When I was a kid I was on swim teams all year round. 
My favorite part of swim practice was the ride home. My carpool would split an entire bag of peanut butter cups. Nothing like fast acting sugars for post workout nutrition, right? Riiiggghhhttt!
Anywho, this weekend I was craving peanut butter cups so I popped into my station wagon kitchen to see what I could create. Since I banned peanut butter from my house after too much spooning, I had to do a little improv. Speaking of improv…
Why did the vegetarians stop swimming?
They didn’t like meets!
I’ll be here all week.
Ok, back to the kitchen…
I tossed a handful of almonds into my Magic Bullet blender with a tablespoon or two of water to create instant homemade almond butter and then smothered it between a piece of extremely dark chocolate.
Needless to say my grown up almond butter cup turned out swimmingly!
Now I really must go brush up on my stand up and dive into another pool of chocolate.
Your Mom says:
April 12th 2010H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y S U N S H I N E !
Miz says:
April 12th 2010HAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAY (yer darn mom :) I sosososo thought Id be the first :))
Yum Yucky says:
April 12th 2010Hey! I like that Almond butter idea! but SHARING a bag-O peanut butter cups? That doesn’t computer-process in my brain. And oh look! your momma told your secrets. ahahahahahahaha-birthday!!
Jessica@HowSweet says:
April 12th 2010Ooooh that just sounds fabulous! And from the comments above, I see I need to wish you happy birthday! :)
Lance says:
April 12th 2010Hey Birthday Girl!!!!!!
Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!!!!!!! And to celebrate…I’ll have a spoonful (or two!!!) of PB today…in your honor!!!!
Lindsay Cotter says:
April 12th 2010You are so creative, love it!
Marisa (Loser for Life) says:
April 12th 2010LOL! You are funny :)
Love your instant pb cups. Yummmy!
Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman says:
April 12th 2010Happy Birthday!! I love this idea. As much as I love peanut butter, I’m not a fan of it in my candy. So this actually sounds better to me than a real peanut butter cup. Since it’s your birthday, you definitely deserve a few more pieces!
The Candid RD says:
April 12th 2010Sounds faaaantastic!!! I can’t get over the fact that you banned PB from your home. I think I would go insane, but I love the improvised PB cup.
Happy Birthday to you!!! I saw everyone else’s comments and assume it’s your Bday?? Celebrate and have a GREAT DAY!
amanda says:
April 12th 2010Looks like it is your birthday, so Happy birthday!!! I also had to ban the peanut butter or any other nut butters from my kitchen too. :(
Jody - Fit at 52 says:
April 12th 2010Happy bday! Now, that was quite inventive with those almonds! I must try that!!! I have not banished PB from my house though! :-) And that joke was too funny! I loved it!
courtney says:
April 12th 2010Great idea! (although I love my PB!) And happy birthday again!
Love the joke by the way. Tee-hee!
P.A. says:
April 12th 2010HBTY, HBTY, HBTJ, HBTY
Diane says:
April 12th 2010Happy Birthday, Cutie. The joke is hi-larious!!!
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday says:
April 12th 2010How long do you have to process the almonds for before you get butter?
kalli@fitandfortysomething says:
April 12th 2010oh my! what a brillant idea ! this sounds and looks delicious :)
Lindsay says:
April 12th 2010Happy Birthday!!! You are a genius! I think you may have created a monster in me! :)
april says:
April 12th 2010Happy Birthday!!! :) That dessert sounds delicious!!
Jess (Fit Chick in the City) says:
April 12th 2010I might need one of those right now!
Suzanne says:
April 12th 2010Happy Birthday crazy! Hope your day is as wonderful as you and that there is some delicious cake involved.
FatFighterTV says:
April 12th 2010What??? Too much PB spooning? Happy Birthday, girl! Hope you had a fabulously fantastic day!
Kelly says:
April 13th 2010Ahh, swim team humor. Fantastic!
I was on summer swim team for years and we ate a LOT of crap in the name of refueling for races.
Your almond butter cup sounds divine. I may have to give that a try later today.
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Steven says:
April 25th 2010oh my! what a brillant idea ! this sounds and looks delicious :)