I'm one of them who loves Christmas, and I mean L-O-V-E! This year I'm going to spread some joy to friends and family with my chocolates!Hopefully they will enjoy them even though its not processed milk chocolate from the store, but a h-h-healthy raw chocolate instead.
Yesterday I made gingerbread dough, and it turned out lovely. The flavor and texture were just like the "real deal". I might show it to you when I get time to. Another experiment I'm currently having is home made 100% healthy marzipan dressed in raw chocolate. Might blog about that too eventually!
Back to this post. When I receive ingredients in the mail I'm just like a little kid on Christmas eve, It's SO exciting "unwrapping" them to see what's in it (yes, I tend to forget most of the stuff I order because of the shipping time) and surprisingly enough it was ingredients for raw chocolate! I think I managed to wait for about 1 hour until I had to go to the kitchen and start experiment. That's basically what I do when I'm in the kitchen - I experiment.
Normally I end up failing my projects (you wouldn't think that, would you?), but these two chocolates turned out amazing at once. So good I would buy these at the store if they were not home made! (I am so happy they are, though!)
I wanted to make the Gingerbread Chocolate (G.B) because of the lovely time we have upon us. If the gingerbread flavor doesn't give you a holiday cheer I don't know what will. The sweet and spicy taste of Christmas is enhanced in this chocolate.
G.B Chocolate
Chocolate layer:
4 tbsp Cacao Butter
2 tbsp Cacao Powder
1 tsp Liquid Lecithin
1 tsp Cashew Butter
1 tbsp Maple syrup
1 tsp Yacon syrup
Filling:
1 tsp Cashew butter
1 tbsp Coconut Oil
1 tsp Maple Syrup
1 tsp Yacon Syrup
1-2 drops of Butterscotch flavor
1 pinch Cloves
1 pinch Ginger Spice
1 pinch Black pepper
1 pinch Cinnamon
The name Orange Cream is taken from the name of the brand of the filling in this chocolate - Barlean's Orange cream. After purchasing this I instantly knew this had to be a perfect chocolate filling, and it was. The chocolate itself has a light flavor of oranges, which I absolutely love.
Orange Cream
Chocolate Layer:
4 tbsp Cacao Butter
2 tbsp Cacao Powder
1 tsp Liquid Lecithin
1 tsp Cashew Butter
1 tbsp Maple syrup
1 tsp Yacon syrup
1 tsp Orange flavor
Filling:
Barlean's Organge cream
Directions: When the chocolate layers are made, put the liquid chocolate in molds and roll the molds around until you have chocolate on the edges. Put in the freezer until solid, then add the filling and the cover it all with the rest of the chocolate. Into to the freezer it goes until firm!
Tip: You can make the chocolate layers even simpler, but this is my favorite chocolate base. It's not too dark, and just as sweet as I like it. You might want it another way.
- Enjoy your pre-Christmas and spread loads of chocolate love!
Juuum! Looks amazing :D
ReplyDeleteÅH du!! Dette ser jo helt fantastisk ut! Jeg fikk veldig lyst til å prøve meg på den med pepperkakedeig. Det må gjøres i løpet av advendt!
ReplyDeleteJeg skal også gi bort masse sunn godis i disse juletider. Jeg "plager" så mange jeg kan med det, men det faller heldigvis stort sett i smak :)