Bon Bons

11/25/2012

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Recipe designed by www.ChefElyse.com

Ingredients: 
Cashew Lucuma Ice Cream:
1. 4 Cups cashews soaked overnight
2. juice of 1 lemon
3. 1/2 Cup maple syrup
4. 1/2 Cup melted coconut oil
5. 2 Tbl vanilla extract or vanilla bean
6. 3 Tbl Lucuma powder (if you cannot find lucuma the recipe will work without it. Or replace it with macca powder. You can also add 1 teaspoon of macca podwer to this recipe!)
7. dash of himalayn or celtic sea salt

ACTION: 
1. combine ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth
2. dollop onto pan lined with parchment paper or into cupcake liners
3. freeze 2 to 3 hours

Raw Chocolate Topping:
1. 1/2 Cup Maple Syrup
2. 1/4 Cup Coconut Oilor cacao butter (melted)
3. 2/3 Cup Cacao Powder

ACTION:
1. Put ingredients in blender - Maple syrup first, then coconut oil, then cacao - blend until smooth
2. Pour over lucuma ice cream mounds

 
 
Orange:
Juice oranges and pour them into molds in freezer! Add grapefruit and lemon for extra ZING!

Chocolate:
See CHOCOLATE MILK (made with almond milk and cacao) recipe and pour into molds and set in freezer!

Strawberry:
See ALMOND MILK recipe and add to a blender 1 cup of strawberries to make strawberry milk ice blocks! Pour into molds and set in freezer!

Red:
See STRAWBERRY APPLE SLUSHY and pour into molds and set in freezer!

 
 
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup of walnut meal (ground walnuts in a blender)
1 cup of cacao powder
3 tablespoons of maple syrup or honey
2 tablespoons of water
1 teaspoon of himalayan salt
1 vanilla bean or 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Action:
1. In a bowl mix the cacao powder and walnut meal together
2. Add the maple syrup, vanilla, salt and water and stir!
4. Roll them into balls and press them into baking cups.
5. The icing: The RAW CHOCOLATE AVOCADO MOUSSE
6. Garnish with coconut shavings, chopped nuts, goji berries and cacao nibs!

For vanilla cupcakes:
In a bowl mix 1 cup of almond meal or walnut meal, 1 ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon of Himalayan salt, 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or honey and water if extra moisture is needed! Roll them into balls and press them into baking cups!

 
 
Ingredients:
1 cup of almond meal (you can also use any other nuts!)
1 cup of cacao powder
3 tablespoons of maple syrup or honey
2 tablespoons of water
5 tablespoons of fine shaved coconut flakes

Action:
1. In a bowl mix the cacao powder and almond meal together
2. Add the maple syrup and water and stir!
3. Roll them into balls! 
4. Then roll them into shaved coconut!

+ Add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil for more of a coconut taste!


 
 
Makes 12 cups
Ingredients

100g Raw Cacao Butter (3/4 a cup)
½ cup of almond meal (or hemp seed meal)
2-6 tablespoons of Raw Cacao Powder (to taste)
1-3 tablespoons of maple syrup, honey (or more to taste)
½ a jar of Organic Peanut Butter (or hemp butter)
Mini or large baking Cups

Action:
1. Melt the cacao butter in the sun or on very low heat in a pot. Once it is melted add the cacao powder, almond meal and maple syrup and whisk well.  Taste it, if it needs more sweet add more maple!
2. Spoon the chocolate mix into each baking cup to fill the bottom of each one just under half way full! Make sure you only use half the chocolate mix as you will need it for the top half of the cup! Place in the freezer to set for 15 minutes
3. Remove the chocolate cups from the freezer and put a spoon of peanut butter on top. Then add more chocolate mix so you don’t see the peanut butter! Place back in the freezer to set! 
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The Earth Diet CHOCOLATE CUPS are available in New York at:

+ Organic Corner www.organiccornerny.com
+ The Water Well www.thewaterwellny.com

 
 
Makes enough for a good feed
Ingredients:

¾ cup of cacao butter (96g)
2 tablespoons of honey
2 tablespoons of cacao powder
¾ cup almond meal (or hemp seeds blended to powder meal form)

Action:
1. Melt the cacao butter either in the sun or very low on the stove.
2. Add the melted cacao butter, cacao powder & honey to a bowl & stir well so it all blends in together.
3. Add the almond meal and stir well. It should be smooth.
4. Set it in chocolate molds or a baking dish and let it set in the freezer or fridge until hard!

