Raw Chocolate with Essential Oils

I’ve had a fabulous Raw chocolate recipe up for a couple of years now – its HERE on the blog. Since I have discovered doTerra’s essential oils I decided to have a go at using one of the oils. I chose the doTERRA Wild Orange Oil ~ mainly because I’ve only just started out and my range is limited (although thats changing soon with a few more exciting oils coming ….) Since I wrote this post in 2015 I’ve got the full range of doTERRA Essential Oils and have various recipes on the blog now. Check under the Essential Oils tab…

I also altered the recipe a little in process.

Ingredients

220 g raw cacao butter
40 g raw cacao powder
65 g Pure Maple Syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch Pink Himalayan Salt
2 tsp Rice malt syrup
Approx 80-90g Raw Almonds
3-4 tablespoons Organic Shredded Coconut
50 grams of Cranberries
5 drops doTERRA Wild Orange Essential Oil

Prep Almonds by immersing in a jug of boiling water for around 5-10 minutes. Remove skins. Quarter almonds into slivers
Pre heat oven 160degrees and lightly toast almonds.

Method

Chop Cacao into small pieces and Blitz Cacao for 7 secs on speed 7
Melt at 37 degrees for 5 minutes speed 2.
Stir , and scrape sides and blades and then do another 2-3 minutes on speed 2 at 37degrees
Add Cacao powder, Organic Maple Syrup, vanilla extract salt and mix on speed 2 for 1 minute at 37degrees
Then stir and scrape sides
Add Rice Malt Syrup and Essential Oil and do another5-6 minutes speed 2 on 37degrees

Whilst all that is happening sprinkle almonds , shredded coconut and craisins into a lined tray.

Pour chocolate over nuts, coconut , craisins and pop into fridge for at least an hour