Katja's cocoa-coconut candies

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Wow! I tried this recipe for the first time today and it's great! I've had a

sweet tooth lately and have been buying gluten-free cookies. Shame on me -

lots of refined carbs. Plus I'm trying to get CO into me daily, but felt

sick several days ago from eating straight CO. It hadn't bothered me in the

past, but it made me naseous the other day. Anyway, I thought this recipe

would kill two birds with one stone by getting my fill of CO from a healthy

recipe and quench my sweet tooth. Which it did beautifully. I wasn't sure

what amounts to use - Katja said to use " gobs " of this or " a handful " of

that (LOL). So I guessed, and it came out great. It may be a tad too sweet

for some, but is perfect for my sweet tooth. You can just cut back on the

honey if you don't like sweet. If anyone else wants specific measurements, I

wrote mine down. They are as follows:

1.5 c. coconut oil

2/3 c. coconut flakes (pure - nothing added)

1/2 c. almond slivers

5 Tbsp. cocoa powder

5 Tbsp. raw honey

I threw it all in the food processor and mixed. It only took a few minutes,

although I had to scrape occassionally to get things to mix in better

together. It tended to get stuck on the side of the blender bowl.

Then I rolled it into small balls and placed in a covered pyrex bowl in the

fridge.

However, I only rolled half the recipe into balls. I left the other half in

the blender and added about 4 Tbsp. of hazelnut butter and mixed that in.

That mixure was very loose compared to the original mixure, because hazelnut

butter has a lot of unsatured oil. So, I spooned that mixture into an ice

cube tray and put in the freezer. I haven't eaten that finished product yet,

but when I sampled it before freezing, I didn't like it as much as the

original mixture.

Thanks to those who came up with this recipe and/or expanded on it!

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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