Healthy DIY Chocolate Coating
This Healthy DIY Chocolate Coating is super simple to make with only 5 ingredients… it works just like melted chocolate or candy melts, except it’s way healthier. You’d never know it’s sugar free, low carb, dairy free and vegan!
Funny story… I once dreamt that melted chocolate worked as both a skin bronzer and moisturizer! Wanna know what happened next?
Yep. I rubbed that shizz all over my body…
Ugh, but then I woke up and I wasn’t completely covered in chocolate. What a let down. But don’t worry. Even though chocolate doesn’t tan your skin and it (most likely?) doesn’t replace moisturizer, you can still eat it. GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
Healthy DIY Chocolate Coating
Ingredients
- 150g (⅔ cup) Raw Cacao Butter
- 70g (½ cup) Powdered Erythritol
- 40g (½ cup) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
- ⅛ tsp Xanthan Gum
- 1 tsp Vanilla Creme-Flavored Stevia Extract
Instructions
- Fill the bottom portion of a double boiler with 2-3” of water. Make sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the double boiler insert! Place over a stove set to medium heat.
- While the water heats up, add the cacao butter in the double boiler insert. Whisk occasionally until completely melted. Turn the stove off.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the erythritol, cocoa powder and xanthan gum. Whisk the dry ingredients into the melted cacao butter 1 spoonful at a time.
- Whisk in the stevia extract and let cool until thick and chocolate-like. Coat your goodies then place them in the fridge to firm up.
I coated a batch of my Homemade Chewy Caramels (recipe in my Naughty or Nice Cookbook) with this Healthy DIY Chocolate Coating.
As you can see, it was friggin’ ahhhhmazing.
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
Haha! That dream! Now that’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are. Perfect recipe with Valentine’s Day coming up this weekend. 🙂
We all need a little chocolate coating in our lives, especially when the chocolate coating is guilt-free!
LOL! I would’ve been thrilled if it actually was good for the skin! But eating it is even better!
Do any of your recipes show nutritional information? My husband and I are doing low carb and it would really help us keep track of our daily carbs. He loves chocolate covered caramels and I would love to be able to make them for him!
I provide nutritional information in almost all of my recipes. I didn’t for this particular one, but it’s super easy to calculate by looking at the nutrition labels on your products and counting from there! 🙂
Does this chocolate coating stay hard once it has set in the fridge? I’m searching for something that stays hard so it can travel without refrigeration.
Yes, the chocolate will be firm at room temperature, but it DOES melt quickly if it’s hot out or if you’re holding it for a long time. I coated caramels with this chocolate and after holding a piece for a few minutes my fingers were a little chocolatey. If you’re traveling, just be sure to use a cooler bag or keep it refrigerated as long as possible! 🙂
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Just tried this, turned out great! i was wondering if you had any ideas for how to make a white chocolate version? Wife loves white chocolate. Thanks!
Yay! I’m so glad you liked the recipe Joseph! I haven’t tried making a white chocolate version but now I’m craving it and really need to try it. I think I’d simply swap the cocoa powder with dried nonfat milk powder. If you’re vegan, you can try dried coconut milk powder. I think I’ve seen that at Whole Foods and online before, but I’ve never tried it. I hope that works! 🙂
Hi Jess,
I have a few of your books and I love them. I need some advice, many of your recipes use erythritol and my digestive system doesn’t process it well, I will spare you the details, is there another ingredient i can use? I have no problem with liquid or powdered stevia and coconut. Some of your recipes use erythritol and stevia and i’d really like to try them but I don’t know if there is an alternative for erythritol.
Thank you.
Awww thank you so much for you support, Tracey!! 🙂
I am the same way with xylitol lol, but some people handle that just fine, which can replace erythritol at a 1:1 ratio. There are some other substitutes, like granulated stevia (like Stevia In The Raw), but that will only work in certain recipes. It might work in this Chocolate Coating recipe, but probably not baked recipes like cakes and cookies. Hope this helps!! 🙂