These chocolate coconut squares are super simple to make. They require just a few simple pantry ingredients and five minutes in the kitchen. I have daily chocolate cravings, do you? These squares could be your answer to those cravings. What cocoa/cacao powder would you use? Is there one safe enough? I like Nutiva's raw cacao, for myself despite the fact that they process tree nuts (cashews); however, I would not use for Baby Brother. Would Trader Joe's cocoa powder be a good option? The lines for TJ's cocoa powder are cleaned and sanitized between runs. And then there is Vermont Nut Free Chocolates cocoa powder. I will be inquiring further about cross-contamination with our other allergies. Is there an ideal, allergy-friendly cocoa or cacao powder out there? If you have one, please share with us. Click here for original recipe.
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| All set to go in fridge to firm up |
What you need:
1 1/2 cups of coconut butter
1 cup of raw cacao powder, or cocoa powder
1/2 cup raw, local honey
pinch of real salt
*can add a touch of vanilla and/or cinnamon. I even sometimes toss in sprouted ground flax seed, hemp and chia
What to do:
Combine ingredients in TM bowl and blend
Pour into brownie pan lined with baking paper
Put in fridge
When hardened, cut into squares
I keep a few pieces in the fridge and freeze the rest.
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| Our Two TM Bowls at work Baby Brother's coconut butter set aside the rest went into the chocolate fudge squares |
No mess, no waste by using up what's leftover in TM bowl in the following recipe. Let's see if I can explain how I do this coherently. Please note the back-and-forth use of my 2 TM bowls: I have 2 TM bowls as of last year. This way I totally avoid cross-contamination. In other words, Baby Brother's TM has his own bowl which only processes ingredients that he can eat.
First I make coconut butter in Baby Brother's TM Bowl
Then I make coconut butter candy using safe ingredients for Baby Brother in his TM Bowl.
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| coconut butter, pinch real salt, raw honey, hemp seeds, sprouted flax powder and vanilla nutritional supplement. I cut into chunks--my experiments! |
Then I make a batch of hemp milk or coconut milk and incorporate what was left behind from steps 1 and 2 into the milk. No waste!
Then I switch to the other TM bowl and make the chocolate coconut squares
After making the chocolate coconut squares I don't wash the bowl. I simply proceed by making a pumpkin smoothie for myself and take advantage of the goodness left behind :)
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| Fresh hemp milk combined with what's left behind of the fudge squares. This is the base of my pumpkin smoothie |
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| Batch with hemp and chia seeds |
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