Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Donuts (Vegan, Raw)

Ingredients:

1 cup steel cut oats (use GF if you’d like!)

1 cup Medjool dates, pitted

2-3 TBSP maple syrup

¾ cup natural peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 TBSP hot water mixed with 1 TBS Coconut Cloud Original creamer

1/3 cup vegan dark chocolate chips, or vegan chocolate bar chopped up

Raw Chocolate Sauce (for coating):

14 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)

¼ cup cacao butter (gently melted in the microwave or over stovetop)

6 TBSP maple syrup

Directions:

• Blend oats in a food processor until they are roughly ground (keep a little bit of texture).
• Add the dates and blend until they are well incorporated (just tiny pieces of dates left).
• Add the maple syrup, peanut butter, vanilla, Coconut Cloud liquid mixture and pulse until it forms a sticky dough like consistency. Add a few more teaspoons of water if needed.
• Mix the chocolate chunks into the dough with a spatula.
• Press the dough into a donut pan and round the tops a bit so you have a well-shaped donut. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes until firm.

Meanwhile, make your chocolate coating: Mix all Chocolate Sauce ingredients together in a bowl and whisk until smooth.

• Remove donuts from the pan (pop them out with a knife) and gently dip in chocolate coating. You can also drizzle the tops with a bit more melted peanut butter if you’d like!
• Place chocolate dipped donuts on a lined baking sheet and place in the refrigerator to harden (20-30 minutes). Enjoy!