Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Our kids are ridiculously obsessed with peanut butter and jelly.

Only, they’re really obsessed with almond butter or sunflower butter and jelly – but, they don’t care what you call it as long as you deliver it to their bellies with a little song and dance.

When we made our Chocolate Covered Cherry cookies, we had leftover cherry preserves that we wanted to finish up since it was super-rich and had been purchased especially for the holidays.  When Matt found these cute, cheap candy molds at the craft store – we had a vision!

Nut Butter and Jelly Candy was made – quite simple…

  • Melt chocolate over a double boiler (we use a dairy and soy free kind)
  • Paint into every nook of candy cup shell with pastry brush, put in freezer for 10 minutes
  • Add 1 tspn of your favorite nut butter (we used roasted almond butter) and 1 tspn of your favorite jam or jelly (we used cherry preserves), put in freezer for 10 minutes
  • Glob (by dropping with a spoon and then gently spreading the chocolate) on enough melted chocolate to “seal” the candy, return to freezer for at least an hour, more if you can wait - if you try to remove one and the top separates from the bottom, it’s not ready yet!

They’re a gorgeous treat, perfect for Valentines or any holiday.  Plus, your kids will love them!

 

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Stacy is the matriarch of the Paleo Parents family. After beginning a paleo diet and founding PaleoParents.com in 2010, she lost 135 pounds and found health and happiness for the whole family. The following three years have been a progressive journey with a mission to educate people about nourishing their bodies by eating real foods. Stacy can be found on all forms of social media as @PaleoParents as well as the top-rated The Paleo View Podcast and her two cookbooks, Eat Like a Dinosaur and Beyond Bacon.

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  • Xaniamore

    looks good, can’t wait to try them

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Thanks, they are great!  We like to keep them in the freezer and have an occassional treat.  Thinking about a batch is making me want some :)

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  • http://www.paleospirit.com Lea

    I’m cracking up at the PB Jelly Time video link you posted.  My boys LOVE that.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been forced to watch it.  In fact, the song is stuck in my head right now.  :-)  Love this idea.  We will definitely be making these and probably listening to PB Jelly Time a few more times while we’re at it.

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Sounds like our house when our boys first found it! Hope you enjoy them!

  • Noël S

    Oh I am so old school PBJ song-wise. This one gave me a headache. The recipe on the other hand might help my poor ‘deprived’ husband very very happy. I’ll have to portion them up and hide them in the freezer though. Last-last week I made candies with melted choc-chips, a bit of coconut oil, and grated coconut, spooned them onto two cookie sheets late at night and by the next day after work one sheet was gone. (My daughter likes chocolate too). 

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