Coco by Insia Lacewalla

One sunday afternoon, my partner in crime and ever-ready-experimenter, Andrea Brown and I decided to stir up something sweet to beat the all week long craving. Inspired by the famous Audrey Tautou song from Coco Chanel, we call this Coco! 

 

Ingredients

1 cup fresh grated coconut
3 tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp of real vanilla extract
2 tbsp honey
A pinch of rock salt
5 bars of chocolate
12 almonds (optional)

Method

Mix the grated coconut, coconut oil, vanilla extract, honey and salt in a bowl.
Grind it to a thick consistency in a food processor till it feels sticky between your fingers
Place a tsp of the mixture on parchment paper or foil and give it a rectangular shape with your fingers.
Add almonds if you like.
Freeze for 30 mins.
Chop the chocolate bar into pieces.
Melt the chocolate to a smooth consistency in the microwave or in a double boiler*.
Using a toothpick, dip the coconut mixtures into the melted chocolate or spoon the chocolate over them.
Place them back in the freezer for ten mins.
Remove and serve.

*Fill a sauce pan with water. Put the chocolate into a smaller pan inside the larger pan of water and stir until the chocolate melts.)