I love chocolate, but it’s not always made with the best ingredients. This healthy Homemade Paleo Chocolate recipe solves that problem!
Made with 7 healthy ingredients, this easy chocolate bar recipe is great because it’s soy-free and dairy-free. It’s also super simple to make. All you need is cacao butter, cocoa powder, coconut butter, maple sugar, sunflower lecithin, vanilla powder, and salt.
What is sunflower lecithin?! It is a super food that contains phosphatidylcholine. Phosphatidylcholine is an important nutrient because it breaks down fat. It also helps with the formation of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that is vital for memory and mood stability.
Sunflower lecithin is key to this Homemade Paleo Chocolate recipe. The recipe will not work without this ingredient because it gives the chocolate its creamy flavor. More important, sunflower lecithin keeps the ingredients from separating. I use sunflower lecithin in my Creamsicles recipe, and add it to smoothies every day.
I created this recipe using weight measurements rather than volume. This recipe will not work without a scale because so many of the ingredients are in such small amounts it is not possible to measure them accurately by volume. Although I know that most American are used to cooking by volume, I don’t have volume measurements for this recipe, so it does require a little flex!
Another tip? This tiny whisk is very helpful when mixing the dry ingredients into the wet. A standard size whisk didn’t work. Please note this recipe makes one chocolate bar, and I made a couple of extra for the photo. I tested this Homemade Paleo Chocolate recipe more than 50 times to make it perfect and I know you’ll love it!
Comments
95 responses to “Homemade Paleo Chocolate”
I have only recently started adding sunflower lecithin to homemade goods such as chocolate, baked goods and dressings. I accidentally purchased the powdered form and the bag only has instructions for use as a supplement. I’ve seen many articles discussing all the benefits of sunflower lecithin – preservative, emulsifier and so healthy! So, I’ve just been experimenting with the measurement and so far have not been disappointed. I was really excited to see that several of your recipes use the powdered form – thank you!
Peggi, thanks for your comment and so glad to hear that you are enjoying sunflower lecithin. For my other readers, here is a link to my recipes that use it:
https://elanaspantry.com/recipes/?diet-type=&recipe-type=&ingredients=sunflower-lecithin
Enjoy!
Elana
I have a liquid sunflower lecithin. Would that be a possible substitution? Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Cheryl, I can’t recall if I’ve tried that so not sure if it would work, I doubt it though :-)
Hi,
Is there a replacement for coconut butter ?
Like coconut oil or something else ?
Ajay
Ajay, I haven’t tried that so not sure, but I don’t think coconut oil will work :-)
Hi Elena!
I haven’t much many homemade recipes which use sunflower lecithin, was very excited to see yours!
I have read a lot of articles which state that one of the reasons why commercial chocolate manufacturers use soy lecithin is because they can use less cacao butter (hence more economically viable for them).
Is this true for sunflower lecithin? if you were to make the recipe without it, would you be using more cacao butter to compensate? I’m interested for the sake of calories and health purposes!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Evelyn
Evelyn, I use sunflower lecithin in this recipe because it’s a great source of phosphatidylcholine, a phospholipid that’s essential to human health. Phospholipids are a type of “lipid” which is simply a fancy word for fat. It also makes things incredibly smooth and delicious :-)
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