{"id":1282,"date":"2016-10-03T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:42:35","slug":"healthy-real-food-snacks-chocolate-and-fudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/healthy-real-food-snacks-chocolate-and-fudge\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Real Food snacks – Chocolate and Fudge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suitable for GAPS, SCD, Paleo, gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, low carb or other whole food diets.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I first discovered creamed coconut (also known as coconut butter) in a faded orange box, in the international section of our local supermarket, many years before it became trendy. It made the most amazing sugar free date or apricot fudge, and was very popular in our house. It wasn\u2019t always easy to find, so when one of our wholesalers started importing it, we were thrilled.<\/p>\n

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Creamed coconut is different to coconut oil, as it is all of the flesh ground up smooth, rather than just extracted oil. This makes it much thicker. It\u2019s excellent for all sorts of snack bars, and for adding to soups, smoothies and other recipes.<\/p>\n

Prepping your creamed coconut<\/h4>\n

After these recipes get you salivating and rushing out to buy some, you\u2019ll most likely find it in a jar, in your local health food store. And you might find that most of it is a creamy colour, but that it has a layer of coconut oil on the top. If that\u2019s the case, you\u2019ll need to mix it up before using it.<\/p>\n

Put the jar of creamed coconut in a container of hot water for 5 minutes or so, until it\u2019s soft enough to scrape out of the jar. Then place it into a food processor, and process till very smooth. If you\u2019re not making this recipe, pour it back into the jar, and it won\u2019t separate out again. It will be ready for adding to any recipes where you want some extra coconutty goodness. Otherwise, you\u2019ll be ready to add the extra ingredients.<\/p>\n

Basic White Chocolate<\/h4>\n

The basic recipe is not very sweet, and is a suitable recipe if you are on a low sugar diet such as GAPS, AIP or FODMAPS. The cacao (or cocoa) butter gives it a chocolatey richness that compensates. If you\u2019re on a less strict diet, that allows whole food sweeteners, you\u2019ll find some variations below.<\/p>\n