The Natural New Age Dad is quite fond of a bit of chocolate, so I thought I would make him a healthy, home-made version for Valentine’s Day.
It’s got that extra special ingredient – love! ♥♥♥
I bought Sarah Wilson’s book, I Quit Sugar last week and her ‘Raspberry Ripple’ recipe caught my eye. Yes, I changed it a bit and thermified it too.
Okay, so this is what you need:
1/2 cup or 100g organic Changing Habits coconut oil
1/3 cup or 50g organic butter (I think it would work just fine without if you want a dairy free option)
2 tablespoon organic, raw cacao
2 tablespoon organic apple juice concentrate (you may need a little more if you like it really sweet!)
1/3 cup organic coconut flakes
1/3 cup organic frozen raspberries
Okay, so this is what you do:
Chop the butter and add it to the thermomix with the coconut oil.
Melt on 80 degrees on speed 1 for two to three minutes.
Add the cacao and the AJC and mix well on speed 3 for about 20 seconds.
Get a dinner plate and lay down a piece of baking paper.
Sprinkle it with the raspberries and coconut. The raspberries do not need to be thawed.
Pour over the chocolatey goo.
Wiggle the plate around so all the raspberries and coconut are covered.
Chuck it in the freezer for a couple of hours to set. Break it up into chunks and put it in a pretty container. Or if you want to get fancy, you can cut it heart shapes with a cookie cutter.
Keep this baby refrigerated, because the coconut oil melts!
If you don’t have a thermomix, just melt everything in a saucepan and then pour over the raspberry and coconut.
Deliver to your Valentine and be prepared for smooches. Or just eat it by yourself and get them a card. 😀
Looks great…..just an idea though as I hate heating up raw cacao perhaps you could set the temp at 37 degrees in the thermomix to keep the ingredients raw and maintian many more antioxidants! May just take a few minutes longer to melt. I can’t wait to try it and think I will add some macadamia nuts as well.
I only add the cacao afterwards to mix, but I should probably let it cool a little!
Sounds delicious! Where do you get apple juice concentrate from?
you can get it at the health food store or just in the health food aisle…. I like the flavour, it’s not as sweet as honey and maple 🙂
Thank you so much for giving us the Thermomix version of the recipe 🙂
It sounds delicious! I’m going to try it tomorrow, so long as my first order ever from Organics on a Budget arrives tomorrow! My first order from Loving Earth of raw cacao nibs & raw cacao powder arrived today. Can’t wait to start cooking with them! Thanks for inspiring me to become a healthier me! xx
Hi Jo! Wow… all that sounds awesome…. upload some pics to my FB page, would love to see what you create! Enjoy and thanks 🙂
Similar to a recipe I use to make ‘skinny chocolate’. Half a cup of coconut oil, 1/4 cup cacao, and then enough stevia to taste. I use less than a teaspoon of Nunaturals. Mix it with some fruit or nuts and freeze- good stuff.
Yum Robyn ! What’s Nunaturals???
I’d love to see a chocolate recipe WITHOUT coconut oil…….it literally makes me feel ill if I eat too much oil. I listen to my body …hopefully one day I will see a recipe 🙂
Looks great – like a healthy cherry ripe! YUM.
exactly!!! but without the chemicals and sugar!
Oh I saw this on your facebook page the other day and started to drool!! I’ll have to talk Mr Hausfrau into letting me buy a Thermomix 😉
you should! you won’t regret it Toni!!
I am drooling. I don’t want to make this, just buy it! where can I buy it!??!
sorry, you have to make it.. it’s super easy though!! 😀
It looks absolutely divine! This is exactly what I would do: eat it and buy a card! #Poweroffour/FYBF
LOL 😀 If I wasn’t on a strict eating plan at the moment I would have!! 😉
Oh, this looks delish! I’ve been meaning to buy Sarah Wilson’s book! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Hi Grace – she has some fab recipes in there!
Just made this but used cashews and blue berries as that’s all I had – YUM thanks Sonia 🙂
Yummo Lauren – great substitutions ! 😀
Hi Sonia, I have thus book and have made it a few times. Can I ask why you don’t use a Rice Malt Syrup?
I just didn’t have any in the pantry at the time! I use it sometimes, but I don’t strictly follow the no fructose thing. 🙂