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Really, you guys have got to try making homemade chocolate coconut butter. It’s so easy, and it taste like chocolate heaven in a jar.
I finished off our last jar a few days ago and was dying for some more this morning. So, into the food processor went a bag of this:
and a bar of Teuscher’s 88% chocolate.
Victoria and I did a little chocolate exchange. She sent me two Teuscher’s chocolate bars, an 88% and a 99%. Oh my gosh, seriously, this is the smoothest chocolate I have ever eaten. If this stuff is available in your city, find it and purchase it ASAP. I promise you will love. Thanks again Victoria – Teuscher is my new favorite!
Next step: turn on food processor, and in about 6 minutes, I had this…
I got about 8 ounces of chocolate coconut butter out of this and poured it into a glass jar. It usually takes a few hours to harden, but if you want to speed up the process, refrigerate for a little while – doesn’t take very long – maybe 30 minutes? Otherwise, no refrigeration required.
However, CD came up with a brilliant snack idea. If you pour the chocolate coconut butter into an ice-cube tray and place in the fridge, you can make your own little HEABified version of Almond Joy candy bars! (Edited to Add – more like Mounds bars I guess, but if you add a little almond to the center, then you would have an Almond Joy. Thanks for the idea Monica!)
Now, what to do with the remaining chocolate coconut butter in the bottom of my food processor????
Hmmm, how about some OITFP?
Oats In The Food Processor. May not look too pretty, but it sure tasted good. 
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CD is genius! What a great idea.
OITFP?! Well – if your licking the bowl clean, be sure to take the blade out!
Did that bag of coconut and the 2 chocolates make a full jar of butter? It hardens on its own?
EML,
The 7 ounces of coconut + a 1.75 ounce chocolate bar yielded 8 ounces of chocolate coconut butter, and yes, it usually hardens on its own eventually. Honestly, it depends on the temp. of our kitchen. If it’s warm outside and AC is off, I usually just stick the butter in the fridge for a little while.
Could you really go wrong with this? I think not! I have been loving on the chocolate hemp fudge with coconut too. I have to use up that hemp powder some how! I think the Oats In The Food Processor looks delicious! Ya gotta get all that chocolate out some how!
Sarena,
Did you ever get the Manitoba samples?
Nope, you can’t.
Chocolate and coconut?? It’s like a match made in heavenly foods! Count me in
Have I mentioned that I love you for this post?
I want to just pour that coconut butter in my mouth…NOM!!! Omg, it looks sooo good. =D
Christina,
Love you too.
awwwww…………how lucky you are to have CD give you that great idea for a mini almond joy! i’m sure the motivation for his suggestion was *purely* selfless
yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
what a great idea!
hope you’re feeling well! time’s getting closer, no?
Heather – yes! Only about 3 weeks to go…if she’s on time. I so hope she is – we’re so anxious to meet the little HEABlet!
Great idea from CD putting the mixture in the freezer! Love the OITFP as well.
LB,
I know – I’m married to a genius.
Haha love “OITFP”
Hey Heather!
I’m a regular reader of your blog, but I rarely comment. BUT, today I was compelled to write you and say what a fantastic idea this is! Both the chocolate coconut butter AND the little Almond Joy! Did you put an almond in the center of that little nugget? OMG, drooling just thinking about it.
I so enjoy your blog and your creative food concoctions. Thanks for blogging!
Monica,
Thanks so much for reading, and no I did not put an almond in the center of the choc. coconut butter nugget, but that is a GREAT idea. So doing it next time.
Umm… I am totally all over this.
Ditto on the being allllllllll over this.
You and CD make a great team. The HEABlet doesn’t even know what’s coming!
Thanks Natalia – I think so too.
Looks good, as usual!! I get a little taste of Almond Joy every day in my coffee–coconut milk and cocoa are great additions to just about anything
Tangy,
Agreed. You really can’t go wrong with that combo!
Stop right there! This is a “hold up”. Give me that all-natural HEABified Almond Joy and nobody gets hurt.
Heather for President! This looks so so yummy and easy and…and…it’s not in my fridge! What’s wrong with this picture:)
Talia,
You crack me up. November 20…less than a month away and then you can stock your fridge with Almond Joy nuggets!
