Healthy chocolate? Yes. It’s a thing.

In honor of National Dessert Day, I present: homemade healthy chocolate. You heard that right — HEALTHY chocolate! And the best part? It only takes 3 simple ingredients and requires no cooking. Seems too good to be true, I know.

Although we all want to remain fit and live a healthy lifestyle, now and then we crave things that aren’t necessarily “good for us.” And that’s ok! Part of living a healthy, balanced life requires you to treat yo’ self every once in a while. But on days when you’re craving something sweet and don’t necessarily want to indulge, this recipe’s got you covered.  

Ingredients needed:

– Coconut Oil
– Cacao Powder
– 100% Natural Pure Maple Syrup
*Optional add-ons: almonds, peanuts, puffy rice, chia seeds, hemp seeds, nut butter, etc. 

How-to:

– Melt 1/4 to 1/2 cup coconut oil just enough to have a liquid consistency
– Pour coconut oil in bowl
– Mix in cacao powder until desired consistency (start out with small amounts of cacao and continue to mix in)
– Mix in a few tablespoons of maple syrup until desired sweetness
– Add in any of your extra ingredients (I usually add peanut butter to my chocolate after the mixing process)
– Pour chocolate onto non-stick paper and spread with spatula until desired thickness
– Put chocolate in freezer for about 20 minutes until chocolate is hardened
*Leave in freezer to keep chocolate solid