The scrumptious caramel + shortbread + chocolate flavors of a Twix bar in a home made chunk. Do this simple, vegan, grain-free recipe for a more healthy halloween deal with!
Even perhaps MORE thrilling to me than being within the thick of pumpkin spice season is being within the thick of home made halloween sweet season. It’s a bit of shorter than PS season with a tough out on Oct 31 versus these pumpkin spice treats that may keep related by means of Thanksgiving, so which means we have to profit from it NOW. And these home made healthy-ish Twix cups are the sweetest bite-size manner to do this.
Home made Twix Cups vs. Twix Bar
There’s a lot to like about this home made twist on the halloween cookie basic For starters, they’re bite-sized which is lots like fun-sized however with out that pesky wrapper between you and the good things. Their mini measurement and what number of of them you get out of only one batch makes them the right convey and share halloween dessert too. The caramel center requires completely zero cooking or boiling or unintentionally burning your self with sugar, it’s a no-cook-just-whisk state of affairs. And the cookie layer occurs to be gluten and grain free, however nonetheless so wealthy and buttery similar to a shortbread must be. And each ingredient concerned is a bit higher for you than the type of Twix you may discover out trick-or-treating.
How To Make Home made Twix
The ingredient checklist isn’t tremendous brief, however bear in mind there are three distinct layers concerned. I promise every layer is straightforward and fast and scrumptious!
The Grain-Free Shortbread Cookie
Our crunchy cookie base is a butter-free twist on shortbread, and this model is even oil-free too. You will have:
- Almond flour + coconut flour. Each are essential, and neither are simply substituted. The almond flour brings that buttery texture and taste, and the coconut flour provides simply the correct quantity of crunch and crumble.
- Maple syrup. Or agave or honey, no matter liquid sweetener you want.
- Coconut cream. For an oil-free choice, or melted coconut oil is okay too (see notes). You may both purchase a can that claims “cream” or scoop out the thick half from a can of coconut milk.
- Salt. You higher consider this recipe is heavy on the salty/candy distinction.
The No-Prepare dinner Caramel
The simplest caramel recipe you may have ever found, I’ve used it so many instances for thus many issues. And it labored superbly for these Twix cups too. It’s drizzle-able when heat, simply agency sufficient with a bit of little bit of gooey when refrigerated, or stable and candy when frozen. And it solely requires 5 components and a whisk to make:
- Nut/seed butter. I’ve made it with so many alternative sorts – almond butter, SunButter, tahini, peanut butter (sure, peanut butter Twix cups are scrumptious!), macadamia nut even. You may’t go mistaken.
- Maple syrup. Or once more, honey and agave work as nicely.
- Coconut oil. You do want the oil this time, it helps it to solidify when chilled so it doesn’t simply ooze out from between the cookie and chocolate.
- Vanilla and salt. Caramel musts.
P.S. Should you pour these items over ice cream, you mainly get caramel magic shell…AMAZING!
The Dairy-Free Chocolate Ganache
You may simply soften chocolate chips and canopy the caramel with straight darkish chocolate. Or you would make a 2 ingredient dairy-free chocolate ganache for that closing layer so that you get a clean fudge-like texture while you chunk in as an alternative of shards and chocolate shatter. Simple and price it, I promise!
All you want is dairy-free semi-sweet or darkish chocolate chips and coconut milk. (I’ve made it with almond milk earlier than, and it does work however received’t be as wealthy.) Warmth the milk till sizzling however not fairly boiling, pour over the chocolate, cowl with foil and wait 5 minutes, then whisk till totally melted. It must be shiny and silky and simple to unfold over high of the chilled caramel layer.
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Home made Twix Cups
Prep Time: half-hour
Chilling Time: 4 hours half-hour
Prepare dinner Time: 8 minutes
Complete Time: 5 hours 8 minutes
Yield: 24 mini cups 1x
Class: sweet
Technique: baking
Delicacies: american
Description
The scrumptious caramel + shortbread + chocolate flavors of a Twix bar in a home made chunk. Do this simple, vegan, grain-free recipe for a more healthy halloween deal with!
Shortbread
- 3/4 cup (84g) almond flour
- 3 tbsp cup (22g) coconut flour
- 3 tbsp (60g) maple syrup
- 3 tbsp (40g) coconut cream*
- 1/4 tsp salt
Caramel
- 1/4 cup (65g) nut/seed butter
- 1/4 cup (80g) maple syrup
- 2 tbsp (25g) coconut oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate
Flakey salt for topping (non-obligatory)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a mini muffin pan with 24 paper liners.
- Mix all the shortbread components in a bowl and blend to kind a dough. Spoon and firmly press a small little bit of dough (about 2 tsp) into every muffin cup.
- Bake for 8 minutes at 350°F, the sides must be calmly browned. Put aside to chill.
- Whisk collectively the caramel components. Spoon about 1 tablespoon on high of every shortbread crust. Freeze for half-hour.
- Warmth the heavy coconut cream for one minute on excessive. Pour over high of the chocolate in a bowl, and relaxation for 5 minutes. Then stir till melted and clean.
- Spoon a layer of chocolate on high of every caramel layer, spreading to cowl utterly.
- Refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours (or freeze for a minimum of 1).
- Preserve within the fridge for a softer/gooeier expertise, or freezer for extra of a firmer chunk.
Notes
*Can substitute with 4 tbsp melted coconut oil.
Key phrases: gluten free, grain free, wholesome, dairy free, simple, halloween, sweet, chocolate, caramel, shortbread
