We have a new favorite food and it’s not what you think. Well, ok, it is what you think, given that the title and photo in this post have given it away. Lately, I haven’t been able to make it through the Whole Foods checkout line without sneaking a package of those Justin’s white chocolate almond butter cups – have you had them? (This is not a sponsored post, btw).
So I thought – how hard would it be to make them at home? First we tried to make a vegan version w/ cacao butter – total fail. (points for trying though?). We ended up going the (much easier) route using organic white chocolate.
I got the idea to stir matcha – my green foodie food coloring of choice – into half of the melted white chocolate. I can’t put into words how amazing the combo of matcha + almond butter is. Just know that these had to be taken away from me.
- Over a double boiler on the stove (or a saucepan filled with a few inches of gently boiling water with a glass bowl on top), melt the chocolate and coconut oil together. Remove from heat, scoop half of the white chocolate mixture into a second bowl and whisk in the matcha until smooth. (Add as much matcha as you like - I like mine pretty matcha-ey).
- Prepare a mini muffin tin with paper liners. Add about 1 teaspoon of white chocolate into each cup, swirling it a little to coat the bottom completely. Chill in the freezer until set. (about 20 minutes). Tip: if your almond butter is on the oily side, pop it into the freezer to firm up and it'll be easier to scoop into the little cups.
- Scoop about ½ teaspoon almond butter into each cup and cover each with remaining chocolate. Freeze until set. (about 20 more minutes).
Wow these sound fantastic! I haven’t even had the Justin’s buttercups and I still want to try these immediately! Matcha is my jam.
These look beautiful. Can’t wait to try them!
These look unreal! I love matcha but have only ventured as far as putting it in my smoothies. I may have to whip up a batch of almond butter this weekend and try these out!
Match as food coloring?! Brilliant! These look so delicious and festive.
You are a matcha genius – these look super good. I’ve been working on a vegan white chocolate and I definitely can commiserate on the cacao butter version not working – vegan white chocolate is a toughy! Can’t wait to try the matcha and white chocolate combination!
Ha, thanks – we got the cacao to a good texture, they just tasted really funky – oh well, maybe next year 🙂
YUM! I bow down to your Matcha prowess!
Ha, thanks!
I never in a million years would have thought that combining almond and matcha would work, but hearing your raves makes me eager to try it!
Let me know what you think :). When we were in Japan, we ate matcha in every form (doughnuts, macarons, you name it). So I thought why not?
These look amazing! They would be such a good treat to put out for the holidays. I just have to figure out something to add to make some of them red…
Omg so cute~
These look delicious! Adding these to my “to cook” list asap!
Incredible. The color is perfect. I would love to learn to do it the same way as you do!!! Cupcakes are my biggest addiction. And their vegan version is a dream.
Boy or Boy you get points for these little babies. Sooooo clever with the matcha too.
ha, thanks Carol 🙂
If you need someone to take these off your hands, I’ll swoop in and rescue you! And then I’ll gain 10lbs because I’ll eat all of them at all once – they look too irresistible to put down.