After much trial and error I have finally tweaked the Trim, Healthy Mama (THM) recipe to [my] perfection!
Recipe
- 4 tsp up to 1/4 cup xylitol, ground OR 1-3 TB Homemade Sweet Blend (see recipe below)
- A few shakes of NuNaturals Pure Stevia Extract Powder (do not add if using Homemade Sweet Blend)
- 1/4 cup pure cocoa
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1Tb cream (or cream cheese will also do the trick!) – *optional
- ¼ tsp. of salt
*Optional additions: coconut, berries, chopped nuts, berries, peanut paste, etc. Maybe even a squirt of Nirvana Stevia Chocolate Drops.
Note: I have the handy dandy shaker that came with the NuNaturals Stevia. I open the lid to only have the powder come out from three little circles. I then give the Stevia about 3 gentle shakes. However, it’s all personal taste learned through trial and error.
A Serving Size is about one third of this mix at each sitting.
I only buy pure cocoa. Cacao is too expensive for me, and I don’t particularly see much difference between it and pure cocoa. Simply check the back of the packet for the ingredient list to ensure you have pure or 100% cocoa. Some producers add all sorts of sweeteners and fillers to their cocoa so you don’t want this.
If you want to know what Trim Healthy Mama is, pop on over to my Nutrition Coaching website and have a look around.
If you want to read more variations on the THM Skinny Chocolate recipe, see the THM Pinterest board.
Addendum 11/03/2015: I was finding my own Skinny Chocolate tweaks to be missing the spot… and then I stumbled across a homemade sweet blend that does the trick perfectly.
- I tsp. THM Pure Stevia Extract
- 1 cup erythritol
- 1 cup Xylitol
Blend together in processor or bullet. Use spoon for spoon.
Hi Susan, These look great!! Just wondering why you’ve found this recipe to be an improvement from the one in the book? And where did you get your xylitol?
Hi Alison,
I purchased my first bag of Xylitol from the local health food store but recently saw that Gaganis Brother in Therbarton/Hindmarsh sells it for a good price. (Psst, they also sell Channa Dahl, pure Cocoa, Quinoa, nuts and seeds).
I’ve used my homemade truvia, which is a mix of stevia extract and erythritol and added cream but I just couldn’t get it.
As I have had a problematic tooth lately, I have been researching how to heal and remineralise teeth and so I learned about the benefits of Xylitol. So I thought I’d give it a go with the Skinny Chocolate.I played around with the type and amount of cream and finally got it to a very enjoyable point.
There are a few more calories with the xylitol as opposed to the truvia but it is worth it for the taste and the benefit to my teeth.
I’m interested to hear your take on it, if you try it.
Thanks, I’m hoping to give it go. I quite like the original recipe with nuts added, and peppermint oil…but no one else does!
Yeah, I will say that I feel like I’ve tried everything from peanut paste, nuts, coconut, berries, coffee and more and I still wasn’t happy with the base recipe. I love what the coconut oil does for my health and it has helped dramatically with chocolate cravings (as in I don’t eat regular chocolate anymore) but I also want it to be very palatable, for the family as well.
What sort of peppermint oil do you use and where do you get it?
It was just from the cake section in the supermarket…probably not very good for you…but I’ve bought enough new ingredients for the time being 🙂
Ah, no worries. I’ve heard other ladies talk about these essences/oils and never quite figured it out. But I always bypass the cake section. 😉
Thanks so much for sharing your recipe! Yours is the best one I have tried thus far. It is wonderful! I was in a hurry so didn’t add much to it—just sprinkled some sugar-free coconut all over the top. I love it! Thank you again! 🙂
Thank DeLynn,
I’m so glad you liked it. I’m a tad embarrassed to say how much I consumed in my tweaking… but I also did notice an slight increase in weight loss so it’s all good. 🙂
What type of cream do you use? Heavy? Thanks in advance.
Hmm, I’m in Australia and we don’t have a huge range of cream. We have Thickened Cream which has gelatine and/or other vegetable gums and thickeners in it. And we have Pure Cream. As much as possible, I use the pure cream with no additives or thickeners.
