It’s the last long weekend of the summer and back to controlled sugar consumption. And the Vegetarian Food Festival is on next weekend so I have to save up my sugar points to indulge in the creative temptations that will be on offer. In the meantime, here is my recipe for a simply made and simply delicious chocolate treat that can also be enjoyed midweek.
Chocolate Mousse
All you need is 1 cup of coconut cream, 5 medjool dates (softened after soaking in water), 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, a pinch of salt and splash of vanilla. Blend together and let sit in fridge to set.
Sponge toffee/hokey pokey
In Canada I know it as sponge toffee but it is also called honeycomb. In New Zealand it’s called hokey pokey and perhaps even gets the accolade of New Zealand’s national flavour. It is also the filling contained within a Crunchie bar (or violet crumble bar in Australia). In saucepan, heat 4 tablespoons fairly traded cane sugar and 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Let it boil and bubble away for a few minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda and stir quickly until it foams. Pour immediately into lined pan. Leave to cool. It should harden right away. And when you put the two together, it makes magic! Velvety mousse with understated sweetness punctuated with crunchy sweet bits of maple sponge toffee honeycomb hokey pokey. You put your dessert spoon in, take your dessert spoon out, put your dessert spoon in, then you turn it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. And this is what it’s all about!
Sugar Sunday – because life is sweeter with a little bit of sugar in it. Indulge sensibly.
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