Hazelnut Chocolate Bark
Homemade gifts are my favourite to offer during the Holiday season. If you have a chocolate or nut lover in your life this Hazelnut Chocolate Bark will have them floating!
Equipment
- stove
- freezer
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup chopped cocoa butter
- 2 tbsp organic coconut oil
- 1 cup pure cacao (sifted)
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 big pinch of Maldon sea salt
- ½ tsp organic vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp cacao nibs (I love Navitas brand)
- 2 cups toasted hazelnuts (preheat oven to 350 and roast for 15 min. Keep your eyes on them! Once out of the oven, place on a clean towel and rub the skins off. It’s perfectly fine to still have some skin on too!)
Instructions
- Set up a double boiler. We used a stainless steel bowl over 2 inches of boiling water. The bowl should be bigger than the pot so no risk of splashing water in your chocolate.
- Add in chopped cacao and coconut oil and let it melt. Stirring occasionally.
- Once melted, add in cacao using a fine mesh strainer (this helps avoid clumps), and stir to combine.
- Add in maple syrup, vanilla, sea salt and cacao nibs. Stir stir.
- Finally, add in your nuts (this can be made with any nut and or dried fruit combo!).
- Transfer to a parchment lined 8 by 12 baking dish and spread evenly.
- Transfer to the freezer and let set for a minimum 1 hour but I let mine set for 3 before breaking apart in desired sized chunks.