Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunchies

This recipe contains the Flaxseed ingredient.

For those that are interested here is a little read up on the health benefits of these great little seeds. It also goes into answering the age old debate around nutritional value between keeping flaxseeds whole as opposed to ground and if ground how best to store them in order to prolong their freshness: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/flaxseed/faq-20058354

Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunchies

Preparation:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees

Line a square baking tray with baking paper

Base Ingredients:

·         1 Cup Almond Flour

·         ½ Cup ground flaxseeds (I grind these myself in a coffee grinder)

·         ½ Ground walnuts

      1/4 Cup Chia seeds

·         1/3 Cup coconut flour (or shredded coconut
1/3 Cup organic peanut butter (or any nut butter)

·         1 Cup dates (if the dates are a bit hard; which most are; then soak them in hot water for about 5-10 minutes and pour out the water)

·         ½ Cup melted coconut oil (you may need to add more if mixture is a bit too dry)

Choc Layer Ingredients:

·         1 Cup Melted Coconut Oil

·         ½ Cup Cacao or cocoa powder

·         ¾ Cup Honey

·         1 Tbsp Vanilla extract (or essence, extract has a stronger flavour)

·         Optional If you prefer a sweeter chocolate (as opposed to dark chocolate) you can add extra honey or Carob chunks (you get these at Dischem or any health shop).

Base method:

Mix all the dry ingredients together

Add the dates and coconut oil

Grind mixture together in food processor/blender/hand blender

Press mixture down into the baking tray with hands, flatten in.

Put into oven to bake for around 10minutes

Take out and stick in the fridge or freezer to cool down

Choc layer Method:

If you are including Carob chunks you will need to melt these first in a pot over another pot of boiling water on stove

Melt coconut oil in same pot

Take pot off the heat/stove and mix in all other ingredients starting with cacao powder

Will form a very runny chocolate mixture.

Once the base is cool pour chocolate over the top and put in the fridge or freezer for a few hours to set

Remove from fridge and chop into squares

Serve & enjoy :)

Raw Chocolate Slab

For those little chocolate addicts out there that simply cannot say no to a bar of Lindt in the evenings here is a very simple, quick to make chocolate slab that will curb that sugar craving without adding on those extra pounds. The best part to this recipe is that there is no cooking involved you simply put it in the freezer to set overnight.

INGREDIENTS

½ Cup Coconut Oil

½ cup Carob chunks (optional)

½ Cup cacoa powder

3 Tbsp Honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

METHOD

Melt coconut oil and carob chunks in a small pot on top of a bigger pot of boiling water

Once melted remove from heat and add all other ingredients

Mix well

Line a baking tray with baking paper

Pour mixture into tray and leave in the freezer for 2 hours or preferably overnight

Once set take mixture out and crack into shards

Store in the freezer

Enjoy! J