Raspberry and chocolate, such a romantic pairing. I know it’s not Valentine’s Day, so you can proclaim your love for breakfast instead with this Raspberry Chocolate Sauce.
Plus, it’s a fantastic way to enjoy raspberry season!
As much as I would like to share some inspiring story of how I came up with this recipe, I don’t really have one. One morning, I was making a creamy nut butter sauce for my pancakes but instead of using peanut butter or almond butter, I went with a hazelnut cocoa butter. That alone, is a delicious topping. But I had some leftover raspberry chia jam from when I made these Summer Berry Crepe Cakes and dumped that in there too.
The resulting sauce was thick and multidimensional in flavour and texture. Sweet, tangy, floral, creamy, and a wee bit crunchy, this Raspberry Chocolate Sauce can be smothered onto pancakes and french toast, or can be stirred into oatmeal or top a yogurt parfait. No surprise that I went with pancakes this time.
May we please have a moment of silence to appreciate the fluffiness of these Coconut Flour Pancakes?
Undeniable fluffiness. Absolute perfection. Da feels I have for these pancakes.
Aaaaaand continuing on with my ramble about the sauce.
If maple syrup is getting kinda boring, bring some excitement back to breakfast with this Raspberry Chocolate Sauce; it will please both fruit-lovers and chocolate-lovers! The recipe will yield a very generous serving for one, or you can be nice and share it with your breakfast-mate. Let’s just say I like my topping to pancake ratio to be very high.
- ΒΌ cup raspberries
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp liquid sweetener such as honey or maple syrup
- 2 tbsp hazelnut cocoa butter
- 2 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
- Mash raspberries into a puree and mix in chia seeds and sweetener. Store in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (overnight is preferred), until thickened.
- When the raspberry chia jam is ready, microwave the hazelnut butter for 10 seconds. Add almond milk and mix until combined.
- Add raspberry chia jam to milk mixture and stir to combine. Serve over pancakes, french toast, or stir into oatmeal.
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