Before Christmas I was very lucky to receive a little package of doTerra essential oils from Taryn, a friend of my mum’s in Whangarei. I have been wanting to make something delicious with them for a while now and finally had the chance on the weekend to have a play. I also have the orange, which I am really excited to try as well.
Oh my goodness these oils are so beautiful and intense that I only needed a few drops to make the cashew cream in the slice very pepperminty! I love that you can use these oils to change the flavour to a base recipe.
Chocolate & Peppermint Slice
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Author: Caralee - Real Food Pledge
Serves: 20
Ingredients
- Base
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 1 cup dried dates
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- ¼ cup raw cacao
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- Topping
- 1½ cups raw cashew nuts, soaked 3 hours
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 drops doTerra peppermint oil
Instructions
- Place the cashews in a large jug and cover with water, leave to soak for 3 hours.
- To make the base, place the almonds and dried dates in a food processor and blitz until they are a fine crumble.
- Add the desiccated coconut and raw cacao, whiz again to mix through.
- Add the vanilla extract and coconut oil, blitz until all the ingredients are combined.
- Line a rectangle slice tin with baking paper and press the chocolate base into the bottom of the dish.
- Place in the fridge to set while you prepare the topping.
- To make the topping, rinse the cashew nuts and discard of the water. Place the soaked cashews in a food processor and whiz on high until the cashews are smooth.
- Add the coconut milk and combine.
- Add the coconut oil, honey, vanilla extract and peppermint oil. Whiz on high in the food processor until very smooth.
- If you prefer the topping to be sweeter add a further tablespoon of honey ensuring that you combine all the ingredients well. Remember that the base is quite sweet already.
- Pour the peppermint cashew cream on top of the chocolate base and spread around evenly.
- Place back in the fridge to set for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Sprinkle a tablespoon of raw cacao on top of the slice to finish, cut into slices and serve.
- Keep in the fridge, this slice will keep for several days.
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