Healthy Chocolate Crackle Christmas Trees
Servings: 1 high tree
This Chocolate Crackle Christmas Trees looks tricky to make, though it's anything but.There's no special mould needed (it's quick and easy to make your own) and it's an impressive Christmas inspired treat.
Ingredients
- 100 ml coconut oil
- 3 tbsp rice malt syrup or maple syrup (more or less to taste, I used rice syrup)
- ¼ cup/s desiccated coconut (optional)
- 2-3 tbsp cacao powder (more cacao will make it more chocolatey)
- 2 cup/s puffed grain I used puffed brown rice but it would work with millet, quinoa or activated buckwheat (or a mix). See variations below for grain-free.
Instructions
- Over a gentle heat, warm the coconut oil and syrup until combined. Mix in the cacao powder. Now combine this in a large bowl with the puffed grain and coconut (or nut variation below).
- To make your mould, roll a piece of thin card into a cone shape and stick together. Line this with baking paper and wrap a piece of foil around the tip of the cone (to stop any oil leaking out).
- Now spoon the mixture into the cone. Every couple of tablespoons, I packed the mixture down into the mould using the end of a wet rolling pin.
- Once done, lay on its side in the freezer until set (15 minutes or so).
- Remove the card and baking paper, decorate with berries and cherries and serve immediately (or store in the fridge until ready to eat).