Paleo recipe: Almond butter cups

This weekend, we’re holding a Halloween party for about 20 close friends and family. Although we are really looking forward to seeing everyone, we’re struggling a little bit with the menu. See, of the 20 people coming, this is the breakdown of their eating habits:

1 diabetic
4 paleo
5 gluten-free (counting the 4 paleos)
2 vegetarians
1 peanut allergy

So of course, there’s no way we could get by with serving a pizza, or a 6-foot sub, or even pre-made appetizers from the big box store. We’ve had to simplify things quite a bit (lots of fresh veggies, plus a few dishes each person can eat), and have come up with a menu of snacks that should tide everyone over nicely.

The biggest challenge we had was with dessert, especially with the gluten-free/paleo folks. When I found this recipe online, I knew it was the perfect choice. It’s gluten-free and peanut-free, but loaded with rich chocolate and almond butter. If you decide to try it, I hope you’ll let us know hw it came out in the comments!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 1/2 cup almond butter

1. On very low heat, melt chocolate chips in a sauce pan or double boiler.
2. With a clean/unused paint brush, paint melted chocolate into candy molds.
3. Put in the freezer for 10 minutes.
4. Fill hardened chocolate molds with almond butter.
5. Paint chocolate over the top to cover the almond butter.
6. Place in freezer for 10 minutes or until completely hardened.
7. Carefully “pop” candy out of molds.

Enjoy!

Recipe via The Food Lovers Primal Palate