Friday, 21 August 2015

How to make Peanut free Reece's peanut cups (wow butter cups)

I don't know about anyone else but whenever I walk into a supermarket I always seem to come across "Reece's peanut butter cups". As my nut allergy started later in life I have tasted these and thought they were really nice. Peanut allergies really do make everything so much more difficult! Today I decided to trial making my own version of them however the difference being they are completely peanut free :)



Things you will need: 



  • Chocolate (I decided on Tesco baking chocolate however you could use any type you like)
  • Wow Butter (I used crunchy however smooth would work just as well)
  • Icing sugar 
  • Muffin cases (I used 6 big ones however you could use more or less and just adjust the amounts of things used)



Method:




    Melt half of the chocolate. Place 2-3 spoonfuls into the base of each muffin case. Once completed place the muffin cases into the fridge and leave for 5-10 minutes until it is solid










    Mix together the same amount of icing sugar as wow butter. Depending on how much wow butter you want inside the cups depends on how much you would use (I personally used enough to fill each muffin case with 1 teaspoonful).










    Bring the now solid chocolate muffin cases out of the fridge and spoon the mixture of icing sugar and wow butter on top of the solid chocolate. Place these back in the fridge for another 5-10 minutes.













    Bring the muffin cases back out of the fridge and melt the remaining half of the chocolate. Share it out evenly between each muffin case spreading it over over the wow butter so there is none showing. Place it back in the fridge for another 5-10 minutes and enjoy!


    Source: http://wowbutter.com/recipe-viewer.php?recipe=22

    Wednesday, 19 August 2015

    I may have allergies but they don't have me!

    I thought I would post a blog post that is a little different. Here's a few photos from the past few months to show what I have been up to. I think it's a great way to show that allergies and anaphylaxis do not define you as a person and do not have to stop you doing things that you want to do and enjoy



    Doing warm-up exercises at singing and
    performing class

    On a night out in a night club
    with two of my friends



    After completing a 5k race
    where I raised over
    £331 for the
    Anaphylaxis Campaign


    Enjoying a dessert
    at a restaurant

    Another night out with my best friend


    Spending time with others


    My up to date warrior beads