We're back again with another recipe from Ash (@ash.hine_96) using Danny's Dark side chocolate. Not only do they look amazing, they are also vegan!
Give them a try for yourself and share a photo with us online, tagging us @dannyschocolatesuk
INGREDIENTS:
100g Sugar
165g Dark Brown Sugar
2g Salt
100g Melted Coconut butter
185g Plain flour
3g Baking soda
60ml Non-dairy milk of choice (Ash used Almond)
5ml Vanilla extract
METHOD:
STEP 1 - Add sugars, salt and coconut oil to a mixing bowl and mix until combined
STEP 2 - Add Almond milk and vanilla extract and slowly mixed until smooth (Image above)
STEP 3 - Sieve the flour and baking powder to mix and slowly mix until a batter
STEP 4 - Smash up and Danny's chocolate for chunks
STEP 5 - Cover and chill for 30 minutes, scoop onto a tray and bake for 10-12 minutes at 180c or until brown
We're guessing that if you've found yourself here, then mostly likely you're like us and love a beautiful breakfast bowl as much as we do! So, here is goes with our top 5 favourite breakfast bowls by @foodiefittwinmummy
Here it goes...
1 - "A figgylicious start to this beautiful Monday morning. A big bowl of thick and creamy vanilla oats made with @kin_nutrition vegan protein and @innocent almond milk - soaked overnight with @yumandyay_flax and chia.
Topped with @nushfoods caramel and hibiscus almond milk yogurt, those jammy figs, @pipandnut almond butter and a drizzle of melted @benefitchocolate 85% energy chocolate."
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2 - Ginger, pear and chocolate orange oats 🍐🍫🍊
▪ @whey_box vegan gingerbread protein
▪ pear
▪ persimmon
▪ homemade granola
▪ @pipandnut chocolate orange almond butter
▪ A cheeky square of @benefitchocolate 85% dark cacao protein chocolate
3 - The Best Chocolate Combo Bowl
▪ Chocolate oats made with @kin_nutrition dark choc vegan protein
▪ @innocent hazelnut milk, soaked overnight with @yumandyay_ flax and chia
▪ @nushfoods caramel and hibiscus almond milk yogurt
▪ Banana, Raspberries, Pom seeds
▪ @mindfulbitesuk Brazil nut
▪ Cacao nib butter
▪ @benefitchocolate 85% energy chocolate
4 - Chocolate oats and Blueberries and Banana
"...gearing up with my fave chocolate oats, with @yumandyay_ flax and chia, made with @kin_nutrition dark choc vegan protein and @innocent hazelnut milk - so thick and creamy👌. Topped with a little banana, blueberries, @nushfoods caramel and hibiscus almond milk yoghurt, @mindfulbitesuk cashew and baobab butter, cacao nibs and extra lifting power from @benefit 85% dark cacao energy chocolate 🍫💪" @foodiefittwinmummy
5 - Creamy oats with cherry compote
▪ Vanilla oats made with @kin_nutrition vanilla vegan protein
▪ @innocent almond milk, soaked overnight with @yumandyay_ flax and chia and then warmed on the hob
▪ Warm cherry compote
▪ @nushfoods almond milk yoghurt
▪ A puddle of @pipandnut almond butter
▪ @benefitchocolate 85% dark energy chocolate
▪ a drizzle of @thegroovyfoodcompany maple syrup agave
I think you will all agree that there is not much else to say after seeing these other than...
Peace out!
]]>The ‘red velvet filling is completely refined sugar free.
A few splashes of @benefitdrinks Beetroot Juice gives these little beauties a natural sweetness, and @benefitchocolate Protein 85% Dark adds some vegan protein to boot!
I added a little too much flax seed and not quite enough coconut - but that’s what recipe developing is all about.
Check out more amazing recipes by @thatmodernlife_
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METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a 1lb bread tin with baking paper or coconut oil. In a bowl, mix the eggs, milk, honey, banana and vanilla extract. Add the nut butter, baking powder, cacao powder and combine well. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour the mixture into the bread tin and bake in the oven for 30 minutes until knife comes out clean. Allow to cool and enjoy!
