These quinoa puffs cups are a real treat! This quinoa puffs recipe is a deliciously airy chocolate treat. These cups are easy to make, dairy-free and gluten-free.
This is the easiest recipe to make a delicious chocolate snack with almost no effort. Deliciously airy chocolate cups with quinoa puffs.
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This chocolate is a light yet decadent pure chocolate treat. These quinoa puffs remind me a bit of the Aero chocolate I used to eat as a kid, and I loved them. If you have a sweet tooth but don’t want to spend any time in the kitchen, this recipe is for you. You can make these cups in a blink of an eye, and so much faster (and healthier) than if you would go to the store to buy a snack. The taste is something chocolate (like Aero chocolate), but then the puffed quinoa makes it taste like a crispy rice treat.
Quinoa Puffs Recipe
There are only a few ingredients you will need to make these delicious cups. The star if the recipe puffed quinoa. Puffed quinoa? No worries, you can buy popped or puffed quinoa in a health food shop or online. Or you can make it yourself.
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Quinoa Puffs Cups
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6 (medium) cupcake holders 1x
- Category: snack, sweet, dessert
- Method: freezer
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These quinoa puffs cups are a real treat! This quinoa puffs recipe is a deliciously airy chocolate treat. These cups are easy to make, dairy-free and gluten-free.
Ingredients
- 9 to10 tablespoons of puffed quinoa
- 3 tablespoons raw cacao powder
- 5 tablespoons pure maple syrup (or raw honey for non-vegans)
- 3 tablespoons of coconut oil
- optional: 1 tablespoon almond butter (or another nut butter)
- small/bite-sized cupcake holders
Instructions
- Place the coconut oil, cacao powder, maple syrup into a saucepan and heat it for a few minutes on low heat until it’s totally melted and smooth. Once totally melted pour it over the quinoa pops and stir all together. The quinoa pops should all be covered in chocolate.
- Pour the mixture into small cupcake holders and place in the freezer for about thirty minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
You can keep these cups in the fridge for up to a week.
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