Coconut Lemon Blueberry Protein Fudge Cups
This delightful coconut butter fudge is made with four raw, real-food ingredients. Its delicious, easy to make and marries together zesty and tropical to create one melt in your mouth dessert or healthy snack or treat that you won’t be able to stop eating!
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut butter, store bought or homemade recipe below in notes
- 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen and semi thawed
- 1/4 cup protein or collagen peptides powder
- 1 lemon zest - around 1 teaspoon
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- Additional lemon zest for decoration
- Pumpkin seeds for decoration
Instructions
- Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper cupcake liners or use a silicon muffin pan for easy removal.Melt the coconut butter by placing the jar into hot water.Once melted, add to a food processor along with the rest of the ingredients and blend until well combined.Drop heaped tablespoonfuls of the mixture into the cupcake liners and flatten with the back of a small spoon.Sprinkle on top some lemon zest and pumpkin seeds.Transfer to the fridge for a couple of hours to set.
Notes
Homemade Coconut Butter
If you are anywhere near the health food or fitness circles, you have no doubt heard of coconut oil by now. But have you ever heard of coconut butter? Oh my gosh is it good. It tastes like the most delicious, decadent, oh-so-bad-for-you treat. Except, it’s not. It’s actually good for you. In fact, coconut butter packs a boatload of benefits:
It’s rich in lauric acid, which boosts immunity and destroys harmful bacteria, viruses, and funguses.
It actually boosts your metabolism, which aids in weight loss and increases energy levels.
Its a superb ingredient for protecting and replenishing the hair and skin
It’s packed with healthy fats, so you feel full longer.
It’s full of essential amino acids, calcium, and magnesium.
Basically, coconut butter is just plain awesome.
It’s so creamy, buttery, naturally sweet and full of nutrients, and it’s hard to believe that this tasty Homemade Coconut Butter from Scratch is made with one ingredient! You may not know this, but a jar of high-quality coconut butter can be expensive.
Yes, that is one of the reasons that you should make you own - it’s unbelievably easy. Besides being incredibly good for you, coconut butter greatly enhances the creamy texture of desserts, smoothies, ice creams, fudge and hot beverages. Even a spoonful out of the jar is not a bad thing. 😊
Once you start using it, you'll find many other ways to sneak it into your diet.
Go here for the recipe: Homemade Coconut Butter
