Chocolate Coconut Almond Clusters
- 1 bar of dark chocolate (85% or higher)
- Almonds (you will eyeball the amount)
- 2 Tbs Coconut butter (optional)
- Handful of coconut flakes
- 1-3 Tbs honey (or maple syrup)
- Pinch of salt
- Put chocolate bar in pot at a low medium heat so that the chocolate melts, but doesn't burn.
- Stir in honey, coconut butter, and salt-- making sure that everything is blended and melted together.
- Next, throw in a few handfuls of almonds and coconut flakes, and turn the mixture gently to make sure that the almonds and coconut get covered with chocolate. Make sure that the mixture isn't too viscous (liduidy) and not to dry, so that you get clean clusters when spooning onto plate.
- Take a large plate, and cover with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Spoon clusters onto plate and set in freezer until they harden!
- Serve with cherries, strawberries, and/or mint for guests at a party (I definitely will be for my grad party)!
***When making this recipe, I did not include coconut flakes-- but thought that they would be a lovely addition after the fact.
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Raw Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
- 2 bananas
- 1/2 cup coconut butter (buy at your local natural foods store)
- Pinch of salt
- 4 Tbs cacao powder
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Peanut butter (you will eyeball the amount)
- Put all ingredients besides peanut butter in a bowl and blend. I find that a hand-immersion blender works the best.
- Take out a cupcake pan (you should use cupcake liners in the pan-- otherwise you have to cut out the individual peanut butter cups out of the pan).
- Fill liners (or bare pan) with a small layer of your chocolate batter. Then layer some peanut butter on top of that. For the last layer, put another small layer of chocolate batter.
- Another option is to fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way with batter, then swirl in peanut butter (like I did in the picture below).
- Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Serve with strawberries, cherries, and/or mint!
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Chocolate Superfood Smoothie
- A few handfuls of kale (or any green that you like)
- 3-4 tbs of cacao powder
- 1-2 bananas (for a creamy consistency)
- 1-2 Tbs chocolate protein powder (optional)
- 1-2 cups milk of your choice (I like almond milk)
- A few ice cubes
- Blend and top with chia seeds if available. :)
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I hope that you enjoy these recipes! Just to let you know, cacao is PACKED with iron, antioxidants, and super healthy minerals to keep your endocrine system and blood working nicely!
Eat up! But don't forget the kale. ;)
Much love <3
Isabella
