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Say hello to the new kid on the block! This Healthy Choc treat is absolutely amazing!! Decadent, soft and goey, chocolatey, and hits the spot immediately!

I stumbled across the original recipe on the Wholefood Simply Blog, (which by the way, if you don't know about yet.. you NEED to check out.) Bianca's original recipe is a Choc Walnut Fudge. However, I didn't have Walnuts, so I used Cashews instead, and I also decided to double the Chocolate mixture.

Here's how I did it.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup of Cashews

3 tablespoons of Honey

1 pinch of Pink Himalayan Salt

2 Avocados

20-25 Dates

6 tablespoons of Raw Cacao

4 tablespoons of Coconut Oil

1 teaspoon of Vanilla Bean Extract

Get out a frying pan, and put it over medium heat. Heat up your Cashews and sprinkle your salt in. This took a little while, and I kept increasing the heat. (You can continue onto the Chocolate mixture part while your waiting if you like.) Once the Cashews are quite warm, add 1 tablespoon of the Honey and stir it all together. Remove the frying pan from the stove, and set aside.

Now for the Chocolate Mixture! Simply blend up the remaining ingredients really well, until you get a smooth and consistent mixture. Yep - so simple!

Line a loaf tin with baking paper, and make sure it's hanging over the edges. Mix the Cashews through the Chocolate mixture, and pour into the loaf tin smoothing out the top.

Pop it into the freezer for at least a couple hours to set.. and that's it!! Chop it up as you like, but remember to keep it in the freezer and eat it straight from there. It's quite a soft mixture, so if you leave it out for too long, it will melt away!

What are you waiting for?! It's so delicious AND healthy!! I really encourage you to try these if you LOVE chocolate but want to use healthier ingredients!! You won't regret it.

Oh!! - Guess who's Thermomix is arriving today?! I'm SOOOO excited!! I decided that I really do love using one, and it's just blends and grinds everything up so quick. It's also gotten me in the kitchen cooking actual meals (which hubby is excited about haha) so it's been really great. I can return my Mother-in-Laws now and get exploring my own! Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday.. and Merry Christmas AGAIN to me!

Hit me with your favourite recipes!!

- A M Y D A V I S

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I am still blown away by the fact that my Mother-in-Law actually MADE me a Raw Chocolate Cake for my birthday to surprise me with because she knew how much it would mean to me! I don't eat other cakes anymore, and so I was pretty excited!!

It was absolutely delicious!! And tasted even better than it looked (if that's possible!?). After putting up a little photo of cake on a couple Facebook support groups for Kayla Itsines, (one of which I'm an Admin for, so come join us if you're in Australia or New Zealand and doing BBG here) I was flooded with people asking for the recipe! So, I asked my lovely Mother-in-Law where she got the recipe from and sent it to me. I'll let you all in on the delicious-ness below!

It was a modified Thermo-Mix recipe. The original can be found here.

However, she didn't use Agave Nectar, Fennel Pollen or Maple Sugar Chips for the topping. Instead, she used fresh berries. Uhhh.. YUM!

For those of you who don't have a Thermo-Mix (like me) I'll write out the recipe in a way that you can easily make it. You'll still need a high speed blender or food processor.

INGREDIENTS

Base:

60g Cacao Butter

150g Hazelnuts

45g Raw Cacao

20g Raw Honey

Filling:

300g Pecans

150g Pitted Dates

150g Dried Figs

40g Honey

35g Raw Cacao

1 1/2 Teaspoons of Natural Vanilla Extract

Topping:

200ml of Coconut Oil

100g Raw Cacao

Fresh Blueberries and Raspberries to sprinkle on top

Let's get to it! For preparation, line a 20cm cake pan with baking paper. Put the Pecans into your blender and grind them up. Set them aside in a little bowl for later.

Now start with the base. Melt your Cacao Butter, and then put it into your blender. Add your Hazelnuts, Raw Cacao and Honey. Blend together well. Tip the mixture into the lined cake pan and evenly spread it out, pressing down right to the edges. Pop it into the fridge.

