Make your own Healthy Valentine Treats

Chocolate Bliss Balls
This recipe pictured on the right is from FMTV.  Makes 24 balls
Ingredients
(use organic ingredients where possible)

• • ​1 cup raw cacao powder (* I got mine at Thrifty's at Terminal Park but it's expensive.)
  • 2/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil
  • 3 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • ​2 tbsp. desiccated coconut
  • 2 tbsp. raw cacao powder
  • 2 tbsp. roasted organic peanuts (crushed)
  • Note:  I did all mine in coconut to simplify things.
  1. ​Melt coconut oil, maple syrup and peanut butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
  2. Stir in cacao powder and then gradually add in coconut flour until you reach the desired consistency.
  3. Roll into 1 tbsp. balls and roll a third of the balls in each coconut, cacao and crushed peanuts.
  4. Let set in the refrigerator for about 1/2 an hour.

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Sesame Coconut No-Bake Bars
​Middle position in the photo.  This recipe was given to me by Diana Marchand.  Check out her website: dianamarchand.com.
Ingredients:

• ​1/2 cup sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup hemp seeds
• 2 tbsp. ground flax
• 3-4 tbsp. maple syrup or honey
• 1/4 cup currents (optional)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp. coconut oil
• 1/4 cup tahini
• Pinch of salt & cinnamon

Method:

1. ​Add the dry ingredients to a larger bowl.
2. Soften the honey (if using) and coconut oil.  Stir in the tahini and mix until smooth.
3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry & stir.
4. Line cookie sheet or cutting board with parchment paper and press mixture on it forming a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick.  Shape with hands.
5. Place in freezer to set for a couple of hours.
6. Once set - cut into pieces.  Store in freezer.

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Raw Chocolate Berry Bark

• This recipe (left in picture) is from FMTV recipes:
  
  Ingredients:
  ​(use organic ingredients where possible)
  • ​​​1/2 cup raw cacao or good quality drinking chocolate
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup nut butter
  • 1/2 cup raspberries or any small frozen berries* (Moov organic berries at Costco is a good deal)
  • 3 tbsp activated buckwheat, quinoa puffs or oats
  • Optional:  you can mix up your chocolate to include whatever ingredients you have on hand.  We love things like goji berries, shredded coconut, nuts, seeds, chia seeds.  The choice is yours!
• Method​
  1. ​In a mixing bowl, add cacao, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, vanilla and nut butter.  Whisk together until combined well.
  2. Mix through berries and buckwheat groats/quinoa puffs/rolled oats.
  3. Pour chocolate mixture into a lined tray or container (freezer safe).
  4. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes until set.
  5. Remove from freezer and cut or break up bark into pieces to enjoy.