Give it a try but for yourselves and tag us and Sophie at @benefitchocolate and @sophieshealthykitchen
]]>Check out the latest recipe by @Samanthahadidi -
"...these gorgeous, fudgy Black Bean Brownies...are rich, indulgent and oh-so-decadent and I promise that you won’t taste the beans at all! My kids devoured these without even knowing - and I love them so much that I made them three times in one week. They are also flourless (save for a touch of @coconutmerchant coconut flour) and topped with an avocado ganache - my fave choc to make them with right now is @benefitchocolate. So...that’s brownies with two of your five a day"
Chocolate Hazelnut Praline Protein bars
Base:
1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup medjool dates
1 tablespoon coconut oil
2 tablespoon Kin Nutrition Dark Choc protein powder
1/4 tsp salt
Hazelnut Praline Filling:
1 cup hazelnut butter
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/3 cup medjool dates
1 teaspoon salted caramel extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Topping:
1 bar of Benefit protein chocolate
2 tablespoons coconut oil
DIRECTIONS
1. Make the base: Put all ingredients in a food processor and process until combined. Empty the mixture into the lined loaf pan, and use your hands to pack mixture down firmly. Transfer to freezer while you prepare remaining layers.
2. Prepare the hazelnut praline filling: combine all ingredients in a food processor. Remove loaf pan from freezer, and smooth filling over the base. Transfer to fridge.
3. Melt the chocolate topping: Pour on top of the hazelnut praline filling. Sprinkle whole and chopped hazelnuts on top and a drizzle of hazelnut butter. Refrigerate loaf pan until chocolate layer has set.
Give these bars a try for yourselves and let us know what you think of them and tag us @benefitchocolate
Benefit Chocolate Team!
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With just five days to go until Pancake Day, we wanted to share our recipes to suit everyone. Whether you're looking to please the chocoholics, gym addicts or just some pure luxury then we have you covered with our top 3 favourites!
The Chocoholics Dream
Ingredients:
135g Plain flour
1 Tsp baking powder
1/2 Tsp salt
2 Tbsp Caster Sugar
130ml Milk
1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
2 Tbsp melted butter
Selection of Danny's Chocolate bars
Handful of Marshmallows
Method:
Sift your flour, baking powder, salt, and caster sugar into a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, egg and melted butter.
Pour the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk together until you have a smooth mixture.
Heat a non-stick pan and add oil or butter. Pour a ladle of the mixture into the pan and wait for the top of the pancake to start bubbling before you flip it. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
When stacking the pancakes, add a few squares of your favourite Danny's chocolates before adding the next pancake to your stack.
Add Danny's Dark Side to a bowl and microwave for 10sec to melt to drizzle on top with the handful of marshmallows and voila you have a chocoholics dream stack of pancakes!
Luxury Cacao Pancakes with Coconut and Chia Seed
Ingredients:
135g Plain flour
1 Tsp Baking powder
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Caster Sugar
1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
130ml Milk
1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
2 Tbsp Melted Butter
30g Cox&Co Coconut & Chia Seed
Fruit for topping
Method:
Sift your flour, baking powder, salt, caster sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl.
Add boiling water to a pan over the stove and wait to boil. In a pan over the water, add the Cox&Co Coconut and Chia seed chocolate and butter to melt. In a separate jug, whisk together the milk and egg.
Pour the milk mixture and melted chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk together until you have a smooth mixture.
Heat a non-stick pan and add oil or butter. Pour a ladle of the mixture into the pan and wait for the top of the pancake to start bubbling before you flip it. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
When stacking the pancakes, add some fruit and a light dusting of icing sugar to taste.
There you have it, a luxury Colombian cacao, Coconut and Chia seed pancake that is sure to impress any chocolate snob!
Vegan Protein Pancake
Ingredients:
135g Plain flour
1 Scoop Protein Powder (Vanilla or Chocolate)
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp salt
1 Tbsp Maple Syrup
150ml Almond Milk
30g Chopped up Benefit Chocolate Protein Bar
Fruit for topping
Method:
Add all your ingredients to a bowl and whisk together until smooth. If your mixture is too thick, then add more Almond milk until you have a smooth batter.
Heat a non-stick pan and add oil. Pour a ladle of the mixture into the pan and wait for the top of the pancake to start bubbling before you flip it. Cook on both sides until golden brown and the chocolate chips have melted.
