Coffee Chocolate

A homemade coffee chocolate is a filled candy with a coffee flavored cream coated in a dark chocolate shell. Only 4 basic ingredients and all wholesome. A no bake, vegan and gluten-free treat.

Coffee Chocolate

A homemade coffee chocolate melts in your mouth and is the best energizing snack. They are easy chocolate treats that are made with only a few ingredients, as well as vegan and gluten-free. They are easy to make in a mold or just a mini cupcake pan.

The ingredients are also healthier than most chocolate desserts, especially if you use healthier ingredients.

And you can add this filling to the other fillings I have shared in my chocolates in a box collection here.

Table of Contents For this Post

• Coffee Chocolate
• Ingredients In A Coffee Chocolate
• How to Make A Coffee Chocolate
• How to Store Coffee Chocolates
• FAQS about Coffee Chocolates
• Is There Coffee Flavored Chocolate?
• What is a Coffee with Chocolate Called?
• Can I Add Instant Coffee to Melted Chocolate?
• What Coffee Goes Best with Chocolate?
• Coffee Chocolate

Ingredients In A Coffee Chocolate

The way to make these chocolates is simple. First, gather the ingredients.

1. Chocolate - As with any recipe, the quality of the chocolate influences the recipe so choose the best tasting and healthiest chocolate chips or bar you have access to. Dark chocolate is best, and I steer towards allergen free brands such as Enjoylife or HU. Same with the cocoa you choose.

2. Coconut Flour - Buy coconut flour in most grocery stores. You can use almond flour instead, just use less because coconut flour is more absorbent. Coconut flour is full of healthy fats, can boost energy, trigger metabolism and assist in weight loss, and helps boost immunity with its antimicrobial properties [source]

3. Nut or Seed butter - I used sunflower seed butter in these chocolates as a way to keep my bars nut-free, but of course any nut butter will work. You'll want a healthier nut butter, one that has only seeds or nuts as the sole ingredient. If you choose to work with sunflower seed butter as I did, you'll want to look for Sunbutter brand, the green label is my favorite.

4. Coffee - I use instant coffee granules because they dissolve in the batter so easily. Brewed coffee works in the filling, but don't use brewed in the chocolate shell or the mixture will seize. Never use spent coffee grounds, wet or dry, and don't use fresh ground coffee either.

5. Other ingredients include iron-rich date paste, made by blending Medjool dates with water. I linked to a more detailed recipe on how to make and store date paste. It is such a healthy sweetener. You'll also want for this recipe vanilla, instant coffee granules and salt.

Equipment used can be a candy bar mold or just mini cupcake papers in a mini cupcake pan.

How to Make A Coffee Chocolate

These chocolates are so easy to make. And they are easy to make in either a mold or even in a small cupcake cup pan, or by rolling the filling into balls and dipping them.

1. Make the chocolate shell by melting chocolate chips. Microwave chocolate chips, coconut oil for shell in a microwave safe container for 1 minute, stir until smooth, adding the coffee granules last.

2. Make the coffee filling by combining all ingredients in a bowl and mix until paste-like.

Use a mold or cupcake pan:

1. Spoon melted chocolate for shells into wells of mold or into mini cupcake papers, and use a spoon or paint brush to coat all sides. Allow chocolate to harden by refrigerating 15 minutes.

2. Pour or press the filling into shells, smooth just below surface, and top with melted chocolate to complete shell.

3. Allow to set in freezer for 30 minutes to 1 hour before removing from mold.

Use the roll-in-balls method:

1. Make the filling and stir until smooth.

2. Chill the filling in the bowl in the freezer for 15 minutes. Then roll 1 tbsp of filling mixture into balls with clean hands. Line them on a parchment-covered cookie sheet. Freeze the balls for 15 minutes.

3. Make the chocolate shell by microwaving the chocolate chips at one-minute intervals and stir until smooth.

4. Dip the rolled chocolates into the melted chocolate using a candy dip or a fork - lower and use a spoon to dribble melted chocolate over the top.

5. Set the coated chocolates back on the parchment and chill for 15 minutes to quicken the set.

Either way, drizzle with crisscrosses of melted chocolate and dust with ground coffee.

How to Store Coffee Chocolates

These chocolates last in the refrigerator for a week.

FAQS about Coffee Chocolates

Coffee chocolates are basically homemade chocolates with a coffee-flavored cream. Still, the public seems to have a lot of questions about coffee chocolates so I try to answer them here.

Is There Coffee Flavored Chocolate?

This recipe is for coffee flavored chocolates! Just mix up the ingredients with instant granulated coffee and you have coffee flavored chocolate.

What is a Coffee with Chocolate Called?

A coffee with chocolate is called a mocha. But that is the name of a drink. This recipe is a twist on that drink - a coffee mocha in chocolate form.

Can I Add Instant Coffee to Melted Chocolate?

You absolutely can add instant coffee to melted chocolate. And that is the basis for this coffee chocolate recipe. Never add coffee grounds, dry or wet, and only use brewed coffee for the filling, not for the shell.

What Coffee Goes Best with Chocolate?

In general a darker roast ground coffee is best to add to chocolate, but if you want convenience, use instant granules, they dissolve easily in the mixture.

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