Recipe courtesy of Amanda Byram for TBSeen.com, smart shopping website packed with cashback offers and deals

Homemade Vegan Chocolate Recipe

Homemade Vegan Chocolate Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 100g of cacao butter
  • 1 teaspoon of coconut oil
  • 5 handfuls of mixed crushed nuts
  • 2 handfuls of coconut flakes
  • 1 tablespoon of Goji berries
  • 2 tablespoons of dried mulberries
  • 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
  • 6 tablespoons of cacao powder
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut /agave syrup
  • A pinch of Himalayan pink salt crystals
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence

Extra equipment:

  • Silicon ice cube/chocolate mould

Method:

  1. First, melt 100g of cacao butter in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water.
  2. While the cacao butter is melting, in a separate frying pan melt a teaspoon of coconut oil.
  3. Blend some nuts of your choice in a food processor (or crush with a rolling pin) and toss into the pan with the coconut oil. Fry until nicely toasted: they'll give the chocolate a crunch.
  4. Next add the coconut flakes, Goji berries and dried mulberries to the pan (Mulberries are a fantastic source of antioxidants).
  5. Into the pan, sprinkle the cinnamon powder and stir the mixture until everything is toasted. Careful of the mulberries and the Goji berries - they will toast quicker and burn really easily.
  6. In the meantime, put 6 tablespoons of cacao powder into your melted mix of cacao butter.
  7. Next add 2 tablespoons of the sweetener of your choice to the cacao mix. I like to use coconut syrup - it's a wonderful alternative to sugar.
  8. Add a pinch of my special ingredient, Himalayan pink salt, which will give the chocolate a nice kick at the end.
  9. Then add the vanilla essence to the cacao mixture, and you have your chocolate mix (can you resist licking the spoon?)
  10. When your nut and berry mix is ready, pour it into your chocolate mix.
  11. Very gently pour the chocolate mixture into your silicon chocolate or ice cube mould and pop it into the freezer for ten minutes and finally, into the fridge.
  12. Remove when set … and enjoy your guilt-free chocolate!

Recipe courtesy of Amanda Byram for TBSeen.com

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