Indulge in two decadent chocolate recipes filled with pecans, coconut, turmeric, and more!

The love we have for dark chocolate goes beyond joy. It’s rich, it’s creamy, and packed with plenty of heart-healthy antioxidants to help boost your mood and mind. However, when it comes to satiating our chocolatey cravings, we like to go bold. That’s why we’ve developed two simple chocolate recipes that capture a variety of different tastes, textures, and aromas.

Whether you’re a fan of sweet and savory or honey-coconut, these chocolate recipes are filled with all the good stuff. Try the salted pecan bark for a four-ingredient craving-buster or opt for the golden milk bark (with bonus turmeric) whenever you’re in the mood for something silky and sweet.

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Choosing The Right Chocolate:

Dark chocolate offers a big boost of magnesium. When shopping around, make sure the cacao content is at least 75 percent or higher and watch out for refined sugars and dairy. Many Paleo-conscious brands will use natural sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, and coconut sugar instead.

Helpful Tips To Get You Started:

• Switch up the nuts. If you don’t love pecans, simply swap them out with other nuts like cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios, or almonds.
• Skip the salt. If you don’t like salt in your dessert, just omit it from the recipe.
• Make it vegan. Swap out the honey for maple syrup to get a more natural subtle taste.
• Keep them cool. Keep the chocolate barks in an air-tight container either in the freezer or refrigerator until ready to serve.

Felicia Lim

Salted Pecan Dark Chocolate Bark

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Total time:40 mins

Inactive Time:30 mins 30 minutes

Prep Time: 10 mins 10 minutes

Serves:8

Nutrition facts:3 grams of protein16 grams of carbohydrates21 grams of fat

Salted Pecan Dark Chocolate Bark

Recipe by: Felicia Lim

Tools

• Parchment paper
• 7-by-10-inch baking dish
• Double boiler

Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cup chopped dark chocolate
• 1 T coconut oil
• 1 cup chopped raw pecans, divided
• Coarse sea salt, for garnish

Instructions

• Line the baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a double boiler over medium heat, melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil until smooth.
• Add in a ¼ cup of pecans and mix well until they are evenly distributed.
• Pour the chocolate-pecan mixture onto the prepared baking dish and top with the remaining pecans.
• Sprinkle with sea salt and freeze the mixture for at least 30 minutes, or until hardened.
• Once the mixture is set, break the bark into pieces and serve immediately.

Felicia Lim

Golden Milk Coconut Bark

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Total time:40 mins

Inactive Time:30 mins 30 minutes

Prep Time: 10 mins 10 minutes

Serves:8

Nutrition facts:1 grams of protein9 grams of carbohydrates38 grams of fat

Golden Milk Coconut Bark

Recipe by: Felicia Lim

Tools

• Parchment paper
• 7-by-10-inch baking dish

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup coconut butter
• 4 T coconut oil
• 3 T honey
• 1 t ground turmeric
• ¼ t ground ginger
• ¼ t ground cinnamon
• ¼ t ground black pepper
• 3 T cacao nibs, divided
• ¼ cup chopped pistachios, divided

Instructions

• Line a baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a double-boiler, melt the coconut butter, coconut oil, and honey. Mix well until thick and creamy, then stir in the ground turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and black pepper.
• Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in 1 tablespoon of cacao nibs with half of the chopped pistachios. Mix until evenly distributed.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish and use a spatula to evenly spread it to ½-inch thickness. Top with the remaining cacao nibs and pistachios.
• Freeze for 30 minutes or until the mixture is set and solid to the touch.
• Remove the bark from the baking dish and break into pieces. Serve and enjoy!

Looking for Paleo ingredients? Here are a few we’d recommend:
Sunspire baking chocolate (SunSpire)
Cold pressed coconut oil (Viva Naturals)
Raw pecans (NOW Foods)
Coarse sea salt (AztecSeaSalt)
Coconut butter (Artisana)
Raw honey (Bee Farms)
Turmeric (Simply Organic)
Ground ginger (Simply Organic)
Ground cinnamon (Simply Organic)
Black pepper (Frontier)
Cacao nibs (TAZA chocolate)
Raw shelled pistachios (Food to Live)

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