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This recipe is how to make plant based dark chilli chocolate. When you bite into this chocolate first you get the bittersweetness of dark chocolate followed by a subtle chilli warmth. This recipe is an idea for the Valentine’s Day, step by step to make a perfect plant -based chocolate that’s not only nutritious also a good balance dark chocolate and chilli.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Virgin Coconut Oil, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops, vegetable markets.
Cacao powder, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops.
Peanut butter, I use organic such as MAYVER’S or Absolute Organic and you can buy at supermarket, healthy shops.
https://www.absoluteorganic.com.au/
*I don’t use peanut butter that contains sugar or other additives.
Maldon, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops.
*You can also use your sea salt flakes if you like.
Plant based Dark chilli chocolate
Equipment
- Moulds
Ingredients
- 200 g Coconut oil Virgin
- 170 g Peanut butter
- 95 g Cacao powder
- 100 g Maple syrup
- a pinch Salt
- ½ tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla bean paste
- chilli flakes For garnish
- Maldon sea salt For garnish
Instructions
- Put salt and chilli flakes into chocolate moulds.
- Pour hot water in a bowl and put another bowl top of the bowl. This will help dissolve the ingredients.
- Melt 200g of coconut oil and pour it into the bowl.
- Add 100g of maple syrup, a pinch of salt, ½ tsp of chilli powder and vanilla bean paste, and whisk it.
- Add 170g of peanut butter into the bowl and whisk it.
- Sift 95g of cacao powder into the bowl and whisk it.
- Pour the chocolate into moulds.
- Put the moulds into your fridge for at least 4 hours.
- After 4 hours, remove chocolate from moulds.
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Benefits of using virgin coconut oil,
Coconut oil contains naturally occurring medium chain triglycerides that can boost energy and help to burn fats.
Also believed to strengthen the immune system, help with aging control, and prevention of colds.
*However, still it’s oil so don’t use too much. 🧐
What different between Cacao and Cocoa,
The processing method is what separates for these two. Cacao is cold pressed and cocoa is heat pressed. The heat pressing process can reduce the nutrients.
Benefit using Cacao powder,
Cacao contains magnesium, iron, flavonoids, and PEA(Phenylethylamine).
Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants that have a wide range of health benefits like helping to lower cholesterol and reduce the chance of heart disease.
What different between peanut butter and peanut cream,
Peanut butter is dried out peanuts that are roasted then crushed to make paste.
Peanut cream contains sugar, syrup, cream, vegetables oil and salt.
Benefit using peanut butter,
Peanut butter is rich in nutrients, and contains oleic acid, linoleic acid, unsaturated fatty acid, vitamin B1, B2, mineral, etc.
Why is valentine being 14th February?
The third century A.D. Roman emperor, Claudius 2nd though young people didn’t want to go to war because they had to leave their loved ones, so he forbad marriage.
A Cristian priest named Valentinus married young people in secret. When Claudius heard about Valentinus he had him executed on 14th of February.
I thought it’s sad but quiet romantic.
In Japan, 14th of February girls give boys chocolate, the opposite to here in Australia.
We also we have White Day which is 14th of March when boys give girls chocolate.
We also have GIRI chocolate which is chocolate you give to friends or colleagues and HONMEI chocolate which we give to that special someone.
Different country, different culture, I think.
This recipe is also good for vegans and also people that have issues with lactose, or egg allergies.
However, this chocolate melts easily so using an esky or ice pack is better if you want to take it somewhere.
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