Cherry Blossom Chocolates

When I think back to my own childhood and favourite treats, the cherry blossom was right up there at the top of the list. I had my own way of eating them, eat the outer and top layer of chocolate first, then the cherry and the bottom layer last. I’m sure they tasted just as good if you ate them any other way, but in my adolescent mind, that helped me to savour the yummy flavour even longer.
I don’t get to eat cherry blossoms these days. I’m sure I’d be mortified at the amount of sugar in one bite, let alone the whole thing. That doesn’t mean I have to forgo the whole cherry chocolate experience, though. I’ve found a way to have my cherries and chocolate and enjoy my slim waist line too!
Hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

Prep Time5 min
Cook Time15 min
Total Time20 min

Cuisine
- American
- Canadian
- East Coast
Course
- Dessert
- Snack
Cooking Method
- simmer
- melting
- chilling
Suitable for Diet
- Diabetic
- Gluten Free
- Keto
- Low Carb
- Banting
- Healthy
- Heart Healthy

Ingredients

For the filling

12 Frozen cherries
Cherry juice, from the cherries
1 Tbsp confectioners swerve
1/4 tsp xanthan gum

For the Chocolate

4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1/4 cup Coconut oil
¼1/4 cup swerve, confectioners
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp Himalayan salt

Directions

For the Filling

Cover frozen cherries with water and set aside for one hour
Remove cherries from the water and set both aside.
Place cherry water in a small sauce pan under medium low heat.
Add swerve and xanthan gum and whisk until combined.
Set aside to thicken.

For the chocolate

Combine chocolate, oil, swerve, vanilla and salt in a small sauce pan
Melt under medium low heat, or in a double boiler.
Set aside to let cool, for five minutes
Spoon chocolate into silicon molds. Fill to the top.
Place mould into freezer for five minutes
Remove moulds and scoop out the inner core of the chocolates.
Place a piece of cherry in the chocolate core and fill with cherry sauce.
Place in the freezer for five minutes
Cover the cherry filled chocolate with the remaining (warmed) chocolate to cover over the hole.
Place in the freezer to cool.
Store in the fridge

Shredded, chopped coconut and chopped walnuts can be added to the chocolate

Nutrition & Macro Information
Amount per serving
Calories0
% Daily Value*
**We STRONGLY suggest you calculate your own macros, based on the brands you use and any alterations you make to the recipe.

We provide a nutrition snapshot in our books, but you MUST know that we are just painting a scenario of how your macros CAN look if you follow the recipe to a tee, use the exact serving sizes and branded ingredients that we use.

Because it is almost impossible to achieve this, we recommend that you calculate your own macros, based on the brands/ingredients that you use, your yield and how much you consume.

*NEVER blindly trust your keto or your macros to an app, a person, a website or a product.

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Cherry Blossom Chocolates