Healthy Coconut Chocolate Mounds

A healthy version of a popular chocolate candy with real organic coconut, coconut oil, organic cocoa, natural raw honey which all have reputed health benefits and nutrition your body will use. No empty calories or artificial ingredients here. A sweet treat that you can enjoy guilt-free! I made 14 Coconut Almond Chocolate Mounds out of the batch and calculated them to be around 69 calories each.

Sweet and chewy coconut centre topped with an almond and coated in healthy coconut oil and cocoa chocolate topping.

This recipe takes a few steps and a bit of patience to coat the coconut in the liquidy coconut oil and cocoa topping but the last bite lets you know it was worth it!

There are 2 sets of ingredients. One for the coconut filling and one for the chocolate coating,

The first set of ingredients is for the coconut filling

Coconut Filling Ingredients:

- 3 cups organic shredded unsweetened coconut

- 1 tsp organic vanilla extract

- 2 tbsp organic raw honey

- 1/2 tbsp melted coconut oil

- whole raw almonds for garnish

The second list of ingredients is for the coconut oil and cocoa chocolate coating

Chocolate Coating Ingredients:

- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil

- 2 tbsp unsweetened organic cocoa powder

- 1 tbsp organic raw honey

- 1 tsp almond extract

- pinch of pink Himalayan sea salt

First start with lining a cookie sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven at 350 F.

Place the 3 cups of coconut in the food processor.

Pulse the coconut for several minutes until it starts to stick together

The coconut will start to stick to the sides; stop and scrape the coconut down and then pulse again until it becomes a bit doughy and sticks together when you squeeze it between your fingers.

Then add the honey, coconut oil and vanilla and pulse again to blend well.

When the coconut mixture is well blended, then it is ready to scoop into mounds.

Scoop tablespoonfuls of coconut filling, and press it down into the spoon to make it stick together. Tap the spoon onto the parchment paper to release it out of the spoon.

Tap the scooped coconut mixture to release it onto the parchment paper

Depending on the shape of your spoon, the mounds will be the shape of your scoops.

Press an almond onto each coconut mound.

When the coconut mixture is all scooped onto the parchment paper, get some whole raw almonds and press one into each coconut mound. A bit of coconut oil may help to keep the almond to stick.

Then brush each coconut almond mound with melted coconut oil.

Brush the coconut almond mounds with melted coconut oil

Then the place the pan in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges turn brown.

Let the baked coconut mounds cool as you prepare the chocolate coating.

Transfer the mounds onto wire racks to cool as you prepare the chocolate coating.

Add all the chocolate coating ingredients into a heat proof dish and stir well to combine.

Place the dish into the microwave and heat on high for 1 minute. Remove and stir again. The chocolate will be liquidy and needs to cool to get thicker to coat the chocolate mounds.

Dip the coconut almond mounds with a slotted spoon into the melted chocolate coating

As you dip the coconut mounds into the chocolate, it is best to transfer them into the fridge as soon as possible to get the liquid chocolate coating to cool quickly. You may need to scoop another spoonful of chocolate coating onto each coconut almond mound to get full coverage.

Transfer the set chocolate coconut almond mounds into a covered container

Once the chocolate coating has set and is hard, you can transfer the mounds into a covered container and store in a cool place until ready to serve!

A delicious soft sweet coconut centre with a an almond crunch and melt in your mouth healthy chocolate made from coconut oil and cocoa.

I hope you enjoy making this guilt-free treat made from ingredients that are beneficial to your wellness and yet so yummy at the same time!

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