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Easy Homemade Paleo Chocolate

Taylor Stolt, RDN, LD, CLT, IFNCP • May 10, 2019
Easy Homemade Paleo Chocolate

I’ll keep this short and sweet because I know you’re here for an amazing chocolate recipe, not for me ramble on and on about it.

  1. It’s dangerously good.
  2. It’s easy.
  3. It’s gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo, vegan, refined sugar-free – all the things.

That’s about all you need to know!

Cacao Benefits

For all the chocolate-lovers out there that want another excuse to indulge, here you go. 

But keep in mind, these benefits are for the unprocessed cacao bean itself. You can find unprocessed cacao in the form of cacao nibs (fermented, dried and roasted beans) or cacao powder which is just ground cacao nibs.

Nope, the same benefits do not apply to the standard chocolate bar. The chocolate bar you see on the shelf probably contains alot of processed sugar, and it contains cocoa instead of cacao.

Cocoa is cacao that is processed with high heat and an alkalized chemical solution, which degrades nutrient content and destroys all of the health benefits below.

 

 

Benefits of Cacao

 

cacao bean health benefits

 

The Recipe

This is a great chocolate bar “base”. You can add anything you want on top! My favorites are cacao nibs, sliced almonds, peppermint extract, espresso powder, or freeze-dried raspberries.

For Mother’s Day I used dried rose petals for an elegant touch – they’re available at Whole Foods and, to my surprise, they weren’t expensive.

I used these silicon molds!

They smell very silicony (yes, I know that’s not an actual word) but a few hours in the sun gets rid of the smell. Silicon is safe, unlike plastic, because it won’t leach endocrine-disrupting chemicals like BPA and BPS into the chocolate.

I sprinkled my “toppings” into the mold before pouring the chocolate, so that little bits of them would peek through. I love the look of it!


Paleo Dark Chocolate

  • 1 cup cocoa butter
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 1 cup cacao powder
  • 4 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • a pinch of sea salt

  1. Heat cocoa butter and coconut oil in a small saucepan on low heat until melted.

  2. Remove from heat and whisk in remaining ingredients.

  3. Pour add-ins into silicon molds and then pour in chocolate until full.

  4. Refrigerate for 25-30 minutes until chilled.

If you don’t have a silicon mold on hand you can pour the chocolate onto a piece of parchment paper and make chocolate bark!


Comment below if you enjoyed this recipe, and share the recipe with a chocolate-loving friend!

About THE AUTHOR

Taylor Stolt is an award-winning Functional Medicine Dietitian and women’s health expert. She has transformed her own struggles with hormonal imbalances and poor gut health into a beacon of hope for thousands of women. Taylor is the creator of the Restore Program, a step-by-step guide that shows women how to rebalance their hormones naturally. Her mission is to empower women with practical tools and sustainable habits so women can reclaim their health and feel like themselves again.

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