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Chocolate Almond Butter

January 31, 2012 By Jennifer @ PB and P Design 24 Comments

Hi Everyone!

This was the first month I participated in the Foodie Penpal program sponsored by the Lean Green Machine.  Basically what you do is swap foodie items with another person that your linked up to.  For me I had to send my items to Christine at Oatmeal in my Bowl.  Check her site out to see what goodies I sent.  Hope she liked them!

For me, I received my goodies from Maureen from Organically Mo.  She sent me the items I love from Trader Joe’s and she wrote the nicest card.  I love all my gifts.  I took my Granola to work to munch on, and my dogs love the treats.  Their kind of a Trader Joe’s fan too!  She also did the cutest thing, taped Justin’s Nut Butter to a Jar of Roasted Red Peppers, he he, to represent my name.  After looking at that I thought, I picked a funny name.  I loved it!  I used the peppers already and I have the nut butter in my purse for emergencies!  You know you should always keep a hidden stash of peanut butter!!!  Thank you Maureen for the goodies!

Anyone can participate in the Food Penpals program, and you don’t need a blog to join!!  If you interested here’s some information below.


-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal! 
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month. 

*Breaking news! This month we’re going to do a trial run for our Canadian friends. I’m still not exactly sure how it will work with shipping costs and stuff for you guys up North, but if you’re willing to give it a try for a month and provide me with some feedback, that would be awesome! Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!

If you’re interested in participating for February, please send  an email to Lindsay at [email protected] and include the following information:
-Your full name
-Your email address
-Your blog name/address
-Your twitter handle (if applicable)
–WHETHER YOU ARE A US RESIDENT OR CANADIAN RESIDENT. – this is SUPER important so I can get you on the right list!

The Lean Green machine will need to hear from you by February 4th as pairings will be emailed on February 5th!

This weekend I was at Trader Joe’s and I kept on seeing that Chocolate Almond Butter and I debated about buying it and then I thought why not make it?  I like my nut butters way better then the stores, so this weekend I did it and I am so happy I did!  I love it!!  Another one of my new addictions!

If you haven’t made a nut butter yet, you must!  Do it now!!  Once you make your own, you’ll never buy store bought again, I promise!!  Matter in fact this week, Target has nuts on sale, so check it out!!!  It’s cheaper than buying a jar of nut butter!!

What I did was make my normal Almond Butter and right at the end I added about 1 oz of dark chocolate.  It’s not that much chocolate, so next time I may add more.  But this Almond Butter has the wonderful almond taste with a chocolate after taste.  The chocolate I used was Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Pounder Bars.  This is the best dark chocolate, it’s creamy and smooth and melts like a dream.  Way better then using chips!  So if you want a GOOD chocolate check out the big red pounder bars from TJ’s.  You’ll see a picture on my Trader Joe’s page.

Chocolate Almond Butter – Adapted from my Cinnamon Almond Butter

Ingredients:

2 cup raw almonds

1 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 oz dark chocolate (Trader Joe’s Pounder Bars)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, mix together the almonds and maple syrup . Spread out almond mixture onto baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stir and place back in oven for another 15 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow the almonds to cool.

In food processor add almonds and process until you see it form into a ball.  (NOTE:  You will have to scrape down the sides a few times, like 10.)  Add you cinnamon and vanilla extract and then process until drippy.  The whole process takes about 10 – 15 minutes.   When your right at the end I add the chocolate and process until all melted in, about 1 more minute.

Makes about 16 Tablespoons or a smidge over 1 cup

Calories per Tablespoon:  92,  Fat:  7.4,  Sodium:  30,  Potassium:  3.3,  Carbs:  4.7,  Fiber:  1.7,  Sugar:  1.8,  Protein:  3.1

This would be perfect for Valentine’s Day.  Serve with some strawberries, marshmallows, graham crackers, banana’s, maybe some whip cream, or you could make a scrumptious dessert with it. I won’t tell you what else I think you could do with it.  lol Sorry, being dirty here!! he he  Oh and a banana sandwich is so good with this almond butter.  You could also put this in ice cream, on top of oatmeal or do like I do and put in my yogurt.  So good, so creamy!  This is my best nut butter yet!!

Time for me to go make myself something for dinner, it’s fend for yourself night.  Hmm, what to make, what to make.  I do know it’s Monday night and I’ll be baking something sweet!  Have a great day!!  Don’t forget to check out yesterday’s post, to see all the Skinny Super Bowl Treats you can make!

 

 

Filed Under: Dips and Spreads, Peanut Butter Tagged With: almonds, Chocolate. Dips, healthy, peanut butter

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Comments

  1. Laura @ Gluten Free Pantry says

    January 31, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    I love this recipe! I’m a huge fan of almond butter and well a chocolate-aholic 🙂 What a fun event you participated in. This dish looks super creamy too, just how I like it!

