This easy recipe for homemade healthy Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth. You only need three ingredients! It’s perfect to use as a Paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

This easy recipe for homemade Paleo Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

I’m super excited to be sharing this post with you today, because it’s such an easy recipe that creates the most delicious, melt in your mouth chocolate. You can snack on it when you need to fix a chocolate craving, and it’s also perfect to use in place of traditional sweetened chocolate chunks for baked goods.

I’ve used these paleo chocolate chunks in my Paleo Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread and my Paleo Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread, and they stay melty and delicious.

You could also use it in my Paleo Chocolate Chunk Cookies or Paleo Chocolate Chunk Blondies…you see, I use these chunks in a whole lot of delicious ways, and they couldn’t be easier to make.

This easy recipe for homemade Paleo Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredients for homemade chocolate

There’s only three that you need to make this recipe, with two optional additions!

  • Cacao Butter or Coconut Oil: whichever of these you choose is the base of the chocolate. See below for more details about the differences, but if you go with coconut oil, make sure to use refined for no coconut flavor.
  • Maple Syrup: for sweetness! You can also use honey or another liquid sweetener if you prefer. I recommend sticking with liquid sweeteners here, because granulated sweeteners can be gritty.
  • Cacao or Cocoa Powder: either will work – cacao is just a raw version of cocoa.
  • Vanilla Extract: this adds a little extra flavor, but it will still be delicious if you don’t add it.
  • Salt: I love a little salt in everything, but skip it if you don’t!

Cacao Butter vs. Coconut Oil

Cacao butter, or cocoa butter (cacao is just the raw version of cocoa), is made from the cacao tree and is the traditional base of chocolate. Coconut oil comes from the coconut plant, and tastes coconutty unless you get the refined version. I prefer cacao butter for this recipe but it can be more expensive and harder to find.

  • Cacao butter (or cocoa butter) will result in a firmer, more shelf-stable chocolate, whereas coconut oil will need to be stored in the fridge and will melt more easily.
  • If using coconut oil, make sure to use refined coconut oil to avoid any coconut flavors (unless that’s what you want!).
  • Cacao butter chocolate will bake into treats a bit better, and stay firmer, though both will work.

Ingredients

How to make healthy homemade chocolate

This homemade chocolate could not be easier to make!

  1. Just melt the coconut oil or cacao butter in the microwave or over the stove.
  2. Add good quality cocoa or cacao powder, maple syrup, if you’d like a sprinkle of salt and/or a splash of vanilla extract, and whisk it together.
  3. Pour into a pan, let it set in the fridge, chop into chunks and use and enjoy as you’d like!
This easy recipe for homemade Paleo Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

Where to store this homemade chocolate

I recommend you keep this homemade chocolate in fridge, especially if you used the coconut oil base, because in a hot kitchen they’ll melt into chocolate flavored coconut oil, which isn’t what we’re after! It will be more shelf-stable if you use the cacao butter, but still avoid keeping it in a warm spot, the way you would with any chocolate.

This seriously tastes like delicious dark chocolate, but there’s the benefit of knowing exactly what went into it. You can adjust the honey or cocoa amounts to make it darker or sweeter to suit your tastes.

Now you don’t have to guess whether your chocolate is dairy-free, or refined sugar-free, or vegan, or Paleo-friendly. You know that it is! Try it out – I think you’ll be impressed with how easy it is to make chocolate yourself. Enjoy!

This easy recipe for homemade Paleo Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

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This easy recipe for homemade Paleo Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

Homemade Chocolate Chunks

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  • Author: Rachel Conners
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 2 cups chunks 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan
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This easy recipe for homemade Homemade Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It’s perfect to use as a Paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredients

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  • ¾ cup cacao butter or refined coconut oil, cacao butter will result in a firmer chocolate that bakes better whereas coconut oil will be softer and melt more easily
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup or honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt, optional

Instructions

  1. Melt cacao butter or coconut oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat or in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Stir cocoa powder, maple syrup or honey, and if using, vanilla extract and salt, into the melted coconut oil until completely smooth.
  2. Pour mixture into a lined baking pan or sheet (I used a small sheet pan). Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Chop into chunks or bars. Store at cool room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Keywords: homemade chocolate, chocolate chunks

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