Nutty Homemade Cocoa Treats

Simple, fast, tasty, made from natural products! Homemade cocoa candies with nuts, pumpkin and flax seeds are an excellent alternative to store-bought factory candies. The composition of such sweets is natural, without dyes or other chemicals. This delicacy is fun to prepare with your children.
cook time: 3h
Chloe Benton
Nutty Homemade Cocoa Treats

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

426
Calories
30g
Fat
26g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Sugar 80 g
Butter 60 g
Cocoa 60 g
Walnuts 50 g
Cream 80 ml
Pumpkin (seeds) 50 g
Flax seeds (seeds) 50 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make homemade cocoa candies? To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. It is advisable to take high-quality dry cocoa powder, for example, Golden Label. Low-quality cocoa may not completely dissolve and may crunch unpleasantly on the teeth. You can use cream of any fat content. I have 20% You can replace some of the butter with coconut oil.

Step 2

Step 2
Place flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts in a blender bowl. You can take any set of nuts and seeds. Grind them to fine crumbs. If you want to grind everything even more, you can grind the flax and pumpkin seeds separately in a coffee grinder.

Step 3

Step 3
Pour 50 g of cocoa and sugar into a saucepan.

Step 4

Step 4
Add cream and stir. Place the saucepan over medium heat and, stirring constantly, bring the cream and cocoa to a boil. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

Step 5

Step 5
Add butter to hot chocolate mixture and stir until completely melted. The mass will liquefy slightly.

Step 6

Step 6
Add chopped walnuts, flax and pumpkin seeds to the chocolate mixture.

Step 7

Step 7
Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. The mass will thicken greatly and become viscous. Cool the mixture completely. In winter I take the stewpan out to the balcony, and in summer I put it in the refrigerator. The colder the mass, the less it sticks to your hands. If the mass remains liquid even after cooling, add a little more mixture of crushed pumpkin seeds, flax and walnuts.

Step 8

Step 8
Using your hands, form the resulting chocolate mixture into smooth round balls about the size of a walnut or slightly smaller. Roll them in the remaining cocoa powder (10 g).

Step 9

Step 9
Place the resulting candies in the refrigerator for 2 hours to completely harden. Bon appetit!

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