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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Coconut Oil Chocolate
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
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
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Redoy says
Hey there,
This chocolate looks so yummy and tasty! Thanks for the recipe.
CAMILLA HAWKINS says
What a brilliant idea, must try making these chocolates:-) Love watching the video and seeing your kids and new kitchen!