Peppermint Filled Dark Chocolate
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
For the Chocolate:
1 cup 100% dark chocolate
½ cup honey
For the Peppermint Filling:
2 tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
¼ cup coconut butter
2 drops peppermint oil
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp matcha powder
Instructions
- Fill a medium size sauce pan half full with water and put on medium heat.
- Fill a mason jar with the honey and chocolate and put it in the water.
- Stir the jar well so the chocolate and honey melt together.
- In a chocolate mold spoon chocolate into molds to fill them and dump them on a piece of parchment so the middle of the chocolate mold is empty.
- Place in the freezer for 10-15 minutes or until shells have hardened.
- In the mean time melt coconut butter and add shredded coconut, peppermint oil, maple syrup and matcha powder and mix well.
- Fill the chocolate shells with the peppermint mixture, seal the top with chocolate and cool until chocolate has fully hardened.
Notes
Special Thanks To:
Amaranth Whole Foods in Calgary for supplying the beautiful ingredients to create these recipes. Be sure to visit one of their locations and check out their website at www.amaranthfoods.ca
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