You are a genius. And so is your husband. I don’t even know what else to say right now. Except that my grocery list is getting updated, stat.
Alina,
Enjoy!
MMMM. homemade almond joysss! i need some unsweet coconut now!! <3
I have been obsessed with coconut butter latey, really need to try making this! Do you think it would work on the vitamix Heather? I don’t have a food processor…
Ana
Ana,
Yep. Mae made some in her blender, and it’s not even a Vita: http://ohhmay.com/2010/03/13/homemade-cacao-bliss/
So happy to see this chocolate thorougly enjoyed. And a truly brilliant answer to the conundrum of “why doesn’t Teuscher regularly stock anything with coconut?”
FYI, the Philadelphia store is pushing their pumpkin truffles
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Victoria,
Seriously – Teuscher = the best chocolate ever! Thank you so much!!!
And you didn’t even get any of their truffles! If you ever get to a store in person, you will see what I mean, though many of their truffles are milk-chocolate based, so you’d have to seek out the dark ones.
Also, don’t know if you follow joythebaker.com at all, but she posted a recipe for Homemade Almond Joy this week (http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/10/homemade-almond-joy/). Seems to be on everybody’s mind.
Victoria,
Pumpkin truffles – I will have those someday! Oh, and I checked out Joy’s blog. She is hilarious, and her almond joys looked delicious!
Planning to experiment with a couple approaches this weekend, though mine won’t be as good as anything that comes out of the Teucher kitchens in Zurich.
Hey! I made some of this the other day, and put it in the fridge=instant chocolate chunks (with coconut)
Alex,
Great minds think alike, no?
I like CD’s Bounty bar idea!
I mean Almond Joy
Samantha,
Pretty much the same thing right? Chocolate + coconut. So, “CD’s Bounty Bar” works too.
I love having home made coconut butter, but it takes so long to make it in my food processor
Marina,
It’s weird. Sometimes, it takes up to 15 minutes, and I have to scrape and scrape. I think it depends on the coconut flakes.
Looks yummy! I have better luck with the coconut butter if I warm the coconut up just a little bit in the oven before I process it. But my food processor will not get it as smooth as the Vita.
99% chocolate?!? Wowza!
Anna,
I love the dark stuff.
I think I’d just try to lick the food processor clean and forget the oats
Maren,
Hehe – that’s what usually happens. However, it was time for breakfast, and I had oat bran on the brain.
I made coconut butter and after it hardened, I wasn’t sure how to use it (scrape off bits or heat it up again…?). I love the ice cube idea!! Perfect!
Amber,
I used to leave the whole jar next to a space heater or the toaster oven and turn it on, but when it would reharden, the texture would get a little funky. So, now I just scrape off what I need, and since I usually eat the choc. coco. butter atop oats, it melts when I add it to the bowl. However, the ice cube tray trick works great as well, but for some reason, I like eating the stuff from a jar.
All I can say is that you’re a GENIUS.
Hanna M.
Thanks.
Ha! I chuckled at the OITFP. That coconut butter looks AMAZING and CD is brilliant for his ice cube tray idea.
Good job to the both of you!
Thanks Nikki. We make a pretty good team, no?
OITFP!? So cute.
Hahaha. I literally laughed out loud when I read “OITFP”! Hilarious.
Those look AMAZING! I wish my brain had the creativity to think of these things. Good thing yours does!
OITFP is the best! How hilarious!!!
CD is a genius — I’m not a big fan of coconut, but those little HEAB almond joy bars are too freakin cute
Holly,
Yes he is, and you could always do chocolate peanut butter bars in the ice cube tray instead of coconut.
Holy lord! Those little chocolate bars looks fabulous! Coconut is such a wonderful thing!
Steph,
Isn’t it though? I love coconut!
I made chocolate coconut butter last night too. My blender does the job but next time I am so going to make it in the food processor and see how it goes.
plus I thought I had to melt the chocolate first (and probably in my blender it was a smart move)…
and yeah…ice cube almond joy nuggets….PERFECT.
xo
Cindy,
Yeah, we used to melt the chocolate, but one day, CD just chucked the chocolate in with the coconut and it worked just fine. Much easier too!
