Happy Valentines Day!
Hope you all enjoy this V-day treat.
So a few days back Marla found my site. I found hers and loved it. I’m taking control of my fitness along with my nutrition and decided to try one of her healthy snacks to help curb or even feed the craving.
I snagged the recipe and then attempted to make it myself with almonds. It turned out great I only had some of the ingredients but it all worked out and they taste delicious. Not i just ate a cinnamon roll and have a sugar coma delicious but wow that was good and i still have energy and wont crash delicious. Just the kind of recipes I’m looking for.
I usually don’t like recipes in general, or they don’t work well with me. Just to easy to mess something up, always feels more like a job. But just like a job when it works out, there’s confidence to be had in the end. So I’m confidently showing off my experiment.
Almond-Cocoa-Almond
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Almond Extract (Her’s called for Orange, Coffee, Coconut, or omit it)
1 tbs Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 Egg White (guesstimate)
1/8 cup Agave Syrup, or Maple Syrup
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup almonds
Mix it all together and spread on wax/parchment paper
Put in oven for 375 (i did 385 guessing that i was a higher altitude) stir every 10 min, just don’t let it burn. You’ll know you can smell it. 20-30 min should do it for the almonds (with skin they tend to burn faster, or my rack was too high)
Cocoa Dust
2 tbs Sweetened Cocoa Powder -or-
2 tsp Stevia Powder & 2 tbs Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
When the Almonds are done toss them/mix them in the cocoa dust and surve warm or store in air tight container.
-Thanks Marla
February 14th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Oh how thrilling that you tried the “nuggets” and they worked out. You are right, they are not layer cake, but they sure satisfy a sweet tooth in a big way. Thanks so much for linking back to me
I just posted Bakeless Chocolate Peanut Butter cookies that are just as simple and yummy!
Happy Valentine’s day!!
February 15th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Bakeless… Three of my favorite things. So happy i found your site.
February 17th, 2010 at 6:53 am
Sounds easy and delicious! I LOVE anything with almond.