Homemade Chocolate Chips (Naturally Sweetened Or Sugar-Free!)
Homemade chocolate chips (or even better, chocolate chunks) are easy to make! You have complete control over the ingredients -- no funky additives or refined sugar needed!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup coconut oil + additional 1 teaspoon
- 2/3 cup honey or 1/8 teaspoon pure stevia extract powder, or other sugar-free sweetener of choice (see notes, below)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or mint extract (optional)
- 1 cup cocoa powder sifted
Instructions
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Grease a mold — such as a mini loaf pan, a loaf pan, or a square baking pan — with coconut oil.
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Melt coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat.
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Once melted, add honey and vanilla.
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Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
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Let boil for 2 minutes, while stirring constantly. Remove from heat promptly.
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Stir in cocoa powder until smooth.
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Transfer to mold. Press down, using clean fingers or the back of a spoon. Smooth top.
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Let cool in either refrigerator or freezer.
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Cut into chunks or shave.
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Enjoy in cookies, ice cream, brownies, cakes, etc. Or eat as-is!
Recipe Notes
This recipe yields 2 cups of the honey-sweetened chocolate chips, or about 3/4 cup stevia-sweetened chocolate chips.
To make this recipe sugar-free: Use pure stevia extract powder (or other sugar-free sweetener of choice) instead of honey. Proceed with the recipe as written, except omit the boiling step. The chocolate will take about 5-10 minutes to chill in the refrigerator or freezer.