Healthy Mama Magazine Issue 7 - January 2015 | Page 60
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whenever my family had a box of
Celebrations I'd always be the one
to eat the Bounty chocolates - in
fact, I'd always eat the coconut
flavor in any box of chocolates!
Ever since I was young, I've adored
both coconut and chocolate so
they were basically my idea of
heaven. Now that I'm vegan
and rarely consume anything
containing refined sugar, I don't
eat Bounty chocolate anymore,
so I decided to create my own
natural and nutritious version of it.
RAW BOUNTY BITES
By Meghan Langhorn from Naturally Meghan
| Makes 9 small bites
FOR THE COCONUT FILLING:
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Call me crazy but I used
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These wonderful bites are little
balls of heaven and you'd never
guess they're raw and vegan!
½ cup unsweetened dessicated coconut
¼ cup melted coconut oil
2 - 4 tablespoon liquid sweetener of choice, to taste (I use brown rice
syrup)
FOR THE RAW CHOCOLATE COATING:
3 tablespoon melted coconut oil
3 tablespoon raw cacao powder
I was so pleased with how they turned out
because, like the best recipes always are, they
were a complete and utter experiment. If you
too were a fan of the Bounty but would rather
nourish your body with wholesome foods then
you'll absolutely love these beauties!
3 tablespoon liquid sweetener of choice
1 Mix together the ingredients for the filling in a small bowl then pop
it in the freezer for 5 minutes to firm up slightly (this will make it
easier to mould into balls).
2 When the 5 minutes is up, remove the bowl from the freezer and
form 9 small balls, each slightly larger than an average-sized cherry.
3 Place them back in the freezer on a small plate for another 5 or so
minutes.
4 Remove the coconut balls from the freezer and mix together the
ingredients for the chocolate coating.
5 Dip one of the balls in the chocolate mixture and roll it around,
making sure it's completely covered.
6 Repeat with the rest of the coconut then place them back into
the freezer on the small plate they were on before. Leave them
in there for about an hour, then transfer them into an airtight
container and either continue to store them in the freezer or keep
them in the fridge.
I hope you love them as much as I do!
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