+ ADD 3 tablespoons of almond butter for a creamier chocolate
+ ADD whole nuts to make “Nut Chocolate Block”
+ ADD raisins, blueberries, sultanas to make “Fruit Chocolate”
+ ADD fruit and nuts to make “Fruit Nut Chocolate”

*The finer the almond meal the smoother the chocolate will be


 
 
Makes an abundance of ice cream to serve one or many
For VANILLA….
Ingredients:
1 cup of cashews (or hemp seeds if nut allergies)
2/3 cup of water
1 teaspoon of vanilla or 1 vanilla bean
4 tablespoons of honey

Action:
1. In a powerful food processor or ice cream maker blend all ingredients until as creamy and frothy as you can make it!
2. Pour the mixture into a container and set the ice cream in the freezer overnight or until frozen.
3. Serve with fresh fruit, nuts and/or chocolate sauce!

+ ADD 1 or more tablespoon of Cacao Powder to make “Chocolate Ice Cream”
+ ADD 1 tablespoon of Cacao Powder, 3 tablespoons of Cacao Nibs to make “Chocolate Chip Ice Cream”
+ ADD
1 cup of strawberries into the blender and make “Strawberry Ice Cream”
+ ADD 2 tablespoons of green tea to make “Green Tea Ice Cream”
+ ADD
2 tablespoons of coffee to make “Coffee Ice Cream”
+ ADD
Drop Raw Cookie Dough Balls into half frozen ice cream to make “Cookie Dough Ice Cream”
+ ADD a handful of mint leaves and a drop of mint oil to make “Mint Ice Cream”
+ ADD A handful of mint leaves & a drop of mint oil & cacao powder to make “Chocolate Mint Ice Cream”

* The more powerful the blender the creamier the ice cream will be
* Use 1 cup of dates instead of honey if you choose

 
 
Makes 12 balls

Ingredients:
2/3 cups of rolled oats (gluten free)
2/3 cups of cashews
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
2 teaspoons of honey or maple syrup
1 teaspoon of Himalayan salt
2 tablespoons of cacao powder
2 tablespoons of cacao nibs (will be the ‘chocolate chips’)

Action:
1. Blend the cashews and oats in a food processor so it makes a ‘flour meal’ consistency.
2. In a bowl add this blend, along with the vanilla, salt and honey and stir. Once all mixed add the cacao nibs and stir!
3. Taste and add water if needed, or more honey if you like it sweeter. It should be a cookie dough consistency.
4. Roll the mixture into balls.
5. On a plate roll the balls in cacao powder.
6. Eat and enjoy! Keep in fridge. 

+ADD Peanut Butter to make it “Peanut Butter Cookie Dough”
* You can make this without cacao nibs
* Use Vanilla Beans if possible. If not use Vanilla Extract the kind without added sugar – check the ingredients on the back!


 
 
Makes one large cheesecake
Ingredients:
2 cups macadamia nuts (or use walnuts, brazil nuts, almonds but macadamias seem to work best!)
1 1/2 cups cashews
1/2 cup pitted dates
1/4 cup dried coconut
6 tablespoons coconut oil melted
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup maple syrup, honey or raw agave nectar
1 sun-dried vanilla bean or 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
3 cups mixed berries, such as blueberries and raspberries for garnish

Action:
1. Soak the cashews and macadamias in water in separate bowls for at least 5 hours.
2. Pulse macadamia nuts and dates in food processor to a sticky crumb-like consistency. Sprinkle dried coconut on bottom of 8-inch pie pan. Press macadamia nut mixture onto coconut to make crust.
3. Place cashews, coconut oil, lime juice, maple syrup, vanilla and 6 tablespoons of water in a food processor and do it until smooth fluffy puree texture.
4. Pour mixture onto crust, and freeze 2 hours or until firm. Remove from freezer, slice while frozen, and serve with berries!!!  Let is defrost to get soft or eat it as a hard slice!