You can’t go wrong with chocolate for Valentine’s day, and if you make said chocolate from scratch, your valentine will be super impressed and all that mushy stuff, wink, wink! This Paleo chocolate hearts recipe is really easy to whip up and requires only 5 ingredients, plus a pinch of salt. If your looking to make something that isn’t complicated and looks like it was purchased from a fancy chocolate shop, I got you covered! Impressing people with simple homemade treats is right up my alley!
Before we go any further, I feel I must confess. I was that girl. The one who used to eat my weight in store bought waxy chocolate. Man am I glad those days are over, what was I thinking? I was eating fake chocolate and I didn’t even know it, GROSS! How come someone didn’t warn me sooner, shove a piece of REAL chocolate in my mouth and say, “you’re welcome!” ?? Well if they had, I’m sure I would have started singing “A whole new world” from Aladdin, lol! It only took 30+ years, but I’m never going back! Raw chocolate is where it’s at!
These raw chocolate hearts are the healthi-fied (is that even a word?) version of the chocolate hearts you find in the stores but you won’t even notice because they taste so naughty. They’re made from raw, pure ingredients so you reap all the “love” and goodness from that! Coconut oil is packed full of healthy fats and raw cacao contains of magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium and so much more! You can thank me later 
Happy Valentine’s day!!
*These are made with freeze dried strawberries, so you can make them any time of the year! Feel free to switch up the ingredients. There are too many yummy combinations you could use such as coconut, raspberries, banana, nuts, mint, etc.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 6 tablespoons cacao powder
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/3 cup freeze dried strawberries, crushed
- 1 tablespoon cacao nibs
- Pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl, mix melted coconut oil, maple syrup and cacao powder together.
- Grease a bite sized heart mold.
- Add a few bits of crushed freeze dried strawberries & cacao nibs to the bottom of greased mold.
- Pour mixture into greased mini heart mold, add remaining strawberries & nibs on top & cover.
- Place mold in the freezer to harden, takes about 20 minutes.
- Pop hearts out of the mold and enjoy!
Notes
Try to use a flexible mold, makes it easier to remove. Also, hearts will melt at room temp. so don't leave out. Store in fridge/freezer until ready to serve.
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