Chocolate Oatmeal Bars - no added sugar

Once upon a time, Myopeman said: "It's like a mix of granola bar and chocolate bars. It feels "healthy" eating this kind of junk."

Long story short, I had a huge bag of oatmeal at home, but most of all, I didn't want to do something too complicated. There was also cranberry and sunflower seeds at home. Gotta use those stuff once you buy them!

As simple as it is, there is no baking step, it saves up electricity and time! 

Alright, less talk. 

Timeline:
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ready time: 4 hours and 15 minutes

Ingredients:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk
1 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup dried cranberry
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup sunflower seeds

1. In a bain-marie, melt the chocolate chips with milk. Stir until it becomes smooth.
2. Add all the ingredients and mix well.
3. Take parchment paper and place it in a pan. Pour the chocolate mix in the pan, gently pressing on them and let it cool in the fridge for 2 hours, take it out to cut or break it.
4. Put it back in the fridge for another 2 hours and the bars are ready to serve.

Good luck and enjoy! 

Wake-You-Up Coffee Rum Balls - No Added Sugar

There was chocolate chip and a LOT of broken cookies at home. I didn't want to make chocolate cookies or anything that looked too... "Normal." So I took the initiative to integrate ingredients with stronger tastes and interesting flavours. So this is how I came up with a rum ball recipe that is adaptable to many people's palate.

There is no sugar added to the ingredients. The sweetness comes from the semi-sweet chocolate, the cookies and the rum. So this is how I would describe the taste: chocolatey, not too sweet, not too rum-y, very coffee-y and most of all... coconut-y!

FYI, I recently got a new camera, and somehow, suddenly, pictures don't look the same as in the past. It just saves me from Photoshop editing time!

Alright, less talk.

Ingredients:

350g semi-sweet chocolate chips
75g (5 tbsp) heavy cream
25g (2 1/2 tbsp) rum
10g (2 tbsp) coffee beans
25 g (2 1/2 tbsp) coconut powder
8 to 10 graham, social tea or any kind of cookies you have at home
1 tbsp cocoa powder

1. In a bain-marie, melt the chocolate with milk
2. Mash the coffee beans with the cookies. If you don't like it rustic, you can always grind the coffee.

3. Add in some coconut powder. If you don't have powder, you can add shredded dry coconut as a replacement, but not that the taste and texture will be more coconut-y at the end.
4. When the chocolate is well melted and mixed to the heavy cream, add in the rum and mix well.
5. When the rum is well incorporated in the chocolate, add in the dry ingredient mix. Stir well.

6. Remove the ingredients from the bain-marie and start shaping into balls.
7. When the balls are shaped, place them in the fridge for 1 hour so that they solidify and preserve its form.
8. In a bowl, place 1 tbsp of cocoa powder. Place the cooled rum balls in the bowl and shake to distribute the cocoa powder evenly.

9. Let it sit overnight for the rum to settle. And at last, it is ready to serve.

Good luck and enjoy!

Aphrodisiac Chocolate Truffle - No Added Sugar

That was a while ago when the idea of making something more mature to the taste. Many strongly associate chocolate and wine with romanticism, and so is this recipe inspired on. Simple and rich.

I do not have much to say this week. Well, maybe... I hope that these truffles will bring in some peace in your palate!

Alright, less talk.

Ingredients:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup 10% cream
2 tbsp red wine

(for decoration)
social tea cookies
coffee beans
almond or any kind of nuts

1. In a bain-marie, pour heavy cream, milk and cream. Then add the chocolate chip to melt.
2. Whisk until the chocolate and milk is well incorporated and smooth.
3. In a mortar, crush the social cookies and the coffee beans altogether.
4. Spread a thin layer of crushed cookies and coffee beans in ramekins. Leave some for decoration use.
5. Add in some red wine to the chocolate and mix until everything look smooth. You will start smelling the wine's fragrance.
6. When the chocolate and wine are well combined, it is ready. Pour in ramekins.
7. Decorate the truffle with nuts and the crumble.
8. Cool it in the fridge overnight so that the alcohol can settle.

Good luck and enjoy!