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Home » Family Friendly Recipes » Easy Recipes for Kids » Easy Coconut Oil Chocolate Recipe

Easy Coconut Oil Chocolate Recipe

Apr 20, 2020 · 2 Comments

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This easy coconut oil chocolate has just 4 ingredients. Kids will love this easy method of making chocolate from scratch - it's like magic!

I've been making this easy homemade chocolate for years. It's great for my husband who has to avoid dairy products as it's made from just coconut oil, cocoa powder and honey, with a little vanilla for extra flavour, so no milk in sight.

We’ll be making this recipe live as part of our Kids Cook-Along sessions over on the Eats Amazing Facebook page this coming Tuesday (21st April) at 11am UK time. If you can’t make it to join us live, don’t worry, I’ll be adding the video here on this post once it’s over so you can cook along with your kids in your own kitchen at whatever time suits you best.

Update: We cooked this recipe live on the 21st April, click here or on  the video below to watch and cook along in your own time!

This chocolate is super quick to make and sets really quickly in the fridge or freezer. It's beautifully versatile too, you can add any toppings or fillings and once you've made the basic chocolate mixture you can turn it into cubes or fun shapes with a mould, giant chocolate buttons or slabs of chocolate bark - just pick and follow one of the different methods detailed in the recipe and notes below. 

How to make coconut oil chocolate - fun and easy recipe for kids with printable child friendly recipe sheet

This type of chocolate is most similar to dark chocolate, so be warned, it will taste less sweet than milk chocolate if that's what your kids are used to. 

We prefer to use honey for our sweetener, but you can easily make this recipe vegan by using maple syrup instead. 

How to make easy chocolates from cocoa powder and coconut oil - fun recipe for kids with free printable recipe sheet

Coconut Oil Chocolate

Ingredients:

  • 100g coconut oil
  • 75g cocoa powder
  • 3 Tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Optional extras:

  • roughly chopped nuts
  • dried fruit of your choice (roughly chopped if necessary)

Method:

Weigh the coconut oil and spoon into a microwave safe bowl.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 1 measure out the coconut oil

Heat in the microwave at short 10-15 second intervals, stirring in between, until the oil has completely melted and is clear.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 2 melt the coconut oil until clear and lump free

Add the cocoa powder, honey and vanilla extract to the melted coconut oil.  Quickly stir until fully combined and smooth.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 3 add cocoa powder vanilla extract and honey and stir to combine

To make individual chocolate cubes: 

Spoon chocolate into an ice cube tray or silicone mould.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 4a spoon into an ice cube or silicone mould

Add nuts and/or dried fruit if wanted.

Place in the freezer until set, around 15-20 minutes

Pop out of the mould and enjoy!

How to make coconut oil chocolate - final step pop chocolates from the mould

To make chocolate bark:

Pour the chocolate mixture onto a lined baking tray and spread out over the tray with the back of the spoon.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 4b pour onto a lined baking tray

Working quickly, scatter nuts and/or dried fruit of your choice over the chocolate

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 5 sprinkle over nuts and dried fruit

Place the baking tray into the fridge or freezer until set, around 10-15 minutes.

Once set, break or cut the slab of chocolate into smaller pieces.

How to make coconut oil chocolate - step 6 cut the chocolate bark into pieces

Serve and enjoy! 

Note: Once set, this type of chocolate should be stored in an airtight box the fridge until ready to eat, as it will melt and get very soft in a warm room.

Alternative Ingredients

The honey in this recipe can be swapped for another similar sweetener such as maple syrup or golden syrup. If using honey, please don't give this chocolate to a child under the age of 12 months, instead, use an alternative sweetener instead.  The amount of honey can be reduced by 1 Tbsp if preferred, for a less sweet chocolate.

Vanilla extract is not essential to this recipe, however it does add to the flavour and sweetness so I highly recommend using it if you have some available.

Optional extras you can add to this recipe include nuts, seeds, mini cookies or broken cookie pieces, sprinkles, dried fruit or fresh berries - check out the raspberry chocolates I made a few years ago using a similar recipe.

Super quick and easy raspberry dairy free chocolate recipe from Eats Amazing UK - gluten free and nut free recipe too

Alternative Equipment

You can use any type of silicone mould to make chocolate cubes/shapes. If you want to try different shapes, we love these fun ice cube trays from IKEA, or there are lots of fun shaped moulds available on Amazon. For jumbo chocolate buttons, use silicone muffin cups or a silicone muffin tin. Alternatively, follow the chocolate bark instructions above to make a slab of chocolate on a baking tray or large plate.

This recipe was designed for our live kids cook-along series so I’ve created two child-friendly recipe sheets with simpler instructions for your child to follow.

As I've shared a few different methods for making this chocolate in the recipe above, I've created two different recipe sheets to simplify things for you. Chose from the chocolate cubes recipe or the chocolate bark recipe, or click on the pictures below to download and print the PDF file for the recipe of your choice.

Coconut Oil Chocolate Cubes Recipe - go to blog post for full size printable recipe sheet

Coconut Oil Chocolate Bark Recipe - go to blog post for full size printable recipe sheet

Don’t forget to join us over on the Eats Amazing Facebook page where we’ll be cooking this recipe live! Check out the Eats Amazing Live Cook-Along page for full details.

Grace

How to make coconut oil chocolate - fun and easy recipe for kids with printable child friendly recipe sheet
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Coconut Oil Chocolate

How to make your own chocolate from coconut oil and cocoa powder - this chocolate recipe is so quick and easy to make!
Prep Time5 mins
Chilling Time15 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Servings: 12 pieces
Author: Grace Hall

Ingredients

  • 100 g coconut oil
  • 75 g cocoa powder
  • 3 Tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Optional extras:

  • roughly chopped nuts
  • dried fruit of your choice roughly chopped if necessary
Metric - US Cups/Ounces

Instructions

  • Weigh the coconut oil and spoon into a microwave safe bowl.
  • Heat in the microwave at short 10-15 second intervals, stirring in between, until the oil has completely melted and is clear.
  • Add the cocoa powder, honey and vanilla extract to the melted coconut oil.  Quickly stir until fully combined and smooth.

To make individual chocolate cubes:

  • Spoon chocolate into an ice cube tray or silicone mould.
  • Add nuts and/or dried fruit if wanted.
  • Place in the freezer until set, around 15-20 minutes
  • Pop out of the mould and enjoy!

To make chocolate bark:

  • Pour the chocolate mixture onto a lined baking tray and spread out over the tray with the back of the spoon.
  • Working quickly, scatter nuts and/or dried fruit of your choice over the chocolate
  • Place the baking tray into the fridge or freezer until set, around 10-15 minutes.
  • Once set, break or cut the slab of chocolate into smaller pieces to serve.

Video

Notes

Once set, this type of chocolate should be stored in an airtight box the fridge until ready to eat, as it will melt and get quite soft in a warm room.

Love this recipe? Why not save it to Pinterest so you can easily find it again!

How to make your own chocolate from coconut oil and cocoa powder - super easy recipe for kids  Homemade coconut oil chocolate bark - fun and easy chocolate recipe for kids

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  1. Redoy says

    April 22, 2020 at 1:49 pm

    5 stars
    Hey there,
    This chocolate looks so yummy and tasty! Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  2. CAMILLA HAWKINS says

    April 26, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    5 stars
    What a brilliant idea, must try making these chocolates:-) Love watching the video and seeing your kids and new kitchen!

    Reply

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