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Peppermint Crisp Dessert Recipe

This is a great-tasting alternative to the usual peppermint crisp dessert and is much more nutritious. The crunch of the vanilla buckwheat, the green minty cream and the chocolate sauce combined give an authentic peppermint crisp feel and flavour sensation.

MAKES

A Bowl

PREPARATION TIME

Start the day before

DIFFICULTY

Surprisingly simple, but pay attention

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Ingredients

Chia Omega Cream:
1 C water
1/4 C Hemp Seeds
1/8 C Chia Seeds
1/4 C Lucuma Powder
1–2 T Coconut Blossom Nectar or sweetener of your choice (amount depends on how sweet you like it)
1/2 t Vanilla Seeds
Chocolate Sauce (See recipe Chocolate Fruit Fondue)

Vanilla Buckwheat
500 g buckwheat, soaked for 20 minutes and rinsed
1/4 C Coconut Blossom Nectar or sweetener of your choice
1 T vanilla extract

Green Mint Cream

1/2 t Spirulina Powder
2 drops peppermint essential oil
Cacao Nibs (for decoration and crunch)

Method

Step 1:

For the vanilla buckwheat, simply combine the soaked and rinsed buckwheat with Coconut Blossom Nectar and vanilla, then dehydrate for 12 hours or until crispy.

Step 2:

Make the chocolate sauce - see recipe here under Chocolate Fruit Fondue (link to cacao paste recipe page)

Step 3:

For the chia omega cream, blend ingredients together and allow to stand for 1–2 minutes to thicken.

Step 4:

Take one portion of chia omega cream and mix in the Spirulina Powder and 2 drops of peppermint essential oil to make the green minty cream.

Step 5:

In a glass, layer one layer of the plain cream, one layer of the green cream, one layer vanilla buckwheat, then one layer chocolate sauce. Repeat until the glass is filled, and top with Organic Cacao Nibs.