I am DROOLING at your homemade Almond Joy bar. And frozen? Hello SWOON!
OITFP hahaha thats great heather! What a perfect almond joy!
I just enjoyed some chocolate coconut butter yesterday, so I KNOW how amazing that stuff is…. Still can’t compare to cocoa bliss though
I was tempted to eat all the 4 oz. I made yesterday. It was close!
Omigosh, you are just too sweet, I love you!<3 Lols. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that tomorrow will be my last day working at Hippotots (such is the life of a college grad who jumps from job to job until she finds a job good enough for her, lol) but I bought something for the little HEABlet that I hope you'll love to put her in, especially in the springtime
Sylvia,
Aww, no more Hippotots? Oh well, hopefully you will find the perfect job soon. I know it must be hard trying to balance everything, and I insist on paying you for the HEABlet’s gift. Can’t wait to see it! Thanks so much, and I love you too.
Aww there’s no need to repay me. You can just send me some of your Maple Nut Oaties & chocolate coconut butter, heheheeheeee
<3333
Sylvia,
Maple Nut Oaties it is…perhaps made with chocolate coconut butter?
:O -=O I LOVE YOU! <33333
Wow, and it’s probably so much cheaper than the store-bought kind! I have some coconut in my pantry too. I’m pretty sure all of my latest cooking ideas are coming from you, but then again you are a culinary genius!
Shelby,
Yes, it is cheaper, especially since we can’t buy Cacao Bliss here in Nashville, and I would have to pay shipping. Hope you enjoy my fellow culinary genius.
hahah Oats in a Food Processor. A new one – love it! I wonder if I can find a spoon long enough to eat blender leftovers?
And I wish I liked coconut!! I had a little stomach bug incident after a pina colada once and I haven’t been able to eat it since
Clare,
That’s a bummer – you could always make chocolate nut butter instead, and yes, long handled wooden spoons are great for eating straight from the blender. However, it’s a little difficult to dig things out from around the blade.
When I visited Chicago last year, my husband and I did a chocolate walking tour and the Teuscher store was our first stop… that stuff in incredible. They had just received fresh chocolates from their supplier. It was unreal!
Heather J,
So jealous! CD and I are hoping to go to Chicago this weekend, and the Teuscher store is definitely on my list!
Oops – meant we hope to go to Chicago this summer.
Dang girl. We might have to change your name to Heather Eat Chocolate and Coconut; not that that is a bad thing! Though, HEAB has a much better ring to it than HECC. Hehe. HECC.
Katie,
I think HECC kind of has a nice ring to it.
Chicago this summer?
Can you detour in Fort Wayne, please? We’ll need a HEABLET hug and I willl fix you some yummies, okay?
Coconut = heart smoosh.
Lurve you! Still loving my butternut and my meat filled peppers. Just like my HEABERS would.
XOXO
Polly,
Totally think of Abbi whenever I eat those little nuggets of chocolate coconut butter goodness because I know she loves her almond joys! 
You have too many recipes I want to try. Stop being so creative!
That’s the perfect way to clean out the food processor!
OMG that looks good! Have you tried coconut peanut butter? It is my favorite right now
Matt, No, but I need to. Do you make your own?
What a great idea! And I love that you used the food processor after you made it to get all the goodness out.
It’s like homemade Cacao Bliss! I <3 it! When my jar is gone, I'm definitely going to be making some!
food processor remnants = yum…
Cocolyn,
Love all these creative names you’re coming up with lately.
Hi HEAB! I used to blog about avocados a lot, and then disappeared from earth. I just started checking blogs again.
I love your creations and congratulations (very late!) on the Heablet! So exciting.
Erin,
Of course – I remember you. Think about you from time to time. Gosh, you’re in your 2nd year of law school now, right? How’s it going? Well, I hope. I’ve missed you and thanks for the congrats!
huzzah !! OIAFP !! love it!
and I LOVE the idea of putting this in ice cube trays… so want to make this!
ahhhhhhhh I wish I could get this to work for me!! Still have no idea what I am doing wrong
Kelly,
The only thing I can think of is your food processor. What brand do you have and what size? Sorry, you may have told me but I can’t remember.
