Dairy Free Homemade Chocolate Recipe (2024)

Mar 25, 2015 · 12 Comments

This super easy dairy free homemade vegan chocolate recipe has only 4 ingredients and takes just 2 minutes to prepare!

Today I'm sharing a super simple, dairy free, homemade vegan chocolate recipe. This recipe has only four main ingredients (plus optional add-ins) and literally takes two minutes to prepare - it's so quick and easy.

The secret ingredient for making this chocolate is coconut oil, my new favourite cookingingredient! I've tried a few coconut oil chocolaterecipes recently, tweaking them as I go,and Ifinally think I've got it justright.

This chocolate is completelydairy free, gluten free and free from refined sugar, so healthier than standard chocolate too. As I've been thinking about Easter food recently, I made mine into chocolate eggs, but you could use anyshaped silicone mouldto use this recipe all the year round.

Dairy Free Homemade Chocolate

Ingredients:

• 100g coconut oil
• 5-6 tbs cocoa powder
• 2 tbs maple syrup
• 2 tsp vanilla essence

Option extras:

• 1 tbs chopped raisins
• 1 tbs chopped cashew nuts

Method:

Start by putting two silicone moulds onto a small oven tray - this makes them easier to carrywhen full of liquid chocolate! I used an Easter egg shaped mould and a half sphere shaped one, but you could use any shape at all, or even an ice cube tray.

Measure out the coconut oil and drop into a heat-proof jug. Pop into the microwave and heat at short 10-15 second intervals, stirring in between,until the oil has completely melted and is clear.

Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup and vanilla essence. Quickly stir until fully combined andsmooth. If using extras, add them in at this point. I used chopped raisins and chopped cashew nuts which added a little extra pop of sweetness, but you could use any dried fruit or nuts or leave them out altogether if you'd prefer the chocolate to be plain.

Quickly pour the chocolateinto yoursilicone moulds, using a spoon to make sure thatthe nuts and fruit are evenly distributed if necessary. If the chocolate sets before you have finished, pop the jug back into the microwave and heat gently until melted again.

Place the silicone moulds full of chocolate into the fridge or freezer until set, which should only take around 10 minutes or so.

Store in the fridge until ready to eat - after a while in a warm roomthis chocolate will melt and get quite soft.

This recipe is a really fun one fora childto help with, or evencook bythemselves.Check out myeasy recipes for kids section for more simple recipes that children canmake themselves, orfollow my Easy Recipes for Kids Pinterest board for even more fun recipe ideas for children.

If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like these dairy free treat recipes too:

Dairy Free Raspberry Chocolates

Dairy Free Chocolate Nests

Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns

Grace

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