Oh my!! I know you are supposed to be humble upon your own creations – but I’m not gonna make it this time. This little, creamy, flavourful, chunky, heavy, delicious and healthy treat is absolutely one of the best I’ve ever had.
My fellow nutrition geek girl friends tasted it the other night fresh from the fridge, and they said that it was the best piece of chocolate they had ever had!!
So what is it that makes this filled chocolate cup so very special? For once it is healthy and knowing this can be interpreted in too many ways, I will just say: No this does not mean that it can be eaten all the time at all times, but it is a wonderful snack, dessert and quick energy fix.
And here we are talking gooood energy! It is chocolate of high quality with a healthy content of cocoa (70+), it is coconut sugar that does not play around with your blood sugar, it is fibers from coconut flour and it is healthy fats from hazelnuts and coconut oil!
Chocolate & coconut cups with a hazelnut surprise
Makes 15 cups
Chocolate shell
150 g dark chocolate 70%
1 Tbsp coconut oil
Hazelnut center
3 tbsp hazenut butter or another nut butter (60 g)
1-2 Tbsp coconut sugar
1 Tbsp cocoa nibs, blended into very small bits
1 Tbsp coconut oil
2 Tbsp coconut fibres or ground desiccated coconut flour
1/2 tsp ground vanilla
A pinch of salt
Topping
1 fresh fig, cut in cubes
Directions
Melt chocolate and coconut oil in a double boiler. Prepare 15 small muffin cups, preferable silicone, and add 1 Tbsp of the liquid chocolate to each cup. Place in freezer for 5 min while making the filling.
In a bowl add all of the ingredients for the filling and mix thoroughly to avoid any lumps. Remove the cooled chocolate cups from the freezer and add 1 Tbsp of filling in each and top with 1 additional Tbsp of liquid chocolate. Gently place 1 piece of fig in each cup and place the cups back in the freezer until they have set.
Store in the fridge for up to a week – or as long as you can keep your hands of them 😉
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