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OK so these are just for fun. Not sure this can be claimed as ‘cooking’ but hell, who cares! Nothing beats a homemade present, end of!
A great activity to do with the kids during the holidays, a great last minute addition to a dinner party and of course, a personal treat for your Valentine!
These could not get any easier to produce and have people seriously impressed! I made a huge batch at Christmas time to keep in the fridge as my ‘go to’ sweet treat to keep me off the mass produced nasty stuff. I had to wrestle my mother out of the fridge, she could not keep her hands off of these!
I have given you the basic method here but be confident and creative with different flavours and moulds for different occasions, ages and tastebuds. The heart mould is clearly a winner for valentine’s day!
I used very good quality 75% cocoa for these, so strictly speaking they are NOT free from sugar, but if you can try going darker at 85% or even 100%. You can always pop a little sugar substitute in of your choice.
ENJOY!!!
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2 bars of good quality dark chocolate (at least 75% and preferable with no refined sugar)
Good quality sea or Himalayan salt
Desiccated coconut (swap out/substitute of different favours)
Other flavours could include: chopped dried fruit, orange zest, finely chopped nuts
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0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/6″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 10{64080e83780b8519c5a8cac6c08ca2851258cdce844232532141ddc1c5c5de07};”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: hsl(0, 0{64080e83780b8519c5a8cac6c08ca2851258cdce844232532141ddc1c5c5de07}, 0{64080e83780b8519c5a8cac6c08ca2851258cdce844232532141ddc1c5c5de07});vertical-align: top;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”]3. |[/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text _order=”0″ style=”font-size: 20px;”]Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of desiccated coconut or desired filling (to taste) [/cs_text][x_gap size=”20px”][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/6″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_gap size=”20px” style=”margin-left: 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Thats it, ENJOY!!
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