To make the filling, blend together the dates and figs. This will take a bit of effort. Stop a few times and mix things around. Once roughly blended together, add the ground up Pecans that you set aside earlier, and the Honey, Raw Cacao and Vanilla Extract. Blend together until you reach your desired consistency. Press the mixture into the cake pan on top of your base. Pop it back into the fridge for at least 3 hours.

Now time for the topping! Mix together the Raw Cacao and Coconut Oil in a small milk pan or even just a bowl! Once mixed together well, pour it over the top of the cake. Then sprinkle in as many fresh berries as you would like! Not only do they look amazing and colourful, but they taste delicious!! Once your happy with it, put it back into the fridge for at least 20 minutes to let the topping set.

And thats it! Once you're ready to serve, run a sharp knife around the edge of the cake pan and remove the cake, placing it on a serving board or plate of your choice.

Remember to keep the cake in the fridge unless it's being eaten! Otherwise the ingredients will go very soft, and the topping starts to melt after a little while.

ENJOY!! I certainly did!!

Have a great day lovelies!

- A M Y D A V I S

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If you liked my Chocolate Truffles, you LOVE these Chocolate Chips ones! I am really loving coming up with new variations on favourite Raw or Healthy recipes. It keeps it interesting, and they still seem to always taste rich, decadent and delicious.

If you're sitting on the fence with give up store bought chocolate and other unhealthy sweet/desserts, I encourage you to jump off and just give it a go. What do you have to lose? Your diet plays a big part in getting into shape, so if you can get that under control, you'll find things so much easier. I no longer crave any sugar filled foods, an instead I've discovered this whole new healthy world that I'm so passionate about!

These ones are delicious! They do however contain whole Cacao nibs which can taste a little bitter, especially if you're not used to them. If this is your first time making Raw/Healthy Chocolate Truffles, I would suggest making either Peanut Butter Chocolate Truffles or Raw Goji Berry & Chocolate Truffles first. If you've made those ones before, definitely give these ones a go!

Without any further delay, let's get to it!

You'll need a high speed blender or food processor. I used my Optimum Blender 9400.

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate Mix:

500g of Pitted Dates (Roughly. Doesn't have to be exact)

1 Avocado

1/4 cup of Water

1/2 cup of Raw Cacao

4 Tablespoons of of Natural Peanut Butter

1/4 cup of desiccated Coconut

1/4 cup of Cacao Nibs

Toppings:

Raw Cacao

Ground Pepita Seeds

Serves: Roughly 30 balls. (As always, I 'taste test' a few as I go! Awk.)

Firstly, lets blend up the Pepita seeds. Your blender (or food processor) will need to be completely dry for this, so that's why I get it done first. Set the ground up Pepita seeds aside into a bowl for rolling later.

Next, put the Dates, Avocado and Water into your blender, and blend to form a sticky paste.

Add the Raw Cacao, Peanut Butter and Coconut. Blend together well. You may need to stop a few times and scrape the mixture down from the sides.

Once it's blended together, spoon the mixture out into a bowl, and mix through your Cacao nibs with a spoon.

Get your bowl of ground up Pepita seeds ready. Get another bowl out and put in roughly 1/4 cup of Raw Cacao.

Time to roll them up into little balls! The chocolate mixture is quite sticky, so it can be a little tricky to roll them. If you put the mixture into the fridge for a while, it's becomes less sticky. But if you use some food safe latex kitchen gloves, it's not too tricky anyway.

Scoop up a balls worth of mixture, and roll it in the palm of your hand creating a ball. Then drop it into either one of your bowls containing the ground up Pepita seeds or Raw Cacao, and roll it around to coat it! And that's it!! It's that easy.

Set them aside on a tray, then then put them in the freezer. Ideally, leave them there for at least a few hours before serving. This helps harden the mixture up and makes them taste even more rich and delicious!

Remember to keep them in the freezer or fridge if they're not being eaten to keep them nice and firm.

Indulge & enjoy without feeling guilty! And go ahead and throw out that store bought chocolate in your cupboard. It does absolutely nothing good for you whatsoever!!

Have a lovely day beautiful people.

- A M Y D A V I S

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