    Reply
  2. Asmita says

    January 31, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    This is something new. I have never heard of chocolate almond butter before. How delicious and good for you too!!!

    Reply
  3. Melissa (MelissaLikesToEat) says

    January 31, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    I love any kind of almond butter that I can get my hands on. I have yet to make my own, though. Shame on me!

    Reply
  4. Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean says

    January 31, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    omg those pb cups are so good!!

    Reply
  5. Maureen says

    January 31, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    Yay!! I am sooo glad you liked everything I sent you!!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 1, 2012 at 12:27 PM

      I loved everything!!!! I really liked your card, it was so sweet! I have your granola in my desk at work, for easy snacking!!

      Reply
  6. Kitchen Belleicious says

    February 4, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    I love the name of your blog and I am loving the idea of making your own “butter”! Lots of yummy things to do with this! I am so excited about it. So glad to be in the bloghop with you.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM

      Thanks! I LOVE my nut butters, I use it everything, probably stuff I shouldn’t. I’m glad to be in a blog hop with you, now it’s my turn to hop over to your blog. Have a great weekend!!!

      Reply
  7. Linda says

    February 5, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    I could think of so many ways to use this!! I really love this idea and I bet it tastes so good!! Wonderful recipe, healthy and delicious!!

    Reply
  8. bakingaddict says

    February 5, 2012 at 2:24 PM

    Fab recipe to have – chocolate almond butter, so versatile and delicious! The foodie penpal programme sounds fun too. Sadly I’m out of the running as I live in UK.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 5, 2012 at 2:33 PM

      Ahhh, thats stinky you can’t be in the program. You should start one where you live or better yet, get another food blogger start it! 🙂 I didn’t know today is Nutella Day, I have to pick up a jar so I can celebrate it!!

      Reply
  9. Baker Street says

    February 6, 2012 at 5:21 AM

    I can only imagine how delicious this would be. Dunking strawberries in it is a lovely idea.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      February 7, 2012 at 1:29 PM

      It’s so good, I can’t even tell ya, you should give it a try!

      Reply
  10. Nina says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Jenn,

    I went to Trader Joe’s this weekend to buy the stuff to make this. I bought the Trader Joe’s brand of raw almonds. The package says it’s 16 oz. the recipe calls for 2 cups of raw almonds do you measure out 2 cups or do you use the whole package?

    Can’t wait to make this I bought the Trader Joe’s dark chocolate too yummy!!!!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      January 24, 2013 at 5:53 PM

      Just in case you didn’t get my reply:

      Hi Nina!

      I use half a bag, which should be two cups (8 oz)! Enjoy! Love this nut butter!!

      Reply
  11. Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:52 PM

    Hi Nina!

    I use half a bag, which should be two cups (8 oz)! Enjoy! Love this nut butter!!

    Reply
  12. Nina says

    January 28, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    Hi Jenn,
    I made this tonight for the first time. I’m not sure if mine came out right. Let me just say that I’m totally new to making my own butters. I’ve made your Cinnamon Apple Peanut Butter twice and absolutely love it so tonight I ventured out and made this. I used half of the package of the Trader Joe’s raw almonds and toasted them in the oven with the maple syrup. Not sure if I burnt them though, again I’ve never roasted almonds before so I wasn’t sure whether I should have taken them out sooner. I did the 15 minutes and then stirred and then 15 minutes longer. The parchment paper had dark brown stains I guess from the maple syrup…my husband came out and said what’s burning? When you do this part do your almonds come out very brown? Well I went ahead and finished the recipe and it tastes good I think but I’m not sure. Again, I think I taste a hint of burnt almonds…LOL… I may need to buy a little packet of the Justin’s chocolate almond butter and see if mine tastes like that…

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      January 29, 2013 at 5:03 AM

      One thing I found is if you can smell your nuts, then they are done. I learned that lesson the hard way! Let’s just say I have burnt a few batches of nuts, well more than a few! 🙂 If you try the recipe again, just bake the nuts for about 15 minutes and flip every 5 minutes. I don’t have patience for 30 minutes, so I have done it this way. Sorry you may or may not like the nut butter! 🙂 Thanks for commenting and letting me know how the recipe came out! Have a great day!!

      Reply
  13. Nina says

    January 29, 2013 at 5:20 PM

    Thanks Jennifer….I know I’m going to love this cause I’m liking this one I made with burnt nuts…..lol….after I finish this I’m gonna try it again!!!! Thanks for all that you do!!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      January 29, 2013 at 6:15 PM

      lol, I have eaten my burnt nuts too! They aren’t to bad! lol Almond Butter is one of my favorites! I think I’ll make some tonight! You inspired me!

      Reply

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