Toasted Nutty Dark Chocolate Hearts

These rich, heavenly mouthfuls of goodness are a chocolate lover's dream, but bakers beware, you may just eat all the melted mixture before it gets into the moulds! You can also use this recipe to make a decadent chocolate bark, just lay all the mixture out on a lined tray and place in the freezer.

Ingredients

PANTRY ITEMS

3 tbsp peanut butter or almond butter

250 g dark chocolate buttons

1 cup of organic almonds

1 tbsp maple syrup or brown rice syrup

1/2 tsp pink Himalayan crystal salt

NUTRA ORGANICS PRODUCTS

1 tbsp Thriving Protein Smooth Vanilla

2 tbsp Collagen Beauty

Method

1. Place almonds on a chopping board and roughly chop.

2. Lightly toast almonds in a pan until golden brown and fragrant.

3. Place dark chocolate buttons in a heatproof dish, and melt double boiler style (over a pot of boiling water), stirring constantly until chocolate begins to melt.

4. Add peanut butter, maple syrup, collagen, protein and salt to melted chocolate and stir until combined.

5. Add the toasted almonds to the melted chocolate mixture and stir through.

6. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

7. Carefully spoon mixture into silicone heart-shaped moulds.

8. Place in the fridge for 2 hours or until chocolate has hardened.

9. Turn out from silicone moulds to serve.