The Healthy Coconut author Jenni Madison’s recipe for Gorgeous Vegan Mocha Magic Bites is simply delicious and takes less than 30 minutes to make
Makes approx 15 square bites
Preparation time 25 minutes + 4-6 hours cooling time
INGREDIENTS
Base
1 cup pecans
3 tbs raw cacao powder
8 Medjool dates
Pinch of pink salt
Coffee Vanilla Cream
8 cups raw cashews, soaked
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
1 cup coconut nectar
½ teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cup very strong, brewed organic coffee
1 cup cacao nibs
Chocolate Sauce
½ cup cacao powder
½ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup coconut nectar
½ tsp vanilla essence
Pinch of pink salt
METHOD
1 To make the base, blend the pecans and cacao powder in a food processor, process until a fine flour forms, then add the Medjool dates and salt, and blend again until a sticky dough forms.
2 Press the mixture into a flat tray or plate lined with a piece of waxed baking paper. Set aside in the fridge.
3 To make the Coffee Vanilla Cream blend all ingredients together.
4 Pour half of the Coffee Vanilla Cream over the top of the base and refrigerate the remaining half of the cream.
5 For the Chocolate Sauce blend all the ingredients together and drizzle over the top of the Coffee Vanilla Cream, place in freezer and allow to set for 1 hour
6 Once the chocolate sauce has set, place another layer of the remaining Coffee Vanilla Cream over the top of the chocolate topping layer. Return to the freezer for another 2-3 hours.
7 Remove from the freezer and slice into bite-size pieces.
Extracted from The Healthy Coconut (Rockpool Publishing $34.99) by Jenni Madison, now available at all good bookstores and online