Coconut Chocolate Hearts

Vegan, gf, refined sugar-free

Ingredients:

Coconut Layer:

• ½ cup of unsweetened desiccated coconut
• ½ cup of oat bran
• 1 cup of full-fat coconut cream, chilled
• 3.5 TBSP – ¼ cup of rice malt syrup (the darker the chocolate you are using, the more sweetness you want to add in; however, I would not use more than ¼ of a cup unless you are used to eating very sweet foods, in which case start as sweet as you need it and slowly reduce the added syrup)
• Optional: Pinch of Himalayan rock salt
• Optional: ½ tsp of Ceylon cinnamon

Chocolate Layer:

• 1 bar of dark chocolate (at least 75% of cacao, I used 90%), melted

Method:

1. In a small bowl, mix your shredded coconut, oat-bran, salt and spices if using.
2. In a separate small bowl, mix your coconut cream and rice malt syrup.
3. Add your wet ingredients to your dry ones and mix until well combined and you receive a sticky dough.
4. Add your coconut dough to your heart-shaped forms.
5. In the meantime, melt your chocolate in a double-boiler.
6. Once melted, spoon over your coconut-cream mixture.
7. Put into the freezer for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
8. Enjoy how delicious your healthy life can taste and be!