Sometimes a good peanut butter cookie needs a little upgrade -- like turning it into a crumbly peanut butter cookie cup, topped with warm gooey mini marshmallows, and a few decadent chocolate chips, ya know? Well, friends, if you feel you're ready for such an upgrade, I'd like to introduce you to these gluten-free vegan s'mores peanut butter cookie cups {warning: highly addictive!}.
Note: this recipe is from before I went totally refined sugar-free.
S'mores Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
All the goodness of s'mores, minus the campfire! These peanut butter cookie cups are the perfect setting for the gooey marshmallow and chocolate center.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12 cookies
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients
Cookie Cup:
- 2 tbsp coconut oil, liquified
- 2 tbsp maple syrup, at room temperature
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- dash of salt
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 3 tbsp tapioca flour {or arrowroot, etc.}
Topping:
- ⅓ cup mini marshmallows {I used mini dandies vegan marshmallows}
- 2-3 tablespoon mini chocolate chips {I used non-dairy chocolate chunks}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Oil a non-stick mini muffin pan and set aside.
- Place coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, peanut butter and salt into a mixing bowl and use an immersion blender to combine everything into a smooth mixture {or mix well by stirring with a wooden spoon -- though blending is much faster}.
- Add coconut flour and tapioca and mix everything together with a wooden spoon {or use your hands} until mixture is well-combined.
- Divide this mixture evenly between the 12 mini muffin cups in the tray. Press mixture down with your hands to form little cups {lining the walls and base of the pan}.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes, until edges begin to turn golden. Remove from oven but keep it running. Top each cookie cup with 2-3 mini marshmallows and a few chocolate chips. Return back to the oven and warm for another 3-4 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool for about 10 minutes prior to removing them from the pan. Enjoy!
- Optional: use a blow torch or place the pan under the broiler in your oven for a minute or so if you like your marshmallows really toasted.
Sophie says
I made your tasty treats & loved every bite! So delicious too! x
★★★★★
Audrey says
Awesome -- thanks so much Sophie! So glad you loved them :)
vegetarianmamma (Cindy) says
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays Party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! :) I can't wait to see what you share next time!
-Cindy
Kay says
not to "change" up an already amazing recipe-but do you think you could perhaps replace some or all of the tapioca for cocoa powder to make chocolate cookie cups??
Audrey says
Hi Kay, I haven't tried that yet, but that's a great suggestion and I think that would work well! If you try it out before I do, I'd certainly love to hear how it goes :)
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance says
This is the best version of a peanut butter cookie I've ever seen. I am such a sucker for s'mores so naturally I'm swooning over this!
Audrey says
Thanks so much, Christina! I absolutely share your sentiments on these ;)
P.S. So sorry for the super late response here. I just discovered my site has been throwing a whole lot of genuine comments into the spam folder and I just noticed them all in there today, yours included! : /