Homemade Paleo Chocolate Recipe

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Hey y’all! Each weekend I share a useful tip, insight, or recipe from a book I’m reading. As you might imagine, I get a TON of books to review every month. It’s about time I start sharing the best of the best with you, so let’s get started!

Peace, Love & CHOCOLATE

If you’ve never been caught in the crossfire of an epic snowball fight on Athabasca Glacier – and then warmed up in a coffee shop over the little slices of heaven locals call Nanaimo bars – you’ve got some living to do.

Oh, a glacier tour seems a bit logistically, er, impractical right now? No worries, Alison Russo brings the best of the experience to you in her new ebook, The Paleo Sweet Tooth.

This Is Not Your Average Paleo Dessert Book

You guys, this book is unlike any paleo dessert book I’ve seen before. There isn’t a recipe that includes almond flour, coconut flour or even eggs in sight, and yet the pages are filled with everything from REAL fudge and Marzipan to Mexican Hot Cocoa Truffles and Coconut Snowballs.

The photos are gorgeous, and the descriptions so luscious you can almost taste each recipe as you read. Best of all, the recipes are NOT COMPLICATED. Can I get an amen on that?

Each treat from The Paleo Sweet Tooth is:

  • grain and gluten free
  • dairy free
  • refined sugar free (all recipes use either honey, coconut sugar, or coconut nectar)*
  • egg free
  • REAL food

* Some recipes call for optional liquid stevia. I personally only use powdered whole leaf stevia, so I used the other options given in each recipe.

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(Click here to buy The Paleo Sweet Tooth)

Homemade Paleo Chocolate Recipe

And now, the paleo chocolate recipe!

Alison calls this paleo chocolate recipe “Chocolate Mortar” because it forms the foundation for other recipes in the book: Salted Caramel Cups, Mochamellows, and Coconut Butter Cups (pictured above). It’s delicious on it’s own, too!

Homemade Paleo Chocolate Recipe

Homemade Paleo Chocolate (Aka Chocolate Mortar)

From The Paleo Sweet Tooth, Yields: 8 oz. chocolate

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Homemade Paleo Chocolate Recipe

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate
Calories 1397kcal
Author Mommypotamus

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Melt coconut oil over LOW heat. Add honey and whisk briefly until dissolved.
  • Whisk in cocoa powder (see pic #1).
  • When you start to see a gloss form (see pic #2), remove from heat and whisk until smooth and glossy (pic #3).
  • Add vanilla and whisk briefly. If chocolate is not sweet enough, add a few drops of liquid stevia to reach desired level of sweetness
  • Spread thinly on a silpat and refrigerate. Break into pieces and serve. Or, use in another recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 1397kcal | Carbohydrates: 119g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 121g | Saturated Fat: 101g | Sodium: 22mg | Potassium: 1354mg | Fiber: 29g | Sugar: 71g | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 12mg

(Click here to buy The Paleo Sweet Tooth)

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About HEATHER

Heather is a holistic health educator, herbalist, DIYer, Lyme and mold warrior. Since founding Mommypotamus.com in 2009, Heather has been taking complicated health research and making it easy to understand. She shares tested natural recipes and herbal remedies with millions of naturally minded mamas around the world.