Tag: chocolate

This Vegan Protein Chocolate recipe 🍫 with Cacao Powder is so easy and quick to make, with minimal ingredients, that anyone can make it at home within minutes! This recipe not only yields market-like yummy chocolate bars, but also is so versatile and can be used for so many other chocolate dessert recipes, some of which I have shared below. Additionally, it is a lot healthier chocolate than what we buy from the market having a higher protein content and good fats.

The last week I’ve been experimenting a lot with homemade chocolate recipes. My goal was to make a healthy chocolate, easy to make and requiring so less time and ingredients that whenever I get a craving for chocolate, I can quickly make it at home! So after a lot of mediocre and failed recipes, I have finally succeeded at making chocolate at home which is vegan and have wayyy healthier ingredients than what we buy from the market and is so easy to make its unreal! 😉

Coconut oil is a great substitute for Cocoa Butter in this recipe as Coconut Oil has a tendency to solidify, keeping our chocolate in shape. Also it is healthy and widely available. Addition of Peanut Butter increases the protein content of the chocolate along with other vitamins and minerals. It can also be substituted for Almond Butter which is also very high in protein. Using Cacao powder instead of Cocoa powder is also a healthier choice to make as it has more content of protein, fiber, magnesium and iron. Although if it is not easily available, Cocoa powder can also be used.

The biggest benefit of making chocolate at home is that the sweetness can be controlled very easily. The quality of sweetener must be a natural one if we are looking for a healthy chocolate and hence in this recipe of Vegan Protein Chocolate, we are using maple syrup as the sweetener. And don’t forget that pinch of salt. It really helps enhance and bring out the chocolate flavor in the recipe! 😉

Yield: 9 servings
Time: 30 min
Calories: 48.51kcal (per serving)

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 48.51kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.81g | Protein: 1.10g | Fat: 3.84g | Sugar: 1.44g | Sodium: 1.11mg | Vitamins: B,E,K | Minerals: Potassium, Iron, Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Manganese

INGREDIENTS 

2 tbsp Coconut Oil
1 tbsp Peanut Butter, plain
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
2 tbsp Cacao Powder
Salt, a pinch

DIRECTIONS

1. Put a pan on very low heat and add Coconut Oil
2. Once it melts, add all other ingredients and mix
3. Keep mixing until everything is well combined and has a chocolate sauce like consistency
4. Pour into chocolate molds and keep in the freezer to set for at least 20 mins
5. Once set, demould and enjoy! 😊

I also played around with the remaining chocolate by dipping some strawberries into it and freezing those as well! They turned out really really good.

Also I made myself some almonds poured with chocolate sauce.

Now you can go crazy here. There are so many possibilities. you can create different kinds of chocolate like I did – vanilla flavored by adding some vanilla essence, orange flavored by adding some orange zest, cashew covered in chocolate, strawberries covered in chocolate – sky is the limit!

And with the remaining chocolate sauce in the pan, that I didn’t wanna waste, I decided to make this thick hot chocolate! So I put it back to medium heat, added some soy milk and instant coffee. Stir it until well combined, then transfer to a mug, and decorate with some vegan whipped cream and chocolate chips! And just like that you have made yourself a café style thick delicious hot chocolate!!