Healthy Quintuple-Chocolate Dark Chocolate Truffle Tart (To Celebrate My 1st Blogiversary!)
Happy Birthday, blog! You’re ONE! 🙂
So no, we cannot indulge a double, triple, or even quadruple chocolate tart to celebrate this day… it must be quintuple. Yes, you read that correctly. This tart has five sources of chocolate:
The chocolate oat base is perfect — it melts right in your mouth!
The chocolate coffee layer enhances the richness of the chocolate.
The chocolate layer is like the center of a Godiva truffle, just on a larger scale.
The chocolate glaze is smooth and absolutely stunning!
The mini chocolate chips, just a little extra dazzle for such a special tart.
Don’t be put off by the seemingly long ingredient list and directions, this entire recipe actually consists of only 14 ingredients (whoa!), and I made the entire thing in my dorm. Yes, my dorm. You will be fine 😉
Healthy Quintuple-Chocolate Dark Chocolate Truffle Tart
Ingredients
Chocolate Oat Base:
- 160g (½ cup + 2 tbs) Raw Coconut Butter
- ¼ cup Light Coconut Milk (canned)
- 14g (2 tsp) Honey
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 32g (1 scoop) Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
- 30g (6 tbs) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 48g (½ cup) Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
Chocolate Coffee Layer:
- 64g (2 scoops) Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
- 60g (½ cup) Powdered Erythritol
- 1 tbs Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Instant Coffee
- 28g (2 tbs) Coconut Oil (soft)
- 3 tbs Water
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Chocolate Layer:
- 8 oz 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate
- ¾ cup + 3 tbs Light Coconut Milk
- ½ tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 60g (½ cup) Powdered Erythritol
Chocolate Glaze:
- 2 tbs Light Coconut Milk
- 32g (1 scoop) Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
- 8g (1 tbs) Powdered Erythritol
Topping:
- ¼ cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
For the Chocolate Oat Base:
- Spray a 9" springform pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl, add the coconut butter and microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring between each one, until melted.
- Add the coconut milk, honey, and extracts and stir together. Once incorporated, add the cocoa powder and stir again. Add the protein powder and salt and stir once more. Fold in the oats.
- Scoop this mixture into the prepared cake pan and spread with the back of a spoon. Use a pastry roller to flatten further (or you may wrap your fingers with plastic wrap and bring the mixture to the edges of the pan).
For the Chocolate Coffee Layer:
- Add the protein powder, erythritol, cocoa powder and coffee to a medium bowl and stir. Add the coconut oil, water and extract and stir again (mixture should be sticky).
- Scoop this mixture into the pan and spread using only the spoon you used to stir the mixture with to spread the mixture with into the pan. Refrigerate until firm.
- Once firm, flatten with a pastry roller (you can probably use a rubber spatula).
For the Chocolate Layer:
- In a microwave-safe bowl, add the chocolate and microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring between each one, until melted.
- Stir in the coconut milk ¼ cup at a time, then add the three tablespoons.
- Add the stevia, stir, then add the powdered erythritol spoonful at a time. Pour this mixture over the previous layer and pat the pan to bring it to the edges (I could see some air bubbles so I pat the pan on the counter until they reached the surface -- it doesn't have to be perfect though, the glaze with cover it). Refrigerate overnight.
For the Chocolate Glaze and Topping:
- In a small bowl, add all the ingredients and whisk.
- Put glaze into a sandwich bag (or piping bag) and snip a tiny corner and drizzle in your desired design.
- Top with the chocolate chips. You can either serve immediately or refrigerate for an hour to firm up, but only add the glaze the day of serving.
*kicks feet up on table*
Oh, what a year it’s been! It’s strange how much you come to love something. In my case, however, I find it strange how much I came to love this blog — something created completely out of the blue (and possibly as a procrastination tactic to avoid studying for finals… yes, I’m quite the procrastinator!)
Little did I know that this blog would make me so happy, so proud. It makes me feel so incredibly connected with others, despite not seeing you all face-to-face. Sometimes if I’m having a bad day, that little email notification I get when someone comments on a post is what turns the day back around, it’s what brings a smile to my face [insert cheesy grin here]
But seriously though, I absolutely adore blogging. I love talking to you guys, responding to comments, answering questions, etc, and most of all, I love cooking up delicious recipes! Okay, okay, I love cooking up delicious desserts. So I hope you are looking forward to another year of posts and recipes on my blog!
