It replaces butter or
oil with cacao butter, which can be bought as wafers or as big chunks that can be chopped up.
After scanning our pantry for what felt like an eternity, I got the bright idea to swap the coconut
oil with cacao butter (hoping that would make them stable at room temperature) AND IT WORKED.
Not exact matches
I just made these
with banana instead of raspberries and coconut
oil instead of
cacao butter....
Chocolate Layer Cakes
with Black Cherry and Orange Chocolate layers 3 cups nut or coconut milk 6 tablespoons
cacao powder 4 tablespoons cocoa nibs 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons coconut flakes 1/2 cup coconut
oil 1 cup sprouted pecan
butter or almond
butter 3/4 cup sweetener of your choice (I used Jerusalem artichoke syrup) 1/2 cup almond flour 1 1/2 cups ground flax seeds 3 tablespoons maca powder (optional) 2 tablespoons lucuma powder (optional)
The mix of sweet dates
with rich
cacao, roasted nut
butter, almonds, coconut
oil and a pinch of salt will make everyone happy!
Hi Caroline, You can definitely substitute
with coconut
oil, although the
cacao butter gives it the lovely chocolatey flavor that we all love.
I just made these, replacing the
cacao butter with coconut
oil and the maple syrup
with carob syrup and they are lovely!
Raw Vegan Peanut
Butter Cheesecake This cheesecake is smooth and creamy, and it's made
with healthy super food ingredients like raw
cacao powder, slivered almonds, sultanas, goji berries, and coconut
oil.
Raw Ferrero Roche Truffles These truffles are made
with smooth chocolate hazelnut
butter (use homemade to avoid additives), coconut
oil,
cacao powder, coconut milk, vanilla bean paste, and more.
It's still delicious,
with a cashew filling, fresh mango, coconut
oil,
cacao butter, sea salt, and everything else delicious and good.
My recipes are simple, they're all dairy - free
with the exception of ghee (which isn't really dairy), but this can easily be substituted
with coconut
oil or
cacao butter.
This amazing dairy free and vegan raw coconut white chocolate is made
with coconut, cashews, coconut
oil and
cacao butter.
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Oil Free, Paleo, Raw, Refined Sugar - Free, Soy - Free, Sweet Things, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged
With: 10 ingredients or less, 30 minutes or less,
cacao nibs, cashew, cashew
butter, coconut, coconut
butter, coconut nectar, coconut sugar
Melt coconut
butter /
oil and combine
with the raw
cacao, and maple syrup in a medium size bowl and stir until well combined.
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With: 10 ingredients or less, 30 minutes,
cacao,
cacao powder, chocolate, coconut
oil, fig, maple syrup, no bake, no cook, peanut
butter, vanilla
Made
with 100 %
cacao and creamy coconut
butter with MCT
oil.
Now I've tried making raw chocolate
with coconut
oil (instead of
cacao butter) before and to me it's just not the same.
Peel sweet potato and add it to a food processor, along
with dates, tahini, almond
butter, coconut
oil,
cacao powder, salt and melted chocolate.
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With: 10 ingredients or less, brown rice protein,
cacao nibs,
cacao powder, cashew, cinnamon, coconut, coconut
butter, coconut nectar, coconut
oil, dark chocolate
* I like my chocolates best when made
with cacao butter, but this can be an expensive and hard to find ingredient, so you can just sub in coconut
oil instead!
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Oil Free, Refined Sugar - Free, Soy - Free, Sugar - Free, Sweet Things, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged
With: almond
butter, baking powder, beet,
cacao butter,
cacao powder, chocolate, chocolate chips, coconut milk, date, maple syrup, oat flour, salt, tapioca starch, vanilla extract
Fab flavour combos, orange white choc and cranberry always go great together — I also used raw honey in place of agave as I believe its a more natural, unrefined sweetner (agave isnt as innocent as you might think — read up about it) As for those of you who wanted to know about the white choc chips, well I avoid all dairy and refined sugars so I simply made my own, its dead easy — simply combine pure raw
cacao butter (gently melted)
with a pinch of celtic salt, a little extract of vanilla and some raw cashew
butter, then freeze in a suitable container before breaking into chunks!!!!! yummy You can make dark chocolate chips even easier by melting pure coconut
oil and stirring in a little vanilla, honey and raw
cacao powder before freezing!!!
I wanted the
cacao butter in order to preserve the purity of the chocolate flavor but since
cacao butter has a high melting point, I had to dilute it
with coconut
oil so that it stays spreadable and doesn't harden to a chocolate bar.
200 g fair trade dark chocolate (70 %
cacao) 90 g quinoa flour a pinch of whole sea salt a pinch of cinnamon powder 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 115 g rice malt syrup 55 g maple syrup, grade B or C 4 tablespons powdered flax seeds, mixed
with 12 tablespoons filtered water 50 g hazelnut
butter 50 ml extra virgin olive
oil 1 tablespoon hazelnut
oil 6 tablespoons almond milk, unflavoured and unsweetened
Be sure to store your homemade chocolate chips in a cool place (if you used coconut
oil they will need to be stored in the fridge or freezer) If made
with cacao butter and maple sugar crystals they will hold up better at room temp, though I still store the bulk of them in the fridge.
