Great treat not just for Holidays. Needless to say you can use any kind of mold for the chocolate eggs to top the baskets, or just eat them as is. Hard to resist.
Carrot Cake Baskets
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1/2 bag of @lolliscookeclusters carrot cake flavor (https://lollisclusters.com use Athina10 for savings)
½ cup almond flour
1 tablespoon coconut flour
2 tablespoons cold butter cut up in small pieces
• Mix and put in a muffin tin pressing down and covering the sides
• Makes 6
• Bake at 350F for 5-8 minutes (cooking time may vary depending on your oven)
• Let cool completely
Carrot Cake Filling
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4oz mascarpone cheese
4oz heavy whipping cream
6tsp sweetener of choice (I used @highkeysnacks mix)
10 drops carrot cake flavor by @oooflavor
• Mix heavy cream to a thick whipping cream
• Mix mascarpone w/ sweetener and flavoring in a separate bowl
• Fold the whipped cream into the cheese mixture
• Don’t over mix
• Fill the baskets
• Refrigerate for at least 30 min to set
Chocolate Eggs
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1 cup hazelnuts raw
6oz @cocopolosuperfoods milk sugar free chocolate chips (https://www.cocopolo.com use Athina15 for savings)
1 tablespoon coconut oil
• Roast the hazelnuts at 350F for 10 min and let dry completely
• You leave or remove the skin – personal preference I removed it. Once the hazelnuts are roasted, skin comes out very easily
• Melt chocolate w/ coconut oil in increments of 30 seconds in the microwave until smooth (it took me 45secs)
• Crush the hazelnuts in a high speed blender (I used my @nutribullet)
• Mix w/ melted chocolate and place in egg molds
• Freeze for 30 minutes
Notes:
1. You may use cream cheese instead of mascarpone
2. You may store any leftover carrot cake filling in the fridge. Adding chocolate chips and/or nuts, it makes for another great dessert
3. Don’t skip the part of roasting the hazelnuts, it really gives an amazing flavor
4. Work with the chocolate eggs to make them 3D quickly so they don’t melt in your hands. Simply put them together and use excess chocolate to seal