Chocolate Covered Raisins
It may surprise you to hear that it is quite easy to make Chocolate Covered Raisins at home. Best of all, this recipe from Dorothy Delaney requires minimal cooking. Plus, dark chocolate is a great source of antioxidants, making this sweet treat good for you.
Notes
Other options to add to the chocolate mixture: orange extract or juice, peppermint
Use dried cranberries, dried raspberries or other dried fruit instead of raisins if desired.
Instead of cacao butter, feel free to use coconut oil. Also, you can use lucuma powder instead of the mesquite. You can substitute a pich of vanilla powder for the extract.
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To see exactly how Dorothy makes this good-for-you sweet treat, check out this food video tutorial:
Preparation Time10 min
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup cacao butter, shaved and melted
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons raw agave or raw honey
- 1 tablespoon mesquite powder (optional)
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 dash salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Melt the cacao butter in your dehydrator, or a double boiler, or over a bowl of hot water.
- Mix in the other ingredients by hand.
- Pour in raisins, 1/2 cup at a time. Use a slotted spoon to transfer raisinsto a wax paper-coated cookie sheet.
- Freeze for 10 minutes.
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