Dazzle your friends and family with these healthy valentine’s day candies. Vanessa forwarded this bloggers website to me and I have been really enjoying her creations.
Check her out: www.spunkycoconut.ca
Her recipes are all grain free, so great for those on low grain plans.
Important: Make sure that your bowl, blender, and all other equipment are completely dry, or the chocolate will separate!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon ground freeze-dried strawberries
- 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons melted coconut butter/cream concentrate
- 1/2 cup melted cacao butter
Instructions:
- In a dry Magic Bullet or coffee grinder, grind the freeze-dried strawberries. Measure the grinds to get 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon ground freeze-dried strawberries. Set aside.
- Bring a small heavy-bottomed pot of water to a boil. Turn off the heat and put the jar of coconut butter/cream concentrate in the hot water. Let sit for 20 minutes. Stir. Repeat if needed.
- Add 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons melted coconut butter/cream concentrate to a mini blender, like a Magic Bullet. (If you don’t have one, I think you could combine the ingredients by hand.) Set aside.
- Pour out most of the water that was in the pot, leaving about an inch. Bring the water to a simmer, reduce the heat to low, and put a dry bowl over the pot to create a double boiler.
- Add the cacao butter to the bowl. As soon as it’s melted measure 1/2 cup, then add it to the coconut butter/cream concentrate in the mini blender. Also add the ground freeze-dried strawberries.
- Blend all of the ingredients, then let it come to room temperature.
- Put the candy mold in the freezer for at least 10 minutes. When the mixture is room temperature, blend it again, then add it to the candy mold. (If the candy mold isn’t cold, then the ground strawberries will separate, and the candy won’t be as pretty.)
- Freeze the candy right away to solidify.
- Flip the mold over to remove the candies, and put them in a gift box.
Keep candies frozen to prevent melting.
Makes 15 to 30 candies, depending on the size of the mold.