Homemade Coffee Chocolate Bars

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Homemade coffee chocolate bars filled with a robust coffee-flavored cream and coated in a dark chocolate shell. Only 4 basic ingredients. Use a mold or cupcake pan.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 117kcal

Author: Dee Dine

Equipment

1 2-inch candy mold

Ingredients

Chocolate shell

1 cup chocolate chips melted
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules (not brewed coffee here or mixture will seize)

Coffee filling

2 tablespoon cocoa powder
½ cup date paste 6 dates blended with ⅓ cup water
⅓ cup coconut flour or ¼ cup almond flour
1 tablespoon nut butter
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules or brewed coffee
pinch of salt

Instructions

Make chocolate shell

Microwave chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe container for 1 minute, stir until smooth.
1 cup chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon coconut oil
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.

Make chocolate filling

If your nut butter is not soft, microwave it for 15 seconds and stir until smooth.
Add all ingredients to a bowl and stir until you have a paste-like texture.
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules, 2 tablespoon cocoa powder, ½ cup date paste, ⅓ cup coconut flour, 1 tablespoon nut butter, 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules, pinch of salt
Press this filling into the chocolate-coated molds or use the roll method (see notes)
Top the filling with melted chocolate.
Scrap off excess chocolate to smooth the top.
Set the mold in the freezer for 30 minutes to 1 hour before removing chocolates from the mold.

Storage

These chocolates last in the refrigerator for a week.

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Notes

Instead of coconut flour, use almond flour only use less because it is less absorbent.

Instead of date paste, use maple syrup.

To use a cupcake pan instead, line a mini cupcake pan or regular sized pan with paper liners, then press in the filling and top with melted chocolate.

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