I have a love affair with these chocolate blood orange slices (and non guilty). This recipe is completely insane. How can it be so good?
Does orangettes ring a bell?
I taught of creating this recipe because it somehow reminds me the “orangettes”. It’s something you can find in candy shops in Belgium, made of orange zest and covered in chocolate (but full of refined sugar and butter). It is probably close to candied oranges. And it looks like a chocolate stick.
Best ingredients
The lovely recipe here is made out of blood orange slices with homemade chocolate. It has only the best and healthy ingredients, Be sure, it tastes even much better !!
Thanks to the blood oranges, it’s more sweet and less bitter ! And if you add a hint of salt flakes and some cacao nibs on top, this treat is heaven !
Orange and chocolate is definitely an incredible combination of flavors. It makes the healthiest candy to eat. You will love it too !!!
How on earth do I make chocolate at home?
It is a combination of raw cacao, coconut oil and maple syrup that you warm and mix together over bain-marie (over boiling water).
Nothing more. Isn’t it magical?
Top Tip
Why do I love blood oranges that much?!
First of all, they are sweeter than regular oranges and have less bitterness and acidity. On the other side, they are still high in vitamin C, potassium and fiber, plus they have the added benefit of “anthocyanins” that give them that intense color and antioxidants properties.
You can eat them the way you do regular oranges ! Or… you can try my chocolate blood orange slices for an extra twist.
Check as well my other recipes with orange like Pumpkin Orange Salad or Orange Smoothie. They will be a hit too if you switch the regular oranges for the blood oranges. Imagine the color.
This is my kind of food !
What brand do I use for raw cacao powder?
The truth is that I love the raw cacao from https://www.koro-shop.co.uk.
Be careful you buy pure raw cacao without any additions (sugar, etc..).
Healthy sweet chocolate blood orange slices and…
Treat from heaven, chocolaty, sweet-bitter twist !
If you make it
If you make this chocolate blood orange slices, tag me on Instagram as @live.and.taste and use #liveandtaste hashtag.
Feel free to ask me any question or leave me a comment (reply) below the recipe, I will be thrilled to reply to you.
Healthy greetings from Laetitia
Sweet Chocolate Blood Orange Slices
INGREDIENTS
ORANGE SLICES
- 2 blood oranges, washed
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
COATING
- 1 tbsp raw cacao
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 drops of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp maple syrup
TOP
- 1 tsp flakes of Himalayan Salt
- 1 tsp cacao nibs
INSTRUCTIONS
ORANGE SLICES
- Preheat the oven 165 °C (fan).
- Wash the oranges, trim the ends of the blood oranges, and slice them (½ cm) keeping the skin. Remove the seeds.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Lay flat the orange slices on the lined tray and brush them with maple syrup over each slice (face down too).
- Bake in the oven for about 30-35 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
- Remove them from the oven and let it dry for 10 minutes. Place them in the fridge for about 1 hour.
COATING
- Place the raw cacao, coconut oil, vanilla extract and maple syrup in a mixing bowl and melt over boiling water, bain-marie style. Mix well until melted and set aside.
- Dip the orange slices halfway into the chocolate. Lay them down flat on a piece of parchment paper (over a dinner plate).
- Top with salt flakes and cacao nibs.
- Transfer to the fridge to set for about 60 min.
- You can keep them in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 to 2 weeks.
4 Comments
So excited to follow your blog
So kind of you ! It was nice to bump into you the other day. We hope this website might be a little inspiration for a better you ! Love, L&T
Looks delicious !definitely wna try this
Ohh thank you ! So kind of you ! You should try it out, it is delish and goes totally well with winter season ! Aljazirah in Zinj has sometimes blood oranges during the winter season ! This is where we use ti buy them, Happy day to you L&T