Raw Cacao Butter Chocolate Bark

🧂 Ingredients

• 225-250 g cacao butter

  solid, broken into chunks, about 1 cup
• 6-7 tablespoons raw cacao powder

  or cocoa powder
• 3-4 tablespoons honey

  or maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  or essence
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds

  or sunflower seeds
• 1 tablespoons slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon coconut flakes

  optional
• 1 tablespoon dried blueberries

  or cranberries or raisins
• You will also need a saucepan quarter filled with water

  digital thermometer, a heat proof bowl that goes over the saucepan, a whisk, shallow baking tray and non-stick baking paper.

Instructions

• 1 Bring a quarter-full saucepan of water to boil and turn the heat down to
  simmering. Add cacao butter to a heatproof bowl and place over the simmering
  water. Make sure no water gets in the cacao butter.
• 2 Stirring with a spatula, heat the cacao butter, and when almost all melted,
  stick the digital thermometer in. Make sure the temperature doesn’t go over 48°
  C / 118° F. If it’s close, remove the bowl from the heat and let the butter melt
  further on the countertop. The temperature will start to drop and that’s what
  we’re after.
• 3 Add the cacao powder, vanilla and honey or maple syrup to the melted cacao
  butter and whisk until dissolved and well incorporated. The temperature will
  drop once you add other ingredients. Keep it at about 32-35° C, warm it up if
  needed, but NOT all the way up to 48° C. This will keep it smooth and silky, and
  decrease the chances of chocolate seize (when it turns into grainy paste).
• 4 Finally, add the salt and whisk together. Line a tray with baking paper,
  covering the sides so no chocolate is spilt over the edges. Pour the chocolate
  into the tray and let is spread into a thin bark layer. While still melted,
  sprinkle with pumpkin seeds, almonds, coconut flakes and dried blueberries, or
  other nuts and dried fruit of your choice.
• 5 Place the tray in the fridge for at least 2 hours. The bark will solidify within
  30 minutes, but it’s a good idea to let it stand for a little longer. Keep in an
  airtight container, in or out of the fridge, depending on how crunchy you like
  it. It will keep for a few weeks.

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