3tablespoonenvelopes or 2 ½ unsweetenedunflavored, gelatin ( try to get grass fed).
2 ½tablespooncocoa or cacao powder.
cupSweetener of choice: ⅓ honey or maple syrupor ⅓ cup swerve plus 25 drops stevia for low carb version., paleo
1 ½tablespooncoconut butter..
Optional Coconut Sauce:
1tablespooncoconut butter
¼teaspooncoconut oil
¼teaspoonhoney or 8 drops stevia liquid for low carb.
⅛teaspoonvanilla extract or ground vanilla bean *optional.
Optional Fruit topping:
¼cupblueberries or strawberry slices.
Instructions
Shake up coconut milk can before opening, and divide in half.
Place half of coconut milk in a medium sauce pan on stove top, and the other half of coconut milk in a medium glass bowl, and set aside.
Heat coconut milk in sauce pan on medium heat, and add: cocoa powder, sweetener, and coconut butter. Stir and melt the sweetener and cocoa powder into the milk.
In the medium glass bowl, add the 3 envelopes of gelatin to the coconut milk and stir until combined.
Once it turns into a thick paste add it to the warm coconut milk mixture on stove top. Stir over medium heat until paste melts into the coconut-cocoa powder mixture. Continue stirring until smooth and lump free.
Remove from heat and let cool for 2 minutes. Lightly grease an 8x8 pan or jello molds. Pour into pan or jello mold.
Refrigerate overnight or freeze for 25 minutes or more, until gelatin sets. Cut into squares, or use cookie cutters to make shapes, or remove from jello molds.
Melt, on medium low, the optional coconut sauce ingredients in a small sauce pan. Let cool a minute and drizzle over gelatin shapes. Top with optional blueberries or strawberry slices.
Notes
NUTRITIONAL DATA FOR LOW CARB VERSION (swerve and stevia sweetener and includes coconut sauce and fruit topping): Serving size: one square, Cal: 102, Fat: 9 g, Carbs: 3.5 g / Net Carbs: 2.6 g, Fiber: 0.8 g, Protein: 3 g, Sugar: 1 g, Sugar Alcohols :0 .5 gNUTRITIONAL DATA FOR PALEO VERSION ( maple syrup and includes coconut sauce and fruit topping): Serving Size: one square, Cal: 127, Fat: 9 g, Carbs: 10 g / Net carbs: 9.2 g, Protein: 3 g, Sugar: 7 g