This 4-ingredient chocolate is what dreams are made of. It’s packed with antioxidants, is easy to make, and is refined sugar-free. What more could your taste buds ask for on Valentine’s day? Give me my man and this chocolate and I’m a happy lady.
When I spotted this bag of cacao butter at Organic Garage I knew I had to pick some up. Cacao butter (or cocoa butter) is the pale yellow vegetable fat extracted from cocoa beans. You can find it at most health food stores, specialty grocery stores (like Organic Garage), and of course, online (for my online vegan shopping guide, see this post).
This recipe I’m sharing today does not result in a traditional hard/waxy chocolate like the bars that you’d buy at a store. Instead, it produces a fudge-like texture that melts in your mouth sending a wave of pure bliss throughout your body. It sounds dramatic because it is!
Update: My original recipe resulted in a softer fudge-like chocolate, however I tried a batch the next day without using the blender (I mixed by hand) and this resulted in a much firmer chocolate. I’ve since updated the recipe to reflect this method as I enjoyed it even more.
I strongly suggest using these silicone baking cups if you can get your hands on some. The chocolate will easily pop right out. If you don’t have the silicone baking cups, you can simply line a baking sheet with parchment paper and then drop spoonful’s of chocolate all over the paper or you can even use paper liners. The chocolate will stick a bit to paper liners, but they will still come out.
Freeze for about 30 minutes.
“Clean” every nook and cranny of the blender.
And experience love at first bite.
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Easy Homemade Vegan Chocolate
Yield
12 servings
Prep time
Cook time
Chill time
30
Total time
Ingredients
- 120 grams cacao/cocoa butter (about 1 cup of cacao butter chunks)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup room-temperature pure maple syrup (or liquid sweetener of choice)
- pinch of fine grain sea salt
- Flaked sea salt, for finishing
Directions
- Gently melt the cacao butter in a pot over the lowest heat setting. Or you can use a double boiler.
- Whisk all other ingredients (except flaked sea salt) into the pot.
- Pour into 12 silicone cups and sprinkle with flaked sea salt (optional). Alternatively, you can use paper liners (they will stick a tiny bit but will still peel off) or line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drop spoonfuls all over the paper. Plastic chocolate molds may stick.
- Freeze for 30 minutes or until firm. Pop chocolate out of the cups and enjoy immediately. Store in the fridge or freezer until ready to use.
Tip:
Note: I’ve changed the directions to omit the blending process. The blender seems to yield a softer, thicker mixture while simply mixing by hand resulted in a firmer chocolate that poured easily. I much preferred the chocolate when mixing by hand.
Nutrition Information
(click to expand)Instant Hot Chocolate
Simply drop a disc of vegan chocolate into a mug of steamed almond milk and stir until combined. This makes the creamiest, most delightful hot chocolate! It just might be my favourite hot drink yet.
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I hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day tomorrow no matter what you are up to. xo
Angela my dear – get yourself a frother! Best $9.99 you will ever spend… Takes the hot chocolate to an entirely new level… (also called a milk frother – but works in everything)
You know I have one, but I haven’t used it yet! Shame on me :)
Frother…never heard of that, must look into this
A frother works well with matcha tea, too! Wonderful!
^ Oh cool, I will check it out:D
The chocolate looks amazing and I love Laura’s idea of using a frother! :D
Hi Angela,
First of all, I absolutely love this website! Great recipes, and great story :) I have definitely perused a few of your recipes and am very excited to try! I was hoping to make this lovely hot cocoa as little gifts for my family members, and was wondering what I could do to make different flavours. I was thinking of putting in a bit of nutella, or pumpkin spices or even crushed candy canes. Do you think this will change the consistency of the ‘pucks’? Do you have any other good flavouring ideas?
Thanks!
Hi Hannah, Fun idea! I haven’t tried it myself, but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work. Let me know how it goes if you try it out :)
Oooh I have everything on hand! Making this weekend :)
Yum! Cocoa butter here I come.
I LOVE Giddy Yoyo! They are such an amazing company. I have never played with cacao butter in the kitchen and I have been meaning to in a while. I love the idea of instant hot chocolate, or hot chocolate of any kind. Now you have me craving chocolate! Great recipe idea, I can’t wait to try it.
I just made some similar to this, but with Stevia to lower the sugar. Now I need to make it more and toss it in my almond milk! I bet it would be great with a little peppermint extract too!
I just noticed your comment that you had just made some vegan chocolate using Stevia instead of maple syrup to lower the sugar. Can I get your recipe also?
Oh yum! I could really go for some hot cocoa about now.
Oh you made these look to easy I have had cocoa butter and have no clue what to do with it.. Now I have a recipe, and I defiantly voted for you for the homie awards I hope you get it..!!
I can’t wait to try these out, they look delicious! I hope that you have a wonderful Valentine’s day and that you win that award. I made an account just to vote for you :)!
Oh. my. goodness. So so good, can’t wait to get my hands on that butter and get to gettin on these!
Thanks ladies, I appreciate it!
Enjoy the chocolate if you make it. I discovered it makes a great pre-workout energizer lol.
Hahaha!! I love it. We’ll be the only ladies gorging ourselves on chocolate before working out. Take THAT, nasty whey shakes!! xXx
I love how you rationalize chocolate ^.^
This looks so yummy! (as does just about everything you post!) But what is cocoa butter and where do you buy it??
yum! can never say no to chocolate ;)
Oops! Just read the beginning of your post! :) Nevermind!
Ahh this brings me back to 2009 when I was making so much raw vegan coconut oil chocolate. I tend to use agave though. I feel like it’s ‘cleaner’ tasting than maple unless I want a maple taste. And I never use cacao butter b/c I’m cheap and use coconut oil :) I love your perfect stacks!
Is it possible to swop the maple syrup for agave and the cacao butter for coconut oil and still get this result? Or which recipe do you use? Thanks!
Hi Mary, I know I’ve made a chocolate in the past with coconut oil, but I can’t seem to find it on the blog. I think I might have used equal parts coconut oil, cocoa powder, and liquid sweetener, but I’m not certain. There are many recipes online too so give those a look. Goodluck!
Girl, you had me at “fudge.” I don’t have to share, right? :D
This looks delicious, can’t wait to try it soon :)
And of course I voted for you, good luck! You totally deserve it.
Thank you Sam, I appreciate it :)
This looks soooo goood!!! I can’t wait to get home from work to make it! Where oh where did you get that delightful spoon from?? Good luck on the healthy cooking blog!
Oh gosh Im trying to remember now! I think it was from Anthro last year maybe? I’ll let you know if I remember for sure :)
Mmmm, I love how simple this recipe is! Certainly an amazing way to enjoy chocolate and all of its benefits! Cacao is so awesome. Thanks for this one!
Mmm- looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe for the chocolatey treat :)