Easter is so much more than chocolate. But it is a lovely holiday to celebrate with a bit of a chocolately treat. I made these delicious heart shaped chocolates in the weekend to share at easter. When I say “homemade”, it’s a bit of a cheat version since we’re simply melting chocolate and adding other goodies. But hey it still takes more effort than buying a lindt bunny and they taste great too. It’s the addition of passionfruit powder and freeze dried raspberries is what makes these special.
Here’s how to make them:
Ingredients:
1 block Whittakers dark chocolate
1 1/2 teaspoon Fresh As passionfruit powder**
Freeze dried raspberries and extra passionfruit powder (optional)
Break up the chocolate into pieces. Place in a microwaveable glass bowl. Heat for 1 minute. Take out and stir. Continue heating in 30 second bursts, stiring well in between each one. Once the chocolate is melted, stir through the passionfruit powder.
Spoon the chocolate into moulds. Sprinkle over top some of the freeze dried raspberries (optional) and refrigerate until set.
When the chocolate has set and you’ve popped them from the moulds, you can also add a little extra passion fruit powder as decoration and to add extra flavour.
I used silicone ice cube trays as moulds which work fine, otherwise you can use proper chocolate moulds.
**You can find the passionfruit powder at Moore Wilsons, Farro Fresh and other speciality food stores. A little adds a lot of flavour, so it’s value for money. The passionfruit powder is lovely stirred into natural yoghurt and I’ve even mixed it through my porridge, which was delicious. You can add it to bliss balls and smoothies too. There are lots of other flavours, but passionfruit pairs nicely with dark chocolate.
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