Recipe thanks to wellnourished.com.au.
These Chocolate Crackle Christmas Trees are a simple, low sugar, wholefood Christmas inspired treat. The best part about them is that you actually don’t need to buy special moulds to make them and they really simple to put together!
This recipe makes one tree (about 20-30cm high)
Servings: 1 tree
Ingredients
- 100 ml coconut oil melted
- 3 tablespoons rice malt syrup or maple syrup, more or less to taste
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut optional
- 2-3 tablespoons cacao powder more cacao will make it more chocolatey
- 2 cups puffed grain I used puffed rice but it would work with millet, quinoa or buckwheat (or a mix).
Instructions
- Over a gentle heat, warm the coconut oil and syrup until combined. Mix in the cacao powder.
- Now combine this with the puffed grain and coconut (or nut variation below).
- To make your mould, roll a piece of thin card into a cone shape and stick together. Line this with baking paper and wrap a piece of foil around the tip of the cone (to stop any oil leaking out).
- Now spoon the mixture into the cone. Every couple of tablespoons, pack the mixture down into the mould using the end of a wet rolling pin.
- Once done, lay on its side in the freezer until set (15 minutes or so).
- Remove the card and baking paper, decorate with berries and cherries and serve immediately (or store in the fridge until ready to eat).
Notes
You could also make small individual portions if you like.
Variations
Grain free Replace the puffed grain with the same amount of toasted almond flakes or another chopped nut or seed. Make it minty Add peppermint essence or essential oil for a peppermint chocolate treat. Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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About the Author: Georgia Harding
Georgia Harding is a Naturopath (20+ yrs exp.) author, mother and passionate health educator. On her website (Well Nourished) she shares fad-free health advice and intolerance/allergy friendly recipes to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives and create delicious food memories. Georgia is committed to supporting the health of this generation and especially loves to help parents feed their children ‘well’. She endeavours to simplify nutrition and make cooking nourishing meals achievable for everyone.