Yea we talked about it on the other post a little bit. I have a full size food processor – a cuisinart but I also tried a Vita which I know for a fact has worked for other bloggers!
Kelly,
Right, I knew you had tried both the blender and processor. I don’t know why it’s not working either. So sorry as I know you’re frustrated!
Not your fault!! I just want to try it. I’ve actually never even tried the Artisana on bc it is just so expensive
Kelly,
Advice from another commenter: you aren’t using sweetened coconut are you? Cause my experience has been the Baker’s sweetened will not turn liquid and my cuisinart was hot by the time i gave up… And i also did not have good luck with the Bob’s Red Mill giant flakes.. It had to be just regular old unsweetened coconut..
Nope. I tried the organic unsweetened from the Lets Do Organic brand and the unsweetened from the WF bulk bins.
you aren’t using sweetened coconut are you? Cause my experience has been the Baker’s sweetened will not turn liquid and my cuisinart was hot by the time i gave up… And i also did not have good luck with the Bob’s Red Mill giant flakes.. It had to be just regular old unsweetened coconut..
I dunno, maybe it’s my food processor blade or something, but I also had trouble with a bag of unsweetened that I got from an Indian market… the flakes were really small, so maybe that had something to do with it?
I found I had to scrape the sides every 1-2 minutes for the first 15 minutes…
and it never became liquid enough for me. I don’t think I’ll be doing this again… 
That said, I put a spoonful in my OJ/berry/spinach smoothie, and it gives it creamy goodness!
Brooke,
Sorry it didn’t work for you. Not sure what the problem is – I’ve used really small flakes from Whole Foods, and it came out fine, but I do have to scrape the sides down a lot more. At least it added some creamy goodness to your smoothie.
Those look sooo good! I love chocolate + coconut.
I think I’m going to have to invest in a food processor – this looks delicious!
Ali,
LOVE my food processor. Definitely worth the investment!
Oh this post is going to get about a zillion views and comments b/c I think it combines everyone’s faves: chocolate, coconut, nut butter, do-it-yourself, and deliciousness!!!!!!!!!!
WAY TO GO on this one!!!!!!!! You’re a genius…it’s all those pregnancy hormones that are making you just extra super duper creative
I totally want to try this!
Ironically, I just bought a bag of Halloween candy for the trick or treaters with Almond Joy’s in it! As a kid Mounds and Almond Joys werent too common to come by and I hoarded them
Thanks for the awesome email and after some chores and life stuff, I’ll be back to write more
Averie,
I know – I’ve had several commenters say they will be sad when the pregnancy cravings end..but then the nursing cravings will start, right?
Good thing your FP was off before you dove into your OIAFP. I just had a funny mental image, haha.
Diana,
Yeah, that could have been a bad scene.
omg CD is a genius! those look perfect!
I am feeling a date with my food processor coming on Heather! It is breakfast time here and while my salad and pate pita was yumbo, I am now drooling at this post – note to self, stay away from HEAB while eating breakfast! lol
I opened my very first jar of sunflower butter this week, not loving it as much as almond butter :0(…. any suggests on how to use it?
Lorne,
And as far as the sunflower seed butter goes, I’m sad to hear you’re not loving it so much. You could always try baking with it. Maybe sub it for oil in a batch of cookies or banana bread…or these muffins: http://heathereatsalmondbutter.com/recipes/almond-butter-banana-muffins/. However, keep in mind sometimes baked goods with sunflower seed butter turn out green. This is why: When using your own recipe that contains baking soda or baking powder, in combination with SunButter, you may notice a discoloration in your baked goods.
Hehe, sorry about that.
This is not a problem! Simply reduce your baking soda or baking powder or add lemon juice to balance the ph factor and maintain proper color.
