Cashew Raspberry and Coconut Dark Chocolate Bark

Posted 2018-10-21 by finy ⇒ follow

This is heaven! It does not have any added sugar, and uses a 70% or so, dark chocolate and fruit and nuts - making it a healthy choice of snack or dessert.

Great to have with a cup of coffee at afternoon tea time, and keeps in the freezer for ages.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes plus standing time
Serves: a 20 x 20 cm sheet

Ingredients
3 tbsp coconut oil
60 g dark chocolate - at least 60% cacao, roughly chopped
1 tsp maple syrup
3 tbsp cacao powder
½ tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp cashews, chopped
3 tbsp raspberries, chopped
1 tbsp coconut flakes

Method

Melt the coconut oil in a small saucepan on a medium heat.

Turn down the heat to low, and add the chocolate, maple syrup (or you could use honey) and cacao powder.

Melt this mixture, stirring often, for about 5 minutes or until it is smooth and the lumps are out of the chocolate.

Remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla.

Leave it to cool for about 5 minutes.

Put some baking paper onto a baking tray which measures around 20 x 20 cms, and carefully pour the chocolate onto to this. Spread it so it is very thin, around 5 mm. It doesn't matter if the edges are not even.