High‑Protein Halloween Dirt Cups — Cottage Cheese Mousse with Dye‑Free Gummy Worms
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 oz full fat cottage cheese
- 1/3 cup chocolate protein powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp hazelnut butter
- 2-3 tbsp pure maple syrup
For topping
Homemade Gummy Worms
- 1 1/4 cup no sugar added lemonade
- 1/4 cup grass fed beef gelatin
- 1-2 honey
- Pinch of all natural green colorant
Instructions
- Process your cottage cheese, chocolate protein powder, cocoa powder, hazelnut butter together until smooth, scraping the sides as needed
- Pour into individual size cups / containers and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or overnight, for optimal thick texture
- Make homemade gummy worms
- Whisk 1/2 cup lemonade with 1/4 cup grass fed beef gelatin together in a bowl. Set aside to thicken into a gelatin bloom
- Whisk green colorant in water being sure to dissolve all clumps
- On the stovetop add 3/4 cup lemonade, honey, and green colorant
- Once warm / lightly bubbling add you gelatin bloom and mix until dissolved
- Pour into gummy worm mold, and refrigerate 1 hour. They’ll pop right out of the molds once they’re firm
- When ready to eat, top your dirt cups with crushed gluten free chocolate cookies, homemade gummy worms, and dye free gems, and enjoy!