Add some chopped fruit to taste and dig in!
Have you tried any of our recipes, what did you think?
Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to tag us in the photos of your creations!
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We have. We get that it can be hard to work out if you are having too much of this or too little of that.
From salt, butter and oils there is so much talk about what we should and shouldn't be eating. But the one constant that we all know is that we all need to have our vitamins... (even if we don't like eating our vegetables!)
So here we are because we feel you - it's not always easy to do the right thing and we want to give a little helping hand.
That's why we created our Benefit family, from protein chocolate to beetroot juice we do our best to put as many vitamins and goodness into your diet without you needing to work out the A -Z of it all.
Although thinking about it, we realised that many of us don't really know what also those different vitamins do for our bodies, so here's a little cheat sheet for you - to help you understand a little more about what we enrich our chocolates and juices with.
All our Benefit products are enriched with vitamins and our Benefit Drinks A, C and E which help to keep your immune system running properly.
Vitamin A - Found in vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes and red peppers through Beta-carotene which gives them their orange and red colour and turns into vitamin A in our bodies.
This helps our body's defence against illness and infection as well as helping our vision in low light (that's right carrots do help you see in the dark!).
* Please note if you are pregnant, you should avoid too much Vit A.
Vitamin C - Found in many fruits and vegetables, from blackcurrants, broccoli and brussels sprouts to name a few!
Not only is Vit C in loads of fruit and veg, but it is also packed with loads of benefits from protecting our cells, maintaining healthy skin, blood vessels, bone and cartilage which in turn helps us heal wounds.
Vitamin E - Found in plenty of oils, such as corn, soya and olive as well as nuts and seeds.
Vitamin E helps maintain healthy skin and eyes and strengthen the body's natural defence against illness and infection (the immune system).
In total, we pack each carton with goodness that helps your immune system, bones, blood vessels, skin and eyesight!
We hope this helps you make sense a little more of why we enrich all our juices and if you liked our blog.
If you liked this, please like and share and there is more where this came from, head over to our website and subscribe to receive fortnightly blogs from us with hints and tips as well as recipes!
]]>Ingredients
450ml double cream
400g sweetened condensed milk or normal condensed milk
Danny's Chocolate Strawberry Cream 100g bar
Strawberries
Method
Using either a hand mixer or a stand mixer whip up the cream until it forms soft peaks.
Add the condensed milk and mix again until fully combined.
Add the Strawberries and Danny's Chocolate (broken up/ melted but cooled/ shavings) to stir in here.
Put ice cream base in a freezable container
Scoop up for you and your Valentines to enjoy and be sure to have impressed with this homemade sweet treat!
Photo and recipe by @Ash.Hine_96
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Rice Krispies 50g
Melted coconut oil 1 Tbs
6 Dates
6 Prunes
Cox&Co Coconut and Chia Seed 37% Cacao 70g
Desecrated coconut and chia seeds
METHOD:
Melt the coconut oil in a bowl and leave to one side
Melt the 70g bar of Cox&Co Coconut and Chia Seed 37% cacao and set to one side
Add the prune, dates and melted coconut oil into and hand blender and blitz until a sticky paste with small chunks
In a bowl mix together all the ingredients until all the chocolate mixture covers all cereal
Place in a tin lined with baking paper and pack down, sprinkle the desecrated coconut and chia seeds on top
Leave in the fridge to set for 2 hrs and cut into fingers before demolishing them!
]]>Give them a try for yourself and let us know what you think...
INGREDIENTS:
Peanut butter 2 tbs
Coconut oil 1tbs
Maple syrup 1tbs
Vanilla protein 1 scoop
METHOD:
Stirred in crispy rice until well-covered 50g.
Pack down into a lightly coconut oiled tin and then pop in the fridge for at least 15 minutes.
Melt a bar of @benefitchocolate 85% dark cacao energy and vitamin chocolate and pour over evenly and place back in the fridge and leave to set for 2 hours before taking out and slicing
ENJOY...we definitely did!
]]>Suitable for vegans and gluten-free - but don’t feel like you have to share them with your friends.
Some things are just too good to share!
According to the latest research presented in the Interdependent this month, both dark chocolate and red wine can help you appear younger.
