I can only go so long without sharing some sweet, sweet chocolate love. And what goes better with chocolate than mint? That’s why I’m sharing these dairy-free mint chocolate truffles.
I always have a challenge when I do the same workshops over and over again, and look for ways to adapt and add some extra interest. I come up with the plan, the recipes, the flow and then I do a few times and need to change it up – even if it’s just a small change.
As a little girl, my parents would go out for the evening and I would decide with my baby-sitter that it was time to rearrange the furniture in my room. This happened a lot! Who knew one French Provincial furniture set could have so many potential configurations.
Recently, my main man told me that he thinks it’s good for me to have creative projects. And I once had a boss tell me that he fears the trouble my idle hands may cause. So it goes. When I get restless these days and can’t move all my furniture around (although my recent move to a new home was exhilarating and almost everything in my kitchen is on wheels for a reason), can’t job hop or be the queen of first dates (all past hobbies), I create new chocolate recipes and then proudly share them.
The response I usually get is “Where’s the recipe for this?”. My answer – “I’ll get it to you. Isn’t it delicious though!”
dairy-free mint chocolate truffles, with a vegan option
For these layered mint chocolate treats, I wanted them to be refreshing, satisfying, just sweet enough, and loaded with the most nutrient packed goodness I could squeeze into one square of chocolate. And my goodness these mint chocolate truffles are good!
The magic ingredient in this truffle is the mint essential oil. I used the brand new ones I am carrying from Living Libations. When it comes to using essential oils in our food – we need it to be top of the charts amazing. We want the best of the best. Seriously. And I am pretty sure Living Libations is the best of the best.
Add a drop to your water bottle (glass or stainless steel of course) for a refresh to your water.
Keep a bottle in your purse for travelling – great as an anti-nauseant. Drop on a tissue and inhale.
Use as an instant disinfectant. Those pink soaps in public bathrooms creep me right out. I dab one drop of peppermint oil onto my hands and rub it around for anti-bacterial/viral/fungal/microbial benefits.
Bonus use: In chocolate of course!
Let’s make the most delicious chocolate mint truffles. If you don’t have matcha or spirulina to make the filling green – not to worry, you can leave them out. The filling will still be minty delicious!
An incredible chocolate truffle using peppermint oil for a refreshing minty flavour.
Ingredients
Scale
For The Chocolate
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup cacao butter
1 Tbsp raw honey, or maple syrup or coconut syrup for a vegan option
1 tsp maca (optional)
For the Minty Middle
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 Tbsp dried coconut, ground in a coffee grinder
2 Tbs goji berries, ground
1/8 tsp matcha
1/8 tsp spirulina (optional)
3 drops peppermint essential oil
2 tsp honey or maple syrup, or sweeten to taste
Instructions
Make a DIY double boiler (one large pot full of water and smaller pot inside it for melting). Over low heat, melt together the cacao powder, coconut oil, cacao butter, honey and maca. You need this only warm enough that the goods melt together.
Using a pop-out ice cube tray or candy mold, Pour about 1/2 Tbsp of chocolate into each cup just until bottom is covered.
Place in freezer for 5-10 minutes or until solid.
Meanwhile, mix together your minty fresh filling.
Remove chocolate from freezer and spoon mint mixture over first layer of chocolate. Replace to freezer to let harden – about 10 minutes.
At this point, you may need to reheat the remaining chocolate mix, do so just until it is pourable again.
Gently spoon chocolate into each compartment until mint mix is covered fully.
Return to freezer to allow chocolate to set.
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:5 minutes
How do you use your essential oils? Which is your favourite?
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