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…Infinite Life Fitness Recipe: Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups…

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Ok… Lets be honest. Who can resist those delectable little…peanut butter filled… chocolate capsules of deliciousness!??

I know that I have a HUGE weakness for things that include both peanut butter and chocolate.  So I had to find a way to create my own recipe but carried a healthier nutritional profile.

Ingredients

1 cup chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate BUT I suggest other baking chocolate)

2 tbsp. vanilla protein

2 tbsp. peanut butter (I used natural creamy peanut butter)

1/4 cup chocolate PB2 (you can also use the regular peanut butter flavor PB2.  This is what makes these “double chocolate” protein cups)

1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk


Directions:

  • Combine protein powder and PB2 into a mixing bowl.
  • Add almond milk and mix contents until smooth and creamy.
  • Add peanut butter and mix until thick and creamy.

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  • In a small sauce pan, melt the chocolate chips at low heat (stirring occasionally).
  • Add a small layer of melted chocolate to silicone baking cups (you can also use wax paper but silicon works best for this recipe). My layer is literally just enough to cover the bottom of the baking cup.  You do not want to add too much, just a few centimeters thick.
  • Place baking cups with chocolate into the freezer until hardened (this will take about 15 -20 minutes. Make sure they are sitting on a flat and even surface while in the freezer)
  • Take the baking cups out of freezer and add about 1/2-1 tbsp of peanut butter mixture into the chocolate cup. (DO NOT overfill the cup! Just enough for a small dollop of peanut butter protein mixture to sit in the middle of the cup)
  • Cover the peanut butter protein mixture with more melted chocolate. ( I add enough chocolate so that the peanut butter mixture is “hidden”.

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  • Place chocolate cups (with the added peanut butter protein mixture) to the freezer until hardened. (This will take about 30 – 45 minutes).
  • Remove chocolate cups from silicone baking cup (or you can leave them in the wax baking cups if you chose to use those) AND ENJOY!

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  • Keep these stored in the freezer until you are ready to eat them. I typically place the cups in a Tupperware container to help store them in the freezer.

 

Nutrients:

This recipe will make approximately 12 cups
Serving Size: 1 Peanut Butter Cup
Calories: 120
Fat: 8 g
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 8 g
Sugar: 5 g

Try these healthier peanut butter cup alternatives and let me know how you like them! Like stated above, you will want to keep them in the freezer until you are ready to eat them.  This will also allow them to last longer.

These are a great treat for you, your family, or even for your friends! I made these and took these to work and NO ONE was able to tell that they were not the “regular” peanut butter cups. You can get creative and add things to your cups. I prefer dark chocolate so that is what I decided to use instead of milk chocolate.  It is your treat so make it however you like!

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… White Chocolate & Raspberry Protein Muffins…

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I LOVE Quest bars… and I LOVE muffins.  I found a great way to mix them together for a yummy and healthy high protein treat!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup protein mix (about 50 grams or 1 heaping scoop)
8 grams Sugar free white chocolate pudding mix (you can use regular white chocolate pudding, it just raises the Calories and carbs for the muffins)
45 grams egg whites (I used a carton of egg whites but you can crack open a fresh egg and separate the yolk from the egg whites and use that as well)
50 grams plain Greek yogurt (for this recipe I used Fage 0% fat plain Greek yogurt)
40 grams fresh raspberries
1 tbsp honey (or you can use stevia or other sweeteners)
1/2 bar white chocolate raspberry quest bar cut into 3 pieces
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Directions:
  • Turn on over to 350 degrees
  • Mash/blend raspberries with yogurt then mix all ingredients besides quest bar together
  • Pour into greased muffin tins and insert 1 piece of quest bar in the cent
  • Bake 16-18 minutes

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You may have to be careful with how much protein you use for this recipe!

I have made them with 1st Phorm Whey (1 heaping scoop) and also Advocare Meal Replacement shakes (1 full package).

