¼CupMelted Coconut Oilor grass fed Butter, Where to buy coconut oil
1tablespoonHoney for paleoor 20 drops liquid stevia for low carb option.
1Egg
Chocolate Haupia Ingredients:
1OzCan Coconut Milk14
1CupCoconut Sugar for paleoor for low carb use 1 cup erythritol or equivalent low carb sweetener.
1tablespoonunsweetened Coconut Butterstore bought or home made *optional
1teaspoonOrganic Coconut Extract * optional
1CupUnsweetened Almond MilkOr Coconut Milk for nut free.
2tablespoonunsweetened Organic Cocoa or Cacao Powder
¼CupMelted Dark Chocolate Chips for paleo ( gluten freedairy free kind), for low carb use 1 square unsweetened chocolate with low carb sweetener to taste.
3tbspsEnvelopes or 2 ½ Unflavoredunsweetened Gelatin, where to buy gelatin
½CupWater
Optional Topping:
2teaspoonCoconut Butter
1tablespoonto 2 Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions
Preheat Oven to 400 F.
Mix all Crust ingredients together in large mixing bowl.
Grease or oil a Square 8x8 pan.
Form crust into a dough ball and press into greased pan until bottom of pan is covered with a layer of the dough.
Bake crust for 9 to 10 minutes.
Set crust aside, and let cool. *( can skip above steps if making without crust).
In a saucepan over low to medium low heat, mix coconut Milk and coconut sugar or swerve sweetener.
Add coconut butter and coconut extract to saucepan, and stir.
Add 1 cup Almond Milk, or more coconut milk and stir.
Whisk in Cocoa Powder and melted Chocolate.
In a glass measuring cup, add 3 Gelatin Envelopes to ½ Cup Water, and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved.
Add Gelatin mixture to the saucepan and stir.
Remove saucepan from heat, and cool for a minute or two.
Pour Mixture from saucepan over the Crust in the pan.
Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours to overnight.
When gelatin is set, Melt coconut butter and chocolate chip topping together.
Stir then drizzle over top of bars, put back in fridge for a minute to harden topping.* Optional
Can Garnish with dried, unsweetened Coconut Flakes.* optional
Cut into bars and serve.
Notes
Nutritional Data for Low Carb Version using swerve sweetener and bittersweet dark chocolate) : Serving size: 1 bar out of 9 bars, Cal: 230, Fat: 16 g, Protein: 6 g, Carbs: 8 g, Net Carbs: 5.6 g, Fiber: 2.4 g, Sugars: 3 g*All nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*