Special Vegan Almond Cups with the Boy

 Been living with the boyfriend this week so it's taken me a while to get round to posting this but It's worth it, trust. Plus, I got a sue chef whilst making this awesome recipe..

The beau spooning out the vegan chocolate

Vegan Almond Butter, Banana, Maple cinnamon cups!

Ok every one loves (or should love) the classic Reeses combination of salty nutty peanut butter and sweet chocolate and I've seen a lot of home made and healthier versions around the food blog community. However, I wanted create something slightly special that wasn't just vegan chocolate and almond butter. So I added banana, raisins, cinnamon, and maple cinnamon contributing not just extra fucking fab-u-lous taste but extra fiber, potassium and slow releasing energy. Plus a fun little fact for you, bananas have levels of tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin -- the happy-mood brain neurotransmitter. There for bananas are believed to help with low moods and depression.

SO if your down make these you get chocolate and depression boosting tryptophan. Win win.

Special Vegan Almond Cups

Ingrediants
Bar of vegan chocolate
1/2 cup of almond butter
1 ripe banana
2 tbps of maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
hand full of raisins
large pinch of salt

The almond butter and chocolate I like to use

- Melt your chocolate over a double boiler or in a microwave (10 secs at a time)
- Line small cyclicone moulds or mini cup cake cases with the chocolate, smoothing it up the sides t
so it creates 'cups'. I used heart shaped moulds, cause I'm just that cute, and cup cake ones. Cover and leave in the fridge in set

- Mash your banana and fold into the almond butter along with the maple syrup, cinnamon, raisins and salt

- When the chocolate is set remove from molds and fill with nut butter mixture. decorate with sea salt crystals or flakes of vegan chocolate.

VOILAAA