If the cupcake is moist in the center you will want to add MORE protein (or cut back slightly on the amount of egg whites you used).  Each protein will cook/bake differently.  You will have to slightly alter it to work for what you have (or you can purchase the kind of protein that I use) .

For icing I will mix in some plain Greek yogurt with honey and more crushed raspberries! This makes a light sweet “frosting” without all of the sugar and can serve as a healthy alternative.

Icing Ingredients:

1/2 cup 0% fat plain Greek yogurt

1 – 2 tsp honey (or another sweetener of your choice)

crushed raspberries

***You can also add coco powder to this to make it chocolate (add just chocolate and honey/sweetener to the plain Greek yogurt) ***

You can use frozen fruit BUT I prefer fresh fruit.  I personally think it taste better and holds up longer.  I would recommend storing these in your fridge (or freeze them so you can enjoy them as treats and this will allow them to last a lot longer!)

Check out this video which shows you how I create these amazing muffins:

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…infinite life fitness recipe: Protein Fudge…

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Working towards your health and fitness goals do not require you to completely sacrifice sweet treats.  Lets be honest…who doesn’t get a sweet tooth every now and then? And yes it can be hard to ignore those sweet cravings! So what do you do?

Instead of driving yourself crazy and trying to ignore the sweet cravings you should come up with healthy AND tasty alternatives for you have when you are needing something a little sweet.  Here is a treat that I personally love to make and usually keep in my freezer just in case I need to grab something sweet.

What you will need:

  • ¾ cup peanut butter (I use Skippy natural chocolate peanut butter)
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • 3 scoops vanilla protein powder ( I chose to use 1st Phorm Vanilla Whey. Depending on the brand of protein you may need to use less or more! You will have to adjust your recipe)

What you will do:

  • heat up coconut oil and measure out 1/4 cup
  • Place all of the above ingredients into a mixing bowl
  • mix ingredients until batter is thick and sticky (I added small amounts of almond milk to get the mixture to mix and blend. I literally just added a few tablespoons)
  • Once the batter is mixed place in a freezer safe container
  • spread batter evenly into container
  • place container in freezer and allow to freeze
  • once the batter is frozen cut into even squares and enjoy!

NOTE: I stored my protein fudge in the freezer.  If thawed out it will just become runny and not thick.  Keeping it in the freezer allows it to stay in the fudge chunks.  Even though it is frozen, the fudge is very easy to bite into and chew.  It is slightly chewy and VERY yummy!

You can get creative and toss in nuts, chocolate chips, or anything else that you would like.  But remember, adding those things increase the calorie, carbs, and fat macro nutrient content in this treat.  So you want to try to limit what you add to make sure to keep it as healthy as possible.

Like I stated before, this is a great treat to keep around the house to help subdue those sweet cravings you may get. This snack is packed with an amazing taste and is high in protein.

Mix. Freeze. and Enjoy! Let me know how YOUR version of this recipe turns out!

 

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…Legion Of Boom…

 

 

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“Legion of Boom”

A connected group of individuals who help, encourage, and fight for their fellow fitness brethren.

A group of people championing the ideas of pushing yourself past your limits and demanding excellence out of everything you do.

A group of people feeding into the power of being connected via some form of strength and desire to succeed.

A connected family progressing through the trial and tribulations that life may produce yet overcoming them ten fold and stronger than  yesterday.

A group of people never settling for meritocracy, but working together as one to uplift and motivate the fitness masses.

Never working alone…but as one unit…crushing goals and aspirations…navigating to that next level sh*t…

 

When you finally feel like you have found your purpose in life….BOOM

When you have a purpose to live for and fight for every singe day….BOOM

When camaraderie supersedes any means of selfishness or feeling alone….BOOM

Knowing that you are not alone on this road to success.  Even though you can not see those working just as hard as you, they are there every day grinding and pushing as hard as you RIGHT BESIDE YOU…BOOM

What does it mean for YOU to be apart of such a big movement?

Are you ready to join the Legion? 

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