Healthy Hazelnut Frozen Chocolate

Okay so time for a great new chocolate recipe that is guilt-free and best of all good for you! Coconut oil really is the saviour of everything. The base to this amazing chocolate, a great hair mask and a body moisturiser! Cant get much more versatile than that can you?!

The recipe takes 10 minutes maximum to make and then frozen. You may think eating chocolate straight from the freezer would be strange, but seriously don't knock it until you have tried it!

Equally you can keep this chocolate just chilled in the fridge or at room temperature instead of frozen, as coconut oil is solid at an average room temperature. But remember if it is a hot day best to keep this in the fridge unless you want a chocolate fondue...

Makes 10 regular pieces if keeping at room temp or chilled or if frozen, freeze in block
then break into small chunks when frozen.

Ingredients:

100g coconut oil
50g hazelnut butter
30g raw cacao powder
30g date syrup/ agave nectar/ maple syrup (Sweetner)
20g chopped hazelnuts
1 tbsp cacao nibs
1/2 tsp vanilla
Pinch of chilli powder/flakes
Pinch of Himalayan Salt
Optional- 2 tbsp Goji berries

Instructions:

1) Melt coconut oil in a bowl and add hazelnut butter and sweetener of your choice and mix until combined.

2) Chop the hazelnuts roughly. Then sift the cacao powder into the bowl and combine until smooth.

3) Add the cacao nibs, hazelnuts, pinch of chilli (or as much as you want), salt and the vanilla and mix again.

4) Line a rectangular tin or box (I use a plastic tupperware box) with greaseproof paper and then pour in the mixture. Tap sides to prevent air bubbles and then put into freezer for 1 hour.

5) After the hour is up it is optional to keep it in the freezer until you want to eat or serve, or if keeping it chilled, cut the chocolate into 10 equal pieces and you can serve with sprinkling more chilli and cacao nibs on top. It is ready to tuck in!

These photos are the stage of the frozen chocolate being cut to serve. I love the irregularity of the chunks of chocolate when serving to a crowd it is so easy to grab a piece to the size they want! Cut the chocolate with a sharp knife and the chocolate cuts up pretty easily. You can leave it as a block if you are going to eat it gradually and cut bits as you want them.

Below photo is the crowd pleaser of the dinner party I can assure you!