The cacao buckwheat pops cereal I make for the kiddies is so yum I find it hard to keep up the supply in our house. So I thought of what else I could make with the cacao buckwheat cereal as the base….
I am always after new recipes that the kids will eat and will fill the lunchbox. Our school does not have a “no junk food: policy and so every day I hear about the GMO, colouring-filled, preservative-rich treat so-and-so had in their lunchbox. And how gooood it looked and how sad their lives are without the toxic food their classmates have. I always think-BRING IT ON. My mission to is make food that is BETTER and tastier than store bought food for the school lunchbox. And when you can replicate a lunchbox favourite and flip it into a nutrient-dense healthy version, I feel like I have earned a medal.
You ready?
Remember the chocolate crispies/ crackle you got at birthday parties when you were a kid? Crispy puffed cereal with cocoa, sugar and hydrogenated fats? I loved these as a child. How about a nutrient-dense version with cacao buckwheat pops as the base……
Cue Buckwheat Cacao & Raspberry crispies! These are easy to make and taste amazing. They are still a treat, even though they are healthy!
The recipe is mine so no need to credit an author.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of buckwheat- if you can activate, sprout and dehydrate it, all the better hint- do in bulk
- 1 cup of shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup of cocoa butter
- 1/4 cup of maple syrup
- 1/4 cup of melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup of freeze dried berries- I used raspberries
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl, except for the freeze dried berries.
- Combine wet ingredients and fold into dry ingredient mixture.
- Crush the freeze dried berries a little and fold into mixture.
- Press mixture into mini muffins tins. Compact mixture with the back of a spoon to make sure it's packed tightly into the muffin tins.
- Dehydrate at 40º for 8 hours OR bake at 50º for 30min
- Makes 24 crispies
Enjoy x
Hi Sam 🙂 do these have cocoa powder in them as well as cacao butter? Was about to make them but wondered whether they would be the ‘right’ colour without cocoa! Thanks!
Oops yes! They do have cacao powder, I use about 1/4 to 1/5 cup and then taste x