A healthy chocolate treat that makes the perfect homemade gift idea for Christmas or Valentine's Day, this Healthy Cocoa Roasted Almonds Recipe is gluten free, vegan, refined sugar free, grain free, clean eating friendly and has paleo and low carb options so everyone can enjoy them. Chocolate covered almonds have never been healthier or easier to make!
So, whilst this recipe may be perfect for Valentine's Day, it wasn't created with Valentine's Day in mind at all...
In fact, it all started on a plane....
You see, when you're a coeliac and have to eat gluten free, travelling can be difficult. Trying to find safe options that aren't cross-contaminated with gluten or filled with gluten that you didn't know was there because the ingredients list is in a foreign language. Wondering whether supermarkets will have a big gluten free range or whether you'll be living on rice cakes and greek yogurt for the next three weeks. Going through security lines as watching the officers faces when they see each one of your carry on bags is full of food and saying "yes... that's all for me".
When that's your life, travelling is a well planned out, thought out process which involves plenty of tupperware containers and pre packed snacks.... but sometimes travelling surprises you...
You see, we were on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Los Angeles when Jesse ordered a snack box - and when it arrived I found it was full of gluten free food. Poor Jesse quickly lost half of the items in that snack box as I claimed them as my own (don't worry, he had other food... I'm not quite that selfish).
And one of those items were cocoa roasted almonds.
It was a teeny tiny packet full of the things dreams are made of. They were sweet, crunchy and oh so delicious.
So what was one of the first things I had to do when I got home? Recreate them, of course!
In true Kristy fashion, I wanted to make this recipe as simple as possible and as healthy as possible - and, dare I say it, I totally nailed it. These cocoa almonds require just four ingredients - and they take only 17 minutes to make (and yep, we totally timed it).
The hardest part of the whole process? Waiting for them to cool so you can devour them - and resisting the urge to eat the ridiculously hot toffee pieces that are left on the tray after you pour the almonds into the cocoa (please, resist the urge... I didn't and let's just say my fingertips lost a few layers of skin...).
But basically, these are SO delicious that gifting them to someone else is the greatest expression of love in the world because you will not want to share them.
But enough talking - I need to give you the recipe so you can make these ASAP!
So let me share the recipe with you! >>
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