Susan I just made this chocolate using your recipe (except for the xylitol as I haven’t made the trip to the health store yet so I replaced it with natvia) and it was DELICIOUS. When I made the recipe from the book I hated it and was sure I wasn’t going to bother again. So thank you………I think~!!
Yay! I am so glad you like it. Sometimes I use half homemade truvia and half xylitol. But the trick is to grind it first.
So, this may seem obvious to everyone else but, how do I MAKE these? I see the ingredient list but not the actual directions. Do I just add everything to the melted coconut oil and then put into molds to set?
HELP!
Hi Lisa,
Aha! Sorry about that but because it is a tweaked recipe from the book, Trim Healthy Mama (which provides directions) I didn’t think to write them. Plus it is ridiculously easy!
Simply mix all ingredients together. Pour into moulds *or* pour onto a plastic (disposable) plate and freeze for 15min. Either remove from moulds and store in the fridge or using a blunt knife to break chocolate into chunks.
In summer, you won’t need to warm the coconut oil as it will be melted but in winter I sometimes put it into a bowl, which I put over a pot of simmering water and heat it very gently – just enough to melt the oil. Then pour the oil into the dry ingredients and stir gently to combine.
Does that help?
Helps me …. I was just about to ask the same question!
Thanks! I’ll let you know how it goes ….. but I do have Cacoa .. so I’m hoping it works like for like.
Cross your fingers … I’ll get back to you soon!
I have also used cacao and it is just as good – probably better but my purse doesn’t agree. 😉
Thank u for yr recipe, Susan :). I haven’t tried any of the THM recipes yet, being a newbie. I have a packet of xylitol in the cupboard unopened and some stevia granules that came in a green tin with a little green spoon from the supermarket. I’ve not seen nunaturals.
Would I get the stevia extract and erythritol from a health food shop? The xylitol was expensive when I got it and I have been a little nervous to use it at $27 a packer. We holidayed in Sth Africa this year and it was $6 there so I was taken back at the price here. The shop assistant said it comes from there so that is why it’s so cheap there.
I look forward to tasting this chocolate one day soon 🙂
Hello there
I have a question. I have just started THM and I am getting discouraged with my boys saying the don’t like this or that and one of them is skinny chocolate or the 85% chocolate. I don’t like the skinny choc so I am looking lots of places for some other recipe that we will all like.
But they are saying they won’t eat it etc. I have just gone and made some biscuits with dark choc drops and it is meant to have the choc on the outside of the biscuits and they are doing a no mum. You can’t and the list goes on.
Can you remelt this chocolate you have made on biscuits or anything like that once it has been made? Can I refreeze the chocolate once it is melted again and put on something.
I Want to serve these biscuits at Christmas and to visitors but the horror of what my boys are saying is not encouraging me. They are saying mum you can’t. It isn’t fair. You can’t make it for them or me… and it goes on…
Can I also put on slices and cakes etc… Does it have to be just a little bit made? Can i make it in bulk and will it work the same?
It is hard and tricky and I want to do the right thing by my family/boys.
A learning experience but at present a hard one.
I am trying to lose weight but it is a slow process but I am loving the food. I want to lose weight quicker but I don’t know if it is my body or not.
Sorry for dumping. Are you able to help at some point
If not its cool.
Well I must go.
Thank you in advance.
Lisa
Hi Lisa and thanks for stopping by. Good on you for starting with THM!
Once my chocolate has been in the freezer and is totally set, I take it out and put it in a container and pop it into the fridge where it stays fine. Yes, it can be re-melted. It can go on cakes and slices although they shouldn’t be warm otherwise it will melt.
To be honest, I don’t expect anyone else in my family to eat foods with stevia. They simply don’t like it and have no intention of trying to lower their sugar intake. So, I make some with stevia for me and others I make with either coconut sugar or honey. It’s hard for the kids when they’ve become accustomed to a certain food and then WE go and change it. That’s our choice, not theirs so they may take a lot longer to come to terms with it. We need to take baby steps with family…and choose our battles wisely. Maybe start with some healthy changes that add to the diet rather that take away from it, in the early stages? But that’s me and we are all different. I serve THM meals but always add extra foods for my non-THM menfolk.
Lisa, are you in Australia? Let’s connect via email and I will be able to help with THM. 🙂