Dipped Chocolate Fruit
What's great about it
Ingredients
Makes 48 large Strawberries
CHOCOLATE
125 g (4 oz/ ½ cup) melted cacao butter
185 g (6 oz) cashew butter, room temperature
60 g (2 oz/ ½ cup) raw cacao powder
2 tablespoons organic maple syrup or raw honey
½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
pinch of sea salt
FRUIT (your choice)
Strawberries, watermelon, kiwi fruit, oranges, figs, banana
TOPPING
Method
1.PREPARE your fruit.
2. WASH and dry your strawberries.
3. SLICE watermelon, pineapple, kiwi fruit, oranges and figs. .
4. PEEL and slice banana.
5. COMBINE melted cacao butter and cashew butter in a bowl.
6. MIX well using small whisk until the cashew butter is emulsified in the cacao butter.
7. ADD cacao powder, maple syrup vanilla and sea salt.
8. MIX well using your small whish for about 5 minutes until smooth and creamy.
9.PREPARE a few trays lined with baking paper.
10. DIP the fruit into the chocolate and place onto the trays.
11. ADD any toppings if desired.
12. SET at room temperature for 1 hour or place in the fridge.
Notes and Inspiration
These are perfect to make for a picnic or celebration.