Thursday, February 19, 2009

Who Likes The Taste of Chocolate & Mint?

Kelly Keough shares her simple sugar-free mint chocolate pattie recipe.
All the ingredients are natural & healthy, now that's sweet. Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS
Candy
1 ½ cups extra virgin coconut oil, melted
¾ cup hem butter
½ cup Zsweet® powdered
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
3 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia
3 drops Chocolate Liquid Stevia
¼ cup agave
¾ cup roasted carob powder
½ cup raw cacao nibs
½ cup hemp seeds

Filling
½ cup hump butter
¼ cup agave
¼ cup powdered Zsweet®
2 drops Peppermint Liquid Stevia

PREPARATION
Line mini cup cake tins with paper liners. Melt coconut oil by placing jar under hot water or spoon into saucepan and melt over low flame. When coconut oil turns to a liquid, pour oil in medium bowl. Slowly whisk in peanut butter until smooth.
To powder Zsweet®, place in high powered blender and blend on low and increase speed high for 30 seconds. Measure amount needed. Whisk powdered Zsweet® into wet batter. Add in peppermint extract, Liquid Stevias, and agave one at a time and blend.
Slowly stir in carob and cacoa powder a spoonful at a time. Stir in raw cacoa nibs and hemp seeds one at a time. Batter should run off of spoon easily, but not too runny.

To make filling, in a small bowl mix together hemp butter and agave. Add Zsweet® and Liquid Stevia and mix. With two spoons, spoon drop a small teaspoon full of filling into prepared paper liners. Spoon a tablespoon full of prepared batter on top of filling. Freeze for 15 minutes. Store in freezer.
Yield: 50 candies.

For more delicious, guilt-free recipes visit: www.kellykeough.com.

3 comments:

  1. Is ZSweet a safe artificial sweetener? For a review of artificial sweeteners, ranging from Saccharin to Stevia or to lose weight, gain muscle or even gain weight, check out http://fitho.in

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  2. Hi Fitho! I will post a reply here and on your site.

    ZSweet is a safe natural sweetener. It is produced using only natural ingredients by a natural process, fermentation; picture making wine.

    The goal of ZSweet was to create an alternative to sugar and artificial sugar substitutes that people could enjoy without the worries.

    ZSweet is zero calories, zero net carbs, zero glycemic impact, gluten-free, vegan, and kosher. You can read more at my blog:http://zsweetallnaturalsweetener.blogspot.com.

    Zsweet is available at Whole Foods and other natural food stores nationwide.

    We've been around awhile, and I've personally flown all over the country informing thousands of people on the health benefits of ZSweet. Until recently people were convinced Splenda was all natural. Now Truvia has come out and perhaps with their marketing power erythritol will become a household word.

    Erythritol is definitely a powerful tool in breaking sugar addiction and aiding people like myself and others who have sugar-related health issues.

    Thanks for your question!

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  3. Hey Briana,
    Thanks for the reply!

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