I love raw chcocolate.

I have experimented with raw desserts quite a lot recently and became a big fan of raw brownies. I don’t really like raw chocolate mousse. Or maybe I didn’t find a good recipe yet. I made it based on avocado – the classic. But I am not yet convinced by the combination of chocolate and avocado. However, the combination of raw cocoa and dates – these raw chcolate pralinés are based on – is simply divine.

It is a perfect little sweet treat.

If you haven’t tried raw chocolate yet, this is a good recipe to start with. You only need a few ingredients and it’s fast and simple. And you will amazed how good the pralinés taste. I was. If you have difficulties finding raw chocolate powder you can always order it here.

Dates are naturally very sweet so you don’t need to add a lot of additional sweetener. I like mine with a little bit of agave syrup. If you don’t have almonds you can also use hazelnuts or Brazil nuts.

These pralinés also make a nice gift. Mine are more minimalist, but you can also decorate them with nuts or coconut flakes.

What you need for 14 parlinés:

200g pitted dates

50 g almonds

A handful of coconut flakes

1 tablespoon raw cocoa powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1-2 teaspoons agave syrup

Steps:

Mix all ingredients in a food processor until you have a kind of rough dough

Form little round pralinés with your hands

Dredge the pralinés with some raw cocoa powder