Easy chocolate spread
Now here’s a fine idea – healthy, easy and will fill that sweet craving in seconds.
It should only take five minutes to make, at the most.
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Ingredients
2 tablespoons Tahini (can use flax or hemp seed oil instead, but you must refrigerate afterwards)
2 tablespoons Honey
2 tablespoons Coco powder
For larger quantities – simply double ingredients
Optional ingredients
Nuts
Seeds
Dried fruits of any sort!
Extra coco powder if rolling into small balls
In a jar add the tahini, honey and coco powder and mix well. This will make a sleek but sticky chocolate spread not unlike Nutella, but without any additives or dubious oils. Feel free to play with the ratio of ingredients to make a less sweet treat, or have less of the subtle taste of tahini.
And feel free to play with the ratio of ingredients to make a less sweet treat, or less of the subtle taste of tahini
As tahini doesn’t need refrigerating, the chocolate spread can live in a jar, and be spooned out as needed. Refrigerate if replacing the tahini with oil. Or if you’d like a firmer, more chocolate bar experience.
To use the extra ingredients:
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- To impress guests, mix in a bowl and spoon into small balls and roll in coco powder and chill to ensure solidity.
- If you’re just making for yourself, spoon into a shallow dish and refrigerate to make your own chocolate bars.
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This was suggested by a new friend on my current yoga retreat in the foothills of the Himalayas. Beautiful views, great yoga and fabulous healthy food. I’ll be working on getting some more great recipes to share over the next week. I know, I really go that extra mile for you all…
From the recipe notebook of Liz Scully.
From the kitchen of Lucy Forsyth – who calls this ‘Olga’s chocolate treat’
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If you like this recipe why not try these other easy supper recipes:
Crème brule
Honey Cake with Apricots, Vanilla and Sweet Potato
Storecupboard Standby : Quick chocolate cake in a cup
And do please share your own favourite recipes below… we’d love to hear from you.
Wow… I so love chocolates! I want to try this at home… yum! yum!
Oh you should, I keep hearing it’s delicious!
I agree such a yummy recipe. I am a also a chocolate lover Brenz.. so I will be coming back for more of Ms.Liz chocolates recipes with or without the other recipes. lol
Chocolate is always good Allan! And this has the added benefit of being super healthy too. So it’s almost virtuous to eat it…
i LOVE hummus! i like to add a pinch of piparka, and ground red pepper to mine. i also struggled to find tahini where i live, but all it is is toasted sesame seeds and olive oil, so i just use that instead. there are some fantastic recipes out there for spinach artichoke hummus, and pumpkin hummus as well if your ever in the mood for a change of flavor. 🙂
Excellent – more hummus. Bring it on!
It sounds inimitdating but homemade hummus is so easy! This is a great recipe. I have found that great white northern beans when blended up make a really good humus-like dip too. Just add some truffle oil and salt, or blend it up with some home made pesto. Eat with warm flatbread, and its a hit every time.
We do love a bit of hummus round here – we’ll give that a whirl and please keep sharing your quick never-fail recipes. We love it!