This Paleo Chocolate Frosting is super easy to make. It’s so rich and delicious that you might find yourself eating it by the spoonful! Made with just 3 ingredients –dark chocolate, coconut oil, and vanilla, it is a rich and creamy topping that will take your paleo desserts to the next level!
I designed this chocolate frosting recipe for my Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes, which my children, and their friends, have been gobbling up. I know I’ve got a good dessert on my hands when my children’s gluten eating pals scarf down my gluten-free, paleo desserts, and then ask for more. These healthy paleo cupcakes smothered in Paleo Chocolate Frosting didn’t last long at all!
Paleo Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over very low heat, melt chocolate and coconut oil
- Stir in vanilla extract
- Place frosting in refrigerator for 15-30 minutes to thicken
- Remove from refrigerator and whip frosting with a hand blender until thick and fluffy
- Frost over Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes
- Serve
I began creating this dairy-free frosting recipe a few weeks ago. While I was in the middle of working on it, I received a comment from a reader named Reggie, that contained a similar recipe to mine. At that point, I knew my recipe was going in the right direction.
If you’re allergic to coconut, try my Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe, made with real butter, it’s incredible! If you have a birthday coming up, make sure to use either of my incredible chocolate frosting recipes to top my Paleo Birthday Cake recipe!
Here are some of my fantastic paleo cupcake recipes that you can top with paleo chocolate frosting!
Pink Peppercorn and Paprika says
LOVE this recipe. so simple, so delicious. and perfectly not too sweet.
Denise Silvius says
I just wanted to tell you I tried the chocolate cupcakes and they are wonderful. I will try the frosting when I make another batch tomorrow since it was late when I found this. Thanks Elena!
Karen says
Oh wow, I couldn’t wait. I just had to make this immediately….so perfect!! I made the flourless chocolate cupcakes (from your cupcake cookbook…with cocnut flour) and wanted to tell anyone who’s watching calories or counting calories that this is the perfect treat! Only 123 calories each cupcake, including 1TBL of frosting! My cupcake batch made 10 cupcakes.
Thank you Elana!!!!
Lynnette Foster-Horwith says
While waiting for your recipe Elana I had some dairy free soy based cream cheese to which I added agave and cocoa. I cant do chocolate with any regular sugar in it. But my cupcakes disappeared while traveling to the Santa Fe Opera :-) I’d much prefer to be taking in lots of coconut oil though so will try your version my way. Wish me luck!
Lynnette
Marge says
There is now cream cheese make from coconut oil – sold at Publix. Sorry, I don’t know the name of it but research it and I’m sure you will find it.
Jami says
You are my hero, Elana! I am so excited to make this! My 13 year old daughter has never had refined sugar and we’ve been Paleo for nearly a year! I can finally make her some cup cakes with frosting! THANK YOU!
Jami
Praveeta says
I love this recipe and I will try it next time we want a cupcake.
This recipe is similar to some chocolate coconut cups I make.
After reading Dr. Fife’s book “Stop Alzheimer’s now”, I decided that my husband and myself could use some prevention and some special care of our brains based on family traits.
In that book it is recomended that those who do not have a mental disorder diagnosis already but they see that it’s been in the family such things as dementia.. etc. that they consume 3 TBSP of coconut oil/day.
I already was cooking with coconut oil but I wanted to be sure that we got our recomended dosage . So I created the recipe for coconut cups.
I make them in muffin mold.
To make 12:
18oz of coconut oil (36 Tbsp)
1 bar of 85% Green and Black chocolate + 1 bar 90% Lindt
I distribute them in the 12 cups, add a bit of almonds or 1 frozen strawberry, sometimes raspberries.
Put in fridge.
They are like delicious truffles that we both look forward to having.
Our minds are already sharper.
Funny how I never thought about whipping it before is solid.
Thanks Elana
Olivia@ OmNom Love says
Delish! The frosting looks so rich and creamy. I have all those ingredients on hand too! Amazing! The cupcakes look awesome too
Maureen says
This brilliant! Will try it soon
Alicia says
Forget the cupcakes, frosting is always the best part anyways. I think I could eat this all by itself! Thanks for the recipe!
sarah says
Hurray! My son’s birthday is coming up and now I know what cupcakes I’m making! He’s going to love them.