Homemade Orange Chocolates

Okay, I know this is just another variation of the same recipe, but it is sooooo good! The smell alone is worth a blogpost! I can't stop thinking up combinations, like raspberry-lemon or peanut butter-banana. So, I'd be lying if I said this was the last post on homemade chocolates your going to see from me ;)

Ingredients:

1 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp half n half
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp orange extract
1 Tbsp raw honey
The zest of 1 small orange
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup slivered almonds

Melt the oil and butter. Whisk in the honey, cream, cocoa, vanilla and pure orange extract. Pour into a pie plate lined with waxed paper. Sprinkle on the orange zest, cranberries and almonds. Place in the fridge to harden for at least one hour. Remove waxed paper from the pan and slice chocolates with a pizza cutter. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Sugar free, No bake, Double Chocolate Cookies

I was really craving cookies the other day so I decided to try making a no bake, no sugar, no flour version. I have never done it so I was a bit skeptical. The result was a cookie that tasted like a double chocolate chip cookie from Subway! I couldn't believe it! I even made my own chips, which honestly made took the cookie from good to fabulous!

Homemade sugar free chips:

1/3 cup coconut oil
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp milk or cream
1 tsp honey
Dash salt

Melt the oil, whisk in the rest of ingredients, spread in small dish lined with waxed paper and place in the fridge/freezer.

Cookie ingredients:

1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup pecans
2 Tbsp almond milk
1/2 cup milled flax seed
1 Tbsp coconut oil
2 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 cup dried cranberries or cherries (optional)
1 tsp vanilla

Blend nuts, milk and oil until smooth. Fold in rest of ingredients one at a time.

Take chocolate out of the freezer, slice into small pieces with pizza cutter and stir into batter.

Spoon small balls of dough onto a cookie sheet and put into fridge to harden. Store in airtight container.

You can substitute the flax for oats or flours, add coconut or peanut butter, the combinations are limitless!