Well, Fern2340, you started a craze!! These things are awesome!!! I finally made some today and I was in hog heaven! Next time I am going to try crunchy no sugar pb. Or almond pieces....or hazlenuts......or macadamias!! Endless ideas on these! You are a genius! You have saved me! I used Arrowhead Mills Valencia Peanut Butter - purchased at my local Low Carb Mall Store.

These are really great! I added 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut (shredded) to mine, and ommitted the nuts. They tasted like nanaimo bars. Soooooooo Good!!! Gail

been trying to find unsweetened coconut

i usually order groceries online so i can never find a store that has it unsweetened. this week i'm going to go hunt some down. i think i can probably find some at trader joes.

can't wait.

i added a 1/4 cup choclate SF davinci syrup
and a 1/4 cup amaretto SF davinci syrup mmmmmmm

flyrite

Hi Flyrite!
I buy my coconut at a health food store. Good luck. Gail

Wow! These are great.

On my first attempt, I used salted butter and that was too salty (even with unsalted peanut butter). I like them much better with unsalted butter. I also like my chocolate rather sweet, so I added more sweetener. I made 12 cups. These are so rich that a little goes a long way.

I have heard wonderful things about these peanut butter cups but do have one problem. I'm trying to stay away from chocolate and am wondering if carob chips could be used as a replacement. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have found unsweetened coconut at Kroger's. Hope that helps someone.

Tig

Hi! I just made a barch of these tonite..I keep them in the freezer and endulge when I am craving something special. As for using carob, my guess is that it would work very well. You may have to play around with the splenda to get the sweetness right.
Good luck, Gail!

how many packets of splenda are in 1/3 cup. im gonna make thepeanut butter cups.

errr... i dunno about that question, i know the packets are twice as sweet as the granular... the granular measure like sugar
personally... id run out and get some granular splenda, in the box!
tammy

thanks tammy, the store is half hour away so i guess i will have to wait. all i have is the splenda packets. so maybe ill just start emptiny them in a measureing cup or something i dunno

The packets are sweeter because they don't have as much bulking agent (or hidden carbs) as the granular Splenda... if they are indeed twice as sweet, I guess you could empty packets into a measuring cup till you had 1/6 of a cup (or half of the 1/3 cup measure) I'm not sure how that would effect the recipe overall though, you might ask in the kitchen section (I would try in Karen's Corner, I bet SHE would know.....)

how many packets of splenda do i use to make up the 1/3 cup of splenda. im getting ready to make some but dont want to overdo it.

also how many carbs and such are in this recipe?

thanks.

Here's the link on converting sweetener packages to pourable sweetners:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...ight=sweeteners

The carb count is in the PB Cup thread, and here's the link to it:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...6890#post466890

Karen

It's printed on the box and on each packet .... one packet = 2 tsp sugar.

1/3 cup of bulk sweetener is 16 teaspoons (there are 48 tsp per cup). So you'd use 8 packets.


hth,

Doreen

Where can I find this recipe?