RAW CHOCOLATE & SEA SALT BUNNIES
Bunny Bonanza
I'm so excited to share this delicious and simple chocolate recipe with you! Homemade raw chocolate that is so good for you, so utterly delicious and takes 5 minutes to make... it just doesn't get better than that?! And the bunnies are just too cute! OK if you're not a cute bunny kind of person, you can still make this gorgeous raw chocolate recipe into whatever shape you like- hearts, squares, eggs the world is your oyster (just grab yourself some silicone chocolate moulds from a cookshop or Amazon)!
Bunnies are particularly close to my heart, as I'm a rabbit in Chinese astrology and my birthday always falls very close to or often on Easter Sunday so I'm just a bit of a bunny all around. And well let's face it, they are seriously cute. And if you ever do feel nostalgic for the Lindt Gold Bunny, but keen to avoid refined sugars and other processed ingredients, here you go! This is the recipe for you! Sorry I'm a little late for Easter, but I reckon we can pretend it's still chocolate bunny season.
How is it possible that you only need 3 ingredients to make gorgeous and decadent healthy chocolate? It really is quite amazing. And also it only takes about 5 minutes to make. I absolutely adore the combination of dark chocolate and sea salt, a match made in chocolate heaven so feel free to add a light touch of sea salt if you so fancy too. The smooth creaminess of cacao paired with the crunch of sea salt is indeed something to write home about.
Need I go into the health benefits of raw cacao? Perhaps I do, as I still get the occasional strange look when I say things like "chocolate is actually good for you". The reason why cacao has been vilified as an unhealthy junk food is because of the heavy processing of cacao to make cocoa, resulting in a mostly nutritionally devoid food. Most chocolate found in bars and desserts, is heated at high temperatures which destroys all the nutritional goodness naturally found in raw cacao. And to top it all off, chocolate is often the victim of all sorts of processing such as added skimmed milk powders and refined sugars... non merci!
I like my chocolat, real and clean! And guess what? It tastes better, makes you glow from the inside out and is so easy and quick to make!
Chocolatey hugs to you and yours,
Marie
Raw Chocolate Bunnies with Sea Salt
Makes 450g chocolate
Ingredients:
250g organic raw cacao butter
125g organic raw cacao powder
90ml organic pure maple syrup (to taste)
1 teaspoon fine sea salt or pink himalayan salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder
Instructions:
1. Gently melt the cacao butter in a bain-marie (I always smile when any of my recipes require a bain-marie).
2. Once thoroughly melted, stir in the cacao powder and sweeten with maple syrup and stir.
3. Take the pot off the heat and sprinkle with a little bit of gros sel (flaky sea salt). Stir through but not too much, you don't want the salt to melt, the point is to retain that crunch of sea salt under your tooth. (mmmm!)
4. Pour into your silicone chocolate moulds and pop into the freezer for half an hour and then store in the fridge until you're ready to eat them.