

          - my favorite – banana lemon pie

Hummus with crackers and veggies;

              - Artichoke Hummus

              - Curried Hummus w/raisins

              - Dessert Hummus 

Great cracker recipes

            - Endurance Crackers (Oh She Glows) I LOVE these!

Energy Balls

             -2 Minute protein balls

              -Step by step energy balls

             -Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

             -Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls (guest post)

Trail mix (my favorite is chocolate chips, dry roasted soy beans, craisins and matcha pumpkin seeds)

Apples or other fruit with dip

           -Caramel Apple

           - Cashew Cream

Muffins or Loaves

             -Healthy Banana Bread

             - MY FAVORITE Mom’s Muffins (they take some time to make but makes 45 muffins which freeze awesome!)

             - Smitten Kitchen’s AMAZING zucchini bread – I’ve made this recipe many times, it’s a keeper (and it makes two glorious loaves!) I have subbed apple sauce for oil before and it worked out great!

Kale Chips

          - with a cheesy coating

          - another cheesy coating

Smoothies

           - Creamsicle Smoothie

           - Smoothie Madness (includes funky monkey, Cake Batter, Green Monster, Pina Colada and Hot (Pink) Date)

            - Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie (from Happy Herbavoire) 

Frozen banana

          -Slice banana in 1 inch rounds sandwich with peanut/almond butter and dip in chocolate – freeze!  (YES!)

          - Banana Soft Serve (with bonus recipes for dairy free chocolate and caramel sauce!)

Hard Boiled Eggs

Dairy Free Nuts and Bolts

Pita, English Muffin or Tortilla Pizzas

Fruit and Brownie Kebabs

Pudding & Yougerts

     -chia pudding (step by step guide from choosing raw!)

    -chocolate avocado pudding

    - How to make your own dairy free yougert – super easy!   (Oh She Glow’s link)

A little more sinful – Peanut butter cups, fruit and nut bark, marshmallow snowflakes and chai tea candied nuts! 

From Facebook 

Holly from My Plant Based Family (one of my new fav blogs!) says “I love hummus, Parfait's with non-dairy yogurt, avocado mousse, potatoes, frozen no bites, dry roasted edamame, fruit and nut butter...”

 

Do you have any other suggestions?  Feel free to leave a comment here or on facebook! And as always – feel free to PIN AWAY – there is a new PIN IT button just above the title of each post!

Jessica

My Healthy Surprise!

 

Sorry for long time no post!   Being 37+ weeks preggo is taking more out of me than thought! I am enjoying it though and getting very excited!! I have been cooking lots but always other people’s recipes – because I don’t have the energy to mess around with creating!  If you follow me on facebook I’ve been sharing lots of info there!

Speaking of facebook – I saw a little side bar pop up with an advertisement for Healthy Surprise! Looking around their website I was super excited to see that this company not only ships to Canada (and the US), but they provide dairy free, vegan, gluten free, soy free natural snacks & even better, they show up at your door step!  What more could you ask for!?

I emailed the company questioning if they provided free shipping to Canada on their 2nd size box – much to my surprise, the shipping for the box is only $5 extra to get to Canada! YES! 

The company sent me out a trial package of the “Healthy Box” size to check it out!

I was floored by what I received!

The box arrived very quickly – within a few days and was HUGE!

(it was packaged nicer than this, but I couldn’t help but take a sneak peak before taking pictures)

The top layer included so many tasty treats – all full servings packages – not just sample packs.

The second layer had even more goodies.

All together now…  what I really loved is it was a good mix between sweet and savory snacks!

This box normally costs $66 and is well worth the $ – especially when you think a bag of kale chips is typically around $6 per bag (in my neck of the woods at least!)

Check out this quick video for more info on how it works!

Plus one of my favourite features (besides the fact they ship to Canada!) is that they have a 100% Money Back  Guarantee if you are not happy!

While I haven’t gotten around to tasting everything yet (a lot of it’s packed for the hospital!) everything I have tried so far has been SUPER fresh and tasty!   My favorites (so far) being Skinny Crips, and Hall Merry Chocolate Macaroons!

I don’t know about you, but it’s SO refreshing to have a whole bunch of snacks stacked up in the cupboard that I know I can eat without getting sick!   They have 3 different options for their box sizes as well, check it out – 2 of the 3 offer free shipping (+ $5 for Canada).  Plus there is an option to send it as a gift!! (How awesome would that be to receive?!)

I am overly impressed with this company on many levels and while I received this box free of charge, my opinion is 100% my own.

I highly recommend checking these guys out if you are looking for quality (dairy free) snacks for yourself, your family or anything else!  Check out their website for all the details. 

 

The search for safe dairy free snacks is over & can be delivered directly to your door – it doesn’t get much better than that!!

 

If you’d like more info on any of the individual snacks I received please let me know. 

 

Jessica