This discoloration is the result of sunflower seeds being rich in Chlorogenic acid which is found naturally in all plants. Most plants only have Chlorogenic acid in the stems and leaves, but sunflower also has it in the seeds. This is one of the reasons sunflower is so good for you
freezing in ice cube trays? genius
i’d ask if you wanted to marry me, but maybe you just want to adopt me? i’m already potty trained, too, so a bit easier than the heablet 
Shannon,
You’re welcome down South anytime. I’ll make sure to keep an extra ice-tray filled with chocolate coconut butter in the fridge for ya!
Yum! That chocolate looks so tasty.
Totally had a HEAB-inspired lunch today. Threw a scoop of almond butter and two big scoops of canned pumpkin in with my stir-fry (ground bison, potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, other misc. veggies) . It was surprisingly tasty and helped me make good use of some leftovers.
Amanda
Amanda,
Wish I could have been at your house for lunch today. Sounded delicious and right up my ally!
Oh stop it!! That is too yummy looking to be so easy… just bookmarked this idea… brilliant!
I swear to you my eyes just popped open at the last picture of adding your oats to the coconut chocolate stuff in the food processor…holy yumballs!!! Now THAT is what I call a delicious-looking treat. You could eat it for breakfast, right?
Hayley,
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack!
Holy Yum! : )
Oh my gosh Heather – I LOVE that you took a picture of your oats in a food processor! You are awesome.
Emily,
No shame!!!
OITFP!! LOVE it! I ran to my kitchen and made some of this when you first posted about it and it’s ahhhmazing! So easy…and I even used a Magic Bullet! I will def have to try the Almond Joy thing…just as soon as I remember where my ice trays are…haha!
Heather,
So good to know it works in the Bullet. I’ll have to tell others that. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you found your ice cube trays!
HEAB! today I bought a little box of 10 chocolate almond butter squeeze packs, so excited to try! I kept finding only the chocolate PB, but I really wanted the AB instead. Hopefully I can control myself
Felicia,
The chocolate AB is my favorite. So much better than the PB in my opinion. Hope you like them!
Hilarious. I’m going to make chocolate coconut butter asap!
Hahaha—awesome! Taking Oats in a Jar to a whole new level!
Ok, I already wanted to try your choc-coco butter (when I get home from culinary school in…8 more weeks, gah!) but now, with those little Mounds bar thingies I KNOW that I HAVE to. Too yummy-looking!!
I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. I am SO making these little mounds of joy this weekend!! Great idea! and your ending.. with the oats?? simply perfection!
Annie,
Enjoy.
I just added the chocolate to the coconut butter today and it makes a perfect topping to a microwaved apple with cinnamon. My new favorite dessert
Cynthia,
Sounds yummy, and in my opinion, you can never go wrong with a good choco-coconut combo. Glad you enjoyed!
Reason #1927426183123 I love food processors; and I haven’t even made this yet.
Sarah-Mae,
I love my Vita-Mix, but I don’t think I could live without my food processor! OK, so I couldn’t live without either.
Great minds must think alike b/c my post last week was making coconut butter. But I never thought to add CHOCOLATE to it- be still my heart!! I’ve been thinking about you soooo much lately- cosmic!? Love ya!
D
Deb,
The chocolate coconut butter is our favorite – homemade version is much cheaper than Cacao Bliss, especially since I can’t find that stuff in Nashville and would have to pay shipping costs. CD and I go through a jar a week if not more. Love it! We think about you all the time – CD is always asking how you’re doing.
Wow! Your little girl is going to be a genius. CD’s chocolate ice-cube chocolates and your OITFP? Brilliant!
Melissa,
We hope so.
Love these creations, especially OITFP!!! Ok so for my homemade almond butter. I took raw almonds, put them in the oven at 350 for about 15 minutes, turning every 5. Processed until smooth, the result? A wierd tasting AB that is a cross between raw and roasted. Did I not cook them long enough? Should I have let them cool for a while?? It was sort of a fail…and a loud one
Emily,
So sorry – yeah, the almonds may need to have roasted a bit longer. I tend to let them go until I hear them start to “pop” in the oven. Just don’t burn them – trust me, burnt tasting almond butter is NOT good!
OIAFP is sheer brilliance! And I’ve got to find that super dark chocolate!
