As Easter approaches the annual guilt of gorging on chocolate also looms. But do not fear. We have two guilt-free Easter egg options to make at home that will boost your health and offer a feel-good factor too.
Easter Eggs can have health benefits – just go for dark chocolate, which contains a high cacao content, or make your own! Dark chocolate is made with a high proportion of cacao and also contains large amounts of flavonoids, which act as powerful antioxidants and help to lower blood pressure.
MAKING THE CHOCOLATE
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1 cup cacao butter, finely chopped
1/2 cup cacao powder
1/4 cup honey or maple syrup to taste
Place cacao butter into a heat-proof bowl over a pot of slowly simmering water. Ensure the bowl is not touching the water. Take the bowl off the pot when cacao butter has melted. Stir through the cacao powder and sweetener.
ROCKY ROAD EGG
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1 cup assorted nuts roughly chopped (macadamias, almonds, walnuts, pistachios – whatever your heart desires)
2 tbsp goji berries
2 tbsp dried cranberries/sultanas
2 tbsp desiccated coconut
1/4 cup organic GF marshmallows, chopped (optional)
2 tbsp dried ginger pieces, chopped (optional)
Mix all rocky road ingredients in a bowl and pour over most of the chocolate mixture. Stir until coated well. Pour mixture into Easter egg half moulds and freeze for 15 minutes, remove and pop Easter eggs out of the moulds. Paint a layer of chocolate on the inside of the half eggs and stick them together, pop back in the freezer for another 15min. Once frozen together well they are ready for eating.
COCONUT ROUGH EGG
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2 cups coconut flakes
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
Mix chocolate with coconut flakes until well coated. Pour mixture into Easter egg half moulds and freeze for 15 minutes, remove and pop Easter eggs out of the moulds. Paint a layer of chocolate on the inside of the half eggs and stick them together, pop back in the freezer for another 15 minutes. Once frozen together, paint a thin layer of chocolate over the entire egg and roll in desiccated coconut and freeze again. Once frozen together well they are ready for eating.