Just be warned… amazing things are coming! 🙂
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
Congrats on your one year anniversary! I know we just met as friends, but after seeing this I am so glad we are. This looks so rich and delicious! Also pretty amazing that it is low in fat. Yes, I am looking forward to seeing more from you so keep them coming and have a great weekend!
What a gorgeous tart!!! So glad to find your blog…happy anniversary!
WOW, I love chocolate and this looks and sounds delicious! Happy 1 year Anniversary!
Wow, that looks heavenly! Happy blogiversary! This is my first time visiting my blog (thanks Tina for sending me) and I think it’s wonderful. Will be back!
Quintuple and chocolate in the same title just makes me click over. This looks delicious
Much congrats on your year of blogging! My blog is like my baby, and I can’t wait until we share that special one year moment. Haha.
I understand when you say “It’s strange how much you come to love something. “
I’ve come to have a way stronger bond with my blog than I ever thought I could. Many awesome things will come for you and your blog! It’s great already. Good job, and good luck with the future.
I’m in chocolate heaven!
Congrats on your blog turning one – is there any better way to celebrate?
This is heavenly 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
low sugar/with oats doesn’t mean it’s healthy…
it may be less harmful than white sugar/flour version.
I come from Poland and I see, that you in America call “healthy” everything, that contains a bit molases, skimmed milk, oats, carrot.
It makes you believe, that eating few pieces of such a beautiful tart is really great for your health? Sorry, just curious 🙂
Happy Birthday from Poland! 🙂
When I look over the recipe, I can see how it may appear to be unhealthy but all the ingredients are natural and whole. I agree that not all products out there claiming they are “low-sugar” or “sugar-free” are healthy, but, excess sugar IS a bad thing. Molasses is healthy because, even though it is a pure sugar, it contains vitamins and minerals. Another plus to this tart is that it uses no dairy so you absorb all the antioxidants from the unsweetened chocolate! I hope you get to make the tart 🙂
-Jess
Wow lovely photos!, how did you glaze the top in such a pretty way? You share very similar foodie tendencies to me….healthy cakes, a girl after my own heart! Happy bloggoversary!
Thanks! I put the glaze into a sandwich baggie and snipped a TINY corner off, then drizzled it in a diagonal pattern. I have some leftover so I just ran it around the edges, that’s why the diagonal pattern doesn’t reach all the way out (whoops! haha).
Thanks again Jo, your comment made me smile 🙂
-Jess
Holy! Chocolate on chocolate on chocolate…and I’ve already lost count! That tart is making me hurt inside…the kind of hurt you get when you keep staring at something/someone excruciatingly gorgeous.
And happy birthday to your blog!
This is beautiful!! Happy Blog Birthday!
Congrats on your first year and this amazing tart. So happy that Tina directed me hear. Looking forward to more.
Serious YUM!
Happy Blogaversary! This tart looks seriously amazing! I am loving all of the chocolate goodness going on here!
Happy Blogaversary! I’m in love with this tart!!
Looks like a piece of heaven!
Jess,
Molases is healthier than sugar. But is it healthy itself ? 🙂
I really am surprised, that so many cakes are called “healthy” instead of “healthier version” 🙂 For me it doesn’t make any difference, I always study the ingredients carefully to decide. Not “to eat or not to eat”, but “to feel guilty or not” 😉 cause I eat it anyway 😉
That’s all 🙂
sorry for my english 😉
omg im also studying nutritional sciences, but im from vancouver 🙂
this tart looks amazing!! happy first birthday to your blog! mine just turned 2 a couple days ago
Yay for nutrition majors! 😀
And thanks, happy birthday to your blog too! Turning two must have been exciting 🙂
-Jess
great recipe. looks delish!
Droooool. This looks amazing! Happy 1 year!!!
So happy to have found your blog! Happy one year! This tart looks divine! Beautiful photos.
It’s official, I have just found your site and I’m in heaven. Greetings from a fellow Canadian . I’m going to make every single thing here, line it all up in a table, and dive in. What a delightfully decadent corner of the Internet!
5 different chocolate types in one piece of luxurious cake? You are killing meh!!!!
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