I love the HEAB bar sneakily melting on the palm of your hand. All for the sake of yummy photography!
Kristen,
Yeah, that was rough – especially when I had to lick my hand clean. The lengths I’ll go to for a good photo.
Mmmm…..I am going to have to try that when I get some more unsweetened coconut (it’s on the ups truck right now!).
What I’ve been doing is melting some unsweetened Baking chocolate (Trader Joe’s or Baker’s) and then stirring in some coconut oil and some coconut shreds (unsweetened). Put it in the freezer and then break it up and put it in the fridge (where it doesn’t stay very long
).
For my husband, I use semi-sweet baking chocolate. I spoon his chocy into candy molds and put in the freezer and then dump into a glass container kept in the fridge. His chocolate (and all of his snacks) last a lot longer than mine for some reason.
Thanks again, Heather!!
Deborah (who is expecting her first grand-baby next spring!)
Deborah,
And yeah, neither your chocolate candy, nor your husband’s would last long in our fridge – I know CD and I would love it!
Many congrats on the grand-baby – so exciting!!!
Hi Heather! I’m curious if this recipe would also be able to made with unsweetened coconut and a dark only-chocolate powder? Let me know okay? God bless you all
Ken,
Yes, I’m sure it would work. Make the coconut butter first and then add in the cocoa powder and maybe a little sweetener if it’s too bitter. The product I was attempting to recreate (Cacao Bliss) uses agave nectar, but you could add maple syrup or honey or just eat as is. Enjoy!
This looks awesome! I’m defintely going to have to try this! Thank you for sharing : )
Jenny,
You’re welcome.
I think those oats in the food processor look delicious!! I really want to try this recipe. Where do you normally buy unsweetened coconut? I’ve only seen the sweetened version. Also, do you think it would be okay to use baker’s or semisweet chocolate or do you think it will be too bitter? Thanks and happy Friday!
Jackie,
I buy the unsweetened stuff at my regular grocery store – both Kroger and Harris Teeter sell it in the baking aisle, and Whole Foods always has it in their bulk bins, and no I don’t think Bakers or semi-sweet would be too bitter, but I’m a dark chocolate girl. The bar I used yesterday was 88% – not as sweet at the semi-sweet stuff, and the coconut butter came out delicious. The coconut adds a bit of sweetness as well. Enjoy and happy Friday to you as well.
will now officially have to freak my roomate out even more by using one of the ice cube trays for coconut butter…hahaha. the only unsweetened coconut i can find is ‘organic’ and the bag isnt real big so i never get a lot when i whiz it up
Mallory,
Buy 2 bags.
great idea! I love coconut and chocolate.
Hi Heather,
Just wanted to tell you a couple things – I made more chocolate coconut butter (calling it chocococo butter – kids laugh when we say it) and drizzled it over frozen banana soft serve (mixed with vanilla maple almond butter) – it hardened up like the old magic shell chocolate topping. Loved that crunch!!!
Also, I LOVE reading about Nashville and seeing your pics of the local parks. Hubby and I lived there our first year of marriage (I was at Vandy for grad school) and spent most of our free time hiking – just beautiful – especially Warner Parks and Radnor Lake.
Brandae
Brandae,
I used to love Magic Shell, and I love using chocolate coconut butter as a healthier substitute. In fact, I caught CD just pouring the batch I made yesterday directly into the ice-cream container. Can’t really blame him though as it looked delicious! So cool you know all the local Nashville parks. Radnor is so beautiful this time of year, and we don’t live very far from Percy Warner. The white trail is my absolute favorite! Hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with lots of chocococo butter (that’s hard to type – so many o’s & c’s).
GREAT IDEA with the ice cube tray. I’M TOTALLY gonna copy
Meagan,
Copy away.
Made this. Ate it. Loved it. Blogged it. THANKS!
And just a tip, since we’re speaking of coconut butter: It’s not worth it to try a combo of coconut and hazelnut butter. They’re better on their own…… Ha ha
Thanks Hanna M. Good to know.
What great & cool ideas here!! Waw!! Yummie too!
Oh yum!! That looks so good. And OITFP sounds great
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