I recently had the opportunity to preview a delicious dessert cookbook created by Jesse Lane Wellness – Healthy Dairy-Free Desserts.
I have a pretty significant sweet tooth and I am happy to report that these desserts do not taste “healthy” and are satisfying and indulgent. This whole ebook is pretty fantastic if you are looking for some awesome new dessert recipes and I am so pleased to have an opportunity to share one of my favourite recipes with you – Healthy Pea(not) Butter Cups.
I have borderline unhealthy love for all things peanut butter and chocolate so obviously this recipe stood out immediately as the first one I had to try. It doesn’t use peanut butter but instead features school-friendly sunflower seed butter. Trust me, sunflower seed butter tastes just like peanut butter; not like how everyone tried to convince me that almond butter tastes just like peanut butter – it doesn’t, it tastes like almonds.
This recipe also calls for carob to create the chocolate shell but when I made them I substituted raw cacao powder. It really gave it a dark chocolate flavour which I further accentuated with a sprinkle of sea salt on top of each cup. Salty, sweet and amazing!
Healthy Pea(not) Butter Cups
Healthy Pea(not) Butter Cups melt in your mouth and are a million times better than the processed sugar laden version. They have a creamy sunflower seed butter center that is nestled in a stevia sweetened carob shell. If you have never tried sunflower seed butter or carob, you will find that they are a match made in heaven.
Prep time: 10 minutes | Chill Time: 2 hours | Serving Size: 6 large or 12 small butter cups
Carob Shell Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup carob, sifted (I used cacao)
- 15 drops liquid stevia (add a few extra if you prefer things to be a bit sweeter)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Sunflower Seed Filling Ingredients:
- 3 Tbsp sunflower seed butter
- 1 1/2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1-3 Tbsp coconut flour
- 1/4 tsp powdered stevia
- Pinch salt
Directions:
- To make the carob shell, whisk the melted coconut oil, carob powder, stevia and vanilla together in a small bowl.
- Pour a third of the carob shell mixture into a muffin pan lined with paper or silicone liners and place in the freezer to set.
- While the base is hardening, make the filling by stirring together the sunflower seed butter, nutritional yeast, 1 Tbsp coconut flour, stevia and salt. Depending on the consistency of the sunflower seed butter you are using, add additional coconut flour until the filling becomes a wet dough.
- Remove the muffin pan from the freezer and roll the filling into balls. Place a ball into each base and flatten it into a smooth disk.
- Top with the remaining carob shell mixture and freeze for 2 hours to set.
- Store in the freezer in an air tight container and serve cold.
Do you want to have your cake and eat it too? Now you can!
Jesse Lane Wellness Cookbook: Healthy Dairy Free Desserts contains over 30 holistically delicious dessert recipes (with stunning images) that you can enjoy guilt-free! All of the unique recipes are nutritionist approved, made with whole food ingredients and do not contain any soy, dairy, white flour or processed sugar. Jesse Lane Wellness Cookbook: Healthy Dairy Free Desserts also contains a guide to healthy baking substitutes and alternative sugars, so you can learn how to turn your family favourites into healthy desserts.
For only $7.99, you receive:
- Over 30 unique dairy free dessert recipes created by Holistic Nutritionists
- A delicious cookbook with colorful, vibrant pictures for every recipe
- Tips on when to enjoying dessert
- Guide to sugar alternatives – what they are and how to use them
- Guide to healthy baking substitutes
- 49 full-colour pages of deliciousness
Buy your copy of Jesse Lane Wellness Cookbook Healthy Dairy Free Desserts for less than the price of two fancy gluten-free cupcakes by following this link.
Here is what people are saying about the book:
It is hard to find healthy desserts so this book was a lifesaver! So many good choices to keep my sweet tooth happy and no guilt involved! – Sharon Otness
Purchase your copy today and enjoy delicious dairy free desserts guilt-free.
Jesse Lane Lee, BSc, CNP is a cheerful Holistic Nutritionist, motivating speaker, cookbook author and wellness writer. She is the founder of JesseLaneWellness.com, a web based holistic nutrition practice and holistic recipe resource. Jesse Lane is a recovering sugar-a-holic. After suffering from candida, she started eating homemade sweets that were made with alternative sweeteners. Jesse Lane had so much fun creating healthy dairy free dessert recipes, that she started writing them down so she could share with you in her cookbook. She is a co-author of The Holistic In the City 21 Day Smoothie Guide , Jesse Lane Wellness Healthy Dairy Free Desserts and has contributed to recipes to KrisCarr.com, MindBodyGreen.com and Get Naked in the Kitchen: Healthy Recipes That Are Proud To Bare It All.
You can connect with Jesse Lane on Facebook or Instagram @jesselwellness. Whenever you make one of her recipes, take a picture and tag @jesselwellness!
Website: http://www.jesselanewellness.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JesseLWellness
Instagram: http://instagram.com/jesselwellness
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/JesseLaneWellnesscom
eBook: http://www.jesselanewellness.com/dairy-free-desserts/
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