Sirova
03-03-2010, 12:46 PM
Matthew's Cayenne Love Bites
My husband Matthew loves spicy chocolate, and he loves raw chocolate made with coconut oil. So, I created these spicy cayenne love bites just for him. I thought they were also quite fitting for my spicy and exotic husband :) I thought these were plenty spicy for me, but he found them a little mild with a nice warm aftertaste. Increase the cayenne pepper if you don't find them spicy enough :)
Ingredients (makes about 15 bite sized chocolates)
- 1/2 cup raw cacao powder, sifted
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
- 4 T dark agave nectar
- 1/8 t cayenne pepper + extra for dusting
Directions
- In a glass bowl, stir the agave nectar into the coconut oil until combined.
- Add the cayenne pepper and cacao powder, and stir well. If the chocolate starts to get stiff, simply put the bowl over another one with hot water in it. It is very unlikely that the chocolate will get hot, mine doesn't even get warm when I do that.
- Taste, and add more cayenne if desired. Remember that the heat from the cayenne takes a few seconds to make itself known :)
- If using chocolate molds, sprinkle some more cayenne at the bottom of the molds and then pour the liquid chocolate into them.
- Set in the freezer until solid, unmold Matthew's Cayenne Love Bites, and store in the fridge or freezer. Matthew loves chocolates made with coconut oil because they melt in the mouth more readily than chocolates made with cacao butter.
My husband Matthew loves spicy chocolate, and he loves raw chocolate made with coconut oil. So, I created these spicy cayenne love bites just for him. I thought they were also quite fitting for my spicy and exotic husband :) I thought these were plenty spicy for me, but he found them a little mild with a nice warm aftertaste. Increase the cayenne pepper if you don't find them spicy enough :)
Ingredients (makes about 15 bite sized chocolates)
- 1/2 cup raw cacao powder, sifted
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
- 4 T dark agave nectar
- 1/8 t cayenne pepper + extra for dusting
Directions
- In a glass bowl, stir the agave nectar into the coconut oil until combined.
- Add the cayenne pepper and cacao powder, and stir well. If the chocolate starts to get stiff, simply put the bowl over another one with hot water in it. It is very unlikely that the chocolate will get hot, mine doesn't even get warm when I do that.
- Taste, and add more cayenne if desired. Remember that the heat from the cayenne takes a few seconds to make itself known :)
- If using chocolate molds, sprinkle some more cayenne at the bottom of the molds and then pour the liquid chocolate into them.
- Set in the freezer until solid, unmold Matthew's Cayenne Love Bites, and store in the fridge or freezer. Matthew loves chocolates made with coconut oil because they melt in the mouth more readily than chocolates made with cacao butter.