Good For You Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

I love chocolate way more than I should and a lot more than I wish I did. I’m always looking for ways to indulge the craving for cocoa without piling on the sugar, largely because when I do, my kids do and the whole harmony of the home kind of falls apart.

This recipe is originally from Oh She Glows|, but I’ve been playing with it to both adapt it to our tastes, and change the recipe for the Thermomix®, meaning it’s in grams rather than cups, which makes it easier for me and my Thermie friends to use.

I’m pretty sure you could be really flexible on it too – we made something similar from a cook book I had as a child, which used boiled sugar and tasted amazing, but added oats. You could probably add raisins quite successfully too, or other dried fruit. the options are rather endless. I imagine candied orange peel would make a perfect Christmassy – slash -winterry treat too.

Just remember that it’s held together by coconut oil, which means if it gets warm it’ll start disintegrating. They recommend freezing it over on Oh She Glows, but popping it in the fridge or in a lunch box with an ice block seems to work just fine for us.

Since this is no cook, no bake it’s perfect for kids to help with too.

Good For You Chocolate Macaroons

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

This recipe is an adaptation from another, and I've made a few changes to it. The recipe below includes the ingredients from the original recipe as optional extras. It's delicious, but a little too much banana in my chocolate fix, though I do tend to make it that way for the children.

Author: Luschka

Recipe type: Snacks, Sweets

Cuisine: Thermomix®, Paleo

Serves: 15 - 24

Ingredients

• 50g Coconut Oil (1/4 cup)
• 70g honey or syrup (1/4 cup)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 30 - 50g cocoa powder (1/3 cup) (Cacao for Paleo)
• pinch of fine sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
• 150g shredded unsweetened coconut (1.5 cups)
• (optional) banana
• (optional) tablespoon chia seeds

Instructions

Regular Instructions

1. Melt the coconut oil in a pot - this requires 37C, i.e. body heat, and is still considered raw, or uncooked.
2. Add the honey or syrup and stir till it's all mixed and liquid and remove from heat
3. Add the vanilla extract
4. (If using banana, mash it and add to the mix)
5. Add 30g cocoa first then add the coconut
6. (Add chia seeds if using)
7. Stir till it's all combined
8. Taste the mix too see if it's the right amount of chocolatey. If you want it 'darker' add more cocoa powder till it's right for you. Mix again.
9. Scoop out onto a tray, or into moulds and refrigerate until it hardens.
10. Keep cool as it will fall apart if the coconut oil gets too warm.

Thermomix® Instructions

1. Put the coconut oil in the bowl, and melt 37C/Speed 1/ 20 Seconds
2. Add the honey or syrup and mix 37C/Speed 1/ 30 Seconds.
3. Add the vanilla extract
4. (If using banana, add it now in three pieces, speed 5/10 seconds - make sure to put the MC in place!)
5. Add 30g cocoa first then add the coconut
6. (Add chia seeds if using)
7. Mix speed 2/ 15 seconds
8. Taste the mix too see if it's the right amount of chocolatey. If you want it 'darker' add more cocoa powder till it's right for you. Mix again speed 2/15 seconds.
9. Scoop out onto a tray, or into moulds and refrigerate until it hardens.
10. Keep cool as it will fall apart if the coconut oil gets too warm.

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