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No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Cashew Clusters

Ingredients
  

For the Chocolate

  • 1 cup coconut oil extra virgin, unrefined
  • 1 1/4 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp Himalayan or sea salt

For the Cluster

  • 1 1/2 cups cashews unsalted, roasted (may substitute almonds)
  • 3 1/2 cups shredded coconut unsweetened
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil or butter melted
  • 2 tbsp honey room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch Himalayan or sea salt

Instructions
 

Prepare the Chocolate

  • Melt the coconut oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Whisk in cocoa powder, honey, vanilla, and salt. Remove from heat once combined, should be smooth and liquid.

Prepare the Cluster

  • Place the cashews into a food processor and pulse a few times to break into smaller pieces. *NOTE: if you have raw cashews you can roast them yourself in the oven at 350 for about 10-15 minutes, stirring often.
  • Add the coconut, butter, honey, vanilla, and salt to the food processor and pulse just to combine…do not over-chop! Transfer Cluster mixture to a large mixing bowl.
  • Pour the prepared chocolate over the cluster mixture and fold until completely coated with the chocolate (there will be some chocolate pooled at the bottom, that’s okay)

To No-Bake

  • Grease muffin tins (18-24 depending how big you want them) with coconut oil or line with muffin papers.
  • Evenly spoon the mixture into the muffin tins. Spoon extra pooled chocolate over each cluster once in the tins to create a small pool of chocolate at the bottom of each cluster.
  • Place in freezer for about 20 minutes or until hardened. Pop out of the tins and transfer to an air-tight container to be stored in the refrigerator. You can also store them in the freezer if preferred.