Research was done at Bristol and Exeter Universities have found that applying compounds called resveratrol analogues; chemicals based on a substance naturally found in red wine, dark chocolate, red grapes and blueberries, to cells in culture; can make the cells both look and behave like younger cells.
This breakthrough research is expected to have a big impact on helping people who suffer from degenerative problems through different therapies.
We wish them all the luck in the world and in the meantime we are going to enjoy our wine and chocolates and keep our fingers crossed our cells rejuvenate and make us look younger too!
What do you think? Read more about this story here!
]]>It's coming up to that time of year again...that most wonderful time of year when all your family comes together and asks you lots of questions about being vegan while they munch on pigs in blankets and turkey!
We decided to give you a helping hand and give you the top 5 Christmas recipes we found to make your family and friends jealous of your #plantbased diet!
1 - Eggnog minus the egg!
We found this little wonder from Tasty Yummies and can't wait to snuggle up by the fire with this in hand!
Ingredients:
2 cups homemade cashew milk or other non-dairy milk of your choice
½ cup full fat coconut milk
⅓ cup raw cashews, soaked overnight or for at least 30 minutes (optional)*
4-6 Medjool dates
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
pinch of ground cinnamon
pinch of ground cloves
pinch of sea salt
Method:
Throw this all together in the blender and process until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately, as is or add spiced rum, bourbon, brandy or whiskey, for a spirited version. Finally, sprinkle on that nutmeg and you are set to go!
2 - Beautiful Breakfast Bowl
From the amazing @foodiefittwinmummy who is always creating more and more amazing breakfast bowls. This one really steals the win for festive flavours with oats, chia, seeds and nuts, hazelnut milk, caramel and hibiscus almond milk yoghurt with benefit chocolate and topped with berries!
3 - Bloody Marys Vegan Style
Sometimes simple is best, so when it comes to this Blood Mary all you need is three main ingredients!
250ml Tomato Juice, Vodka of your choice and 1 tsp of Cox's Original Bloody Mary Spicer. Just add your garnish and you are set to go with a winter warmer to keep you all happy.
4 - Vegan Protein and Vitamin Chocolate Yule cake
In the season of festive foods, why not try our Benefit Chocolate Yule Log where you can enjoy the indulgence without feeling too guilty! This is adapted from the wonderful @thelittleblogofvegan recipe.
Ingredients:
240ml of almond milk
1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
210g of self-raising flour
100g of golden caster sugar
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
60g of coconut oil (Melted)
100g of dairy-free butter
160g of icing sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
100g of dairy-free butter
115g of icing sugar
1, 1/4 tablespoons of cacao/cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
80g of Benefit Chocolate (40g Vitamin and 40g Protein)
Method for sponge:
Method for filling:
Method for Ganache:
5 - Vegan Christmas Cake
Finally, it wouldn't be Christmas without a big boozy Christmas cake and this one by The Vegan Society is delicious and contains no added fat and is low on processed sugar.
Ingredients:
250g dates
240ml water
85g plain wholemeal flour
85g plain white flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp mixed spice
340g mixed dried fruit
115g chopped dried apricots
85g mixed nuts, roughly chopped
4 tbsp orange juice
4 tbsp rum
Method:
We hope you enjoy some of these recipes over the holidays!
Merry Christmas
]]>If you care about the ethics behind the products that satisfy your sweet tooth, look no further!
Click here to find out what the top 10 are from The Independent
]]>This time around our Benefit Protein chocolate was mentioned in a focus on Protein, see below on what The Grocer had to say...
Benefit Chocolate
It's not just big choc brands adding protein. Family business Lovely Fodder has launched Benefit Chocolate in a bid to tap demand for protein-packed treats. It uses almond and coconut butters and pea protein to produce a bar with 85% cacao solids and 19g of protein per 100g.
]]>See more about our stand at the show on our Instagram pages!
]]>We are proud to be in the list of top 5 Protein bars with benefit Protein.
To read what Keven McNiven has to say about our protein chocolate bars, read here.
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Read the full review on The Gliterati Girl's website - click here!
]]>Read more at Feast Magazine!
Benefit Dark Chocolate – These bars of dark chocolate use quality cacao and avoid milk solids making then entirely vegan!...
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