Chocolate Christmas trees
These Chocolate Christmas Trees stuffed with dates, nuts and fruits are a great make-ahead Christmas treat. They can be frozen or refrigerated and brought out when you need a last minute sweet treat.
Ingredients
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 1½ cups soft medjool dates (about 225g)
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (120g)
- 3 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 cup macadamia nuts (140g)
- ½ cup pistachios (65g)
- ⅓ cup freeze dried raspberries (15g)
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Using about half of the chocolate, coat the bottom and sides of your moulds (use a pastry brush to fully coat up the sides). Refrigerate to harden for 10-15 mins
- Add the pitted dates, nut butter and cacao powder to a food processor and add 3 tbsp of water as you blend. It should be really soft and sticky but if it doesn’t seem sticky enough then add 1-2 tbsp of water and blend again.
- Chop the nuts and add them with the other ingredients to the food processor. Pulse to mix but don’t blend too much as you want chunks of nuts.
- Add the filling to the base of the trees and pour over the remainder of the chocolate. Refrigerate until hard.
Notes
- If you don't have the silicone tree shaped moulds, you can roll out the mixture and use cookie cutters before dipping chocolate.
- Alternatively, the mixture is good just rolled into balls.
Nutrition
Calories: 306kcalCarbohydrates: 21.1gProtein: 5.4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 7.7gFiber: 4.2g
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