Put the
cacao butter (or coconut
oil) into a mixing bowl and set the mixing bowl over the saucepan
with water to create a «double boiler».
Melt the
cacao butter and mix
with coconut
oil.
1 Tbsp coconut
butter (
oil), melted 1/2 cup shaved
cacao butter 1/4 cup shaved
cacao paste 1/4 to 1/2 cup
cacao powder (more powder used, the darker the chocolate) 2 Tbsp maple syrup 3 Tbsp Rapidura (I used Succanat and it was too grainy even
with grinding it) 2 drops Medicine Flower Black Cherry extract 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or 2 drops Medicine Flower Vanilla extract) 1/2 tsp sunflower lecithin 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds (soaked 2 hours and dehydrated) 1 Tbsp hemp seeds 1/8 cup raisins 1/4 cup dried cherries (optional) 2 Tbsp coconut, shredded (optional) 1/4 cup combined almonds and walnuts, smashed (soaked overnight and dehydrated first) 1/8 tsp sea salt
To gently melt the coconut
oil and raw
cacao butter, place them in a heat proof bowl set over a pan of steaming water
with the heat turned off.
I was under the impression I had to use just
cacao butter with no coconut
oil.
I changed Hannah K's recipe to include
cacao butter, rendering the bar more solid at room temperature and giving it that nice snap that chocolate should have, but you can just replace it
with more coconut
oil if you want.
Currently I am making chocolate
with just coconut
oil but wanted to switch to
cacao butter to give it a more chocolate taste.
To make the lemon coconut filling, first gently melt the coconut
oil and
cacao butter by placing it in a heatproof bowl over a pan of steaming water
with the heat turned off (see notes below).
To make the banana filling, first gently melt the coconut
oil and
cacao butter by placing it in a heatproof bowl over a pan of steaming water
with the heat turned off (see notes below).
These are absolutely delicious and are similar to peanut
butter cups, but are made
with cacao powder, coconut
oil, and almond
butter.
You can also replace the coconut
oil in the chocolate shells
with cacao butter, if you prefer — or simply melt your favourite chocolate bar instead
Whip up toasted coconut
with dates into the food processor into a smooth paste before adding cashew
butter,
cacao powder and coconut
oil.
I started brewing coffee in French press and blending it
with all sorts of superfoods: maca, turmeric, coconut
oil, coconut
butter, cayenne,
cacao, Shilajit — you name it.
In a double boiler melt
cacao paste (or
butter)
with maple syrup and coconut
oil.
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Oil Free, Raw, Refined Sugar - Free, Soy - Free, Sweet Things, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged
With: 30 minutes or less, almond
butter, avocado,
cacao powder, coconut, coconut
butter, coconut cream, date, maple syrup, reishi, vanilla, walnut
The name is quite self explanatory, these perfectly golden buns are filled
with a coconut,
cacao mixture and instead of using vegan
butter as a filling, we of course used extra virgin coconut
oil.
«I used Dagoba organic 87 %
cacao chocolate (if you like dark chocolate, this stuff might as well be crack - cocaine), coconut
oil, and cashew
butter (pretty sure we discussed this at your birthday party, but I make my own
with roasted cashews, agave nectar, and either coconut or safflower
oil depending on what I have at the time).
I didn't have
cacao powder or
butter so subbed
with cocoa powder and coconut
oil.
If you don't have raw
cacao butter it can be substituted
with cold pressed extra virgin coconut
oil.
The cheesecake layer was smooth, melted in my mouth and thankfully not overpowering
with coconut
oil or
cacao butter.
This good - for - you version is loaded
with antioxidants, healthy fats, and anti-inflammatory compounds from the nut
butter, coconut
oil,
cacao powder, and maple syrup.
1 cup (240 ml) cooked black beans 2 tbsp olive
oil (or coconut
oil) 2 tbsp nut
butter (we used almond) 2 tbsp oat milk (or any plant milk) 1/2 cup (120 ml) coconut palm sugar 4 - 5 tbsp
cacao powder 2 tbsp rose hip powder (can be substituted
with some rice flour and cinnamon) 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp sea salt
Gently melt the
cacao butter or coconut
oil by placing it in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of steaming water
with the heat turned off.
To make the boysenberry filling, gently melt the coconut
oil and
cacao butter by placing it in a heatproof bowl over a pan of steaming water
with the heat turned off (see notes below).
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With:
cacao butter,
cacao powder, Candy, Chocolate, Coconut, coconut
oil, Dessert, easy, gluten free, grain free, holiday, plant - based, Quick, Vegan Bounty Slices, vegan caramel