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Raw Chocolate Easter Nests

March 26, 2015 | Holidays & Entertaining, No-bake Sweets

Raw chocolate easter nests

Here’s a cute idea – actually my answer to the baskets I’ve seen on Pinterest made from noodles, marshmallow, and chocolate. They are pretty easy to make and are something the kids can help you with too.

Health benefits

By making your own chocolate, you have control over the amount (and type) of sugar you add and guarantee avoiding added nasties. The nuts and coconut increase the nourishment and really fill you up so you are less likely to overindulge.

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit many specific dietary requirements.

Raw Chocolate Easter Nests

Prep 20 minutes
Cook 5 minutes
Total 25 minutes
Serves: 10
Raw chocolate easter nests
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These cute little chocolate baskets are a healthy Easter treat or dessert.

Ingredients

  • 300 g slivered almonds -toasted
  • 200 g shredded coconut (2 cups) toasted
  • 100 g almond meal (1 cup) or hazelnut meal

Raw chocolate

  • 200 g cacao butter (1 cup) or raw, extra virgin coconut oil (or a combination of 100 gram of each), melted
  • 30 g cacao (⅓ cup) unsweetened Dutch process or raw
  • 2-6 tbsp rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (you can adjust the sweetness to your taste)
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Method

  • Toast your slivered almonds and coconut.
  • Melt the cacao butter or coconut oil over a very low heat, either in a small pot or Thermomix (temp 50, speed 1) until just melted.
  • Add the cacao powder and rice syrup, mix until well combined and the syrup is dissolved.
  • Combine the slivered almonds, coconut, and nut meal in a bowl. Add the raw chocolate and stir until well combined.
  • If you would like a darker nest, add a tablespoon or two more cacao.
  • Line a muffin tin and press one tablespoon of the mix into the base.  Add another tablespoon (approx.) and press into the sides to make a small basket.
  • Place in the freezer immediately to set.  Once set, remove the muffin casing and keep in an airtight container in the freezer until ready to serve.

Serve

  • filled with small chocolate easter eggs
  • filled with double cream or cashew nut cream and berries for an Easter dessert (my plan for Easter Sunday dessert)
  • make an easy berry coulis by pureeing any red berry with a tablespoon of water or cream (or your favorite liquor for an adults version). Push it through a sieve to remove the seeds

Variations

Nut-free

Replace the almonds with more shredded coconut or toasted sunflower seeds and the meal with desiccated coconut.

Low-fructose

Choose rice malt syrup as your sweetener

Feeling lazy

You can sub the raw chocolate with a good quality dark chocolate (I love Green and Blacks) melted. You can omit the almond meal if using regular chocolate.
 

Hope you have a wonderful Easter break. Love to see or hear about any of your Well Nourished Easter creations. Post a comment or even a picture!

 
Course: Dessert

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Category: Holidays & Entertaining, No-bake Sweets Tags: chocolate, coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, dessert, easter, eggfree, familyfood, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, legumefree, lowfructose, lowsugar, nutfree, onionfree, seafoodfree, sesamefree, soyfree, sweet, thermomix, treat, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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  1. Skip OÇonnor says

    Thanks so much Georgia. I wonder what I did before I knew of your blog!? All your Easter posts have been wonderful! X

    March 26, 2015
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    • Georgia Harding says

      You’re very welcome, glad you’ve enjoyed them G x

      March 27, 2015
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  2. haniak says

    Well of course I w be making these lol I am like non stop in the kitchen since I found your blog….and thanks for the advice on Instagram. Lots of love xxx

    March 26, 2015
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Enjoy! G x

      March 27, 2015
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  3. Tania says

    So, are dark Lindt eggs/bunnys ok then?

    March 26, 2015
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Tania, generally I choose good quality plain chocolate, preferably dark – written about it here , G x https://wellnourished.com.au/healthy-easter-ideas/

      March 27, 2015
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  4. Yarrow says

    Whoopsie….Silly me! In my pregnant absentmindedness I used almond flakes instead of slivers. There was no way these little babies were becoming nests, so now I have a lovely little surprise treat for my son’s 3rd birthday. The worlds best chocolate crackle…yum! Thankyou 🙂

    March 31, 2015
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Oh dear Yarrow, yes I had extra filling that I couldn’t be bothered fiddling with so made yummy clusters too – win win G x

      April 3, 2015
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  5. Beck Emerson says

    OMG! Just had these tonight filled with cashew cream and berries … Delicious!!! Thanks so much Georgia for yet another great recipe!

    April 11, 2015
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Glad you liked them Beck – I love cashew cream + berries too, G x

      April 12, 2015
      Reply
  6. Helen says

    For the third ingredient, it states “raw almonds (1 cup) or hazelnut meal”. Should that be almond meal rather than raw almonds?

    April 12, 2022
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    • Well Nourished Team says

      Hi Helen, thank you for letting us know we have updated the recipe to state “almond meal”.

      April 19, 2022
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  7. Babs says

    Thank you so much 😊

    April 12, 2022
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    • Well Nourished Team says

      So glad you enjoyed the recipe 😊

      April 19, 2022
      Reply

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