This chocolate coconut almond butter dip is part nut butter, part chocolate fondue and equally delicious as both.
I’ve either been dating, engaged or married to Ulysses for over 13 years. In that time, I could count on one hand the amount of times we’ve seen a chick flick movie in the theater and this is in the context of (easily) over 100 movies we’ve seen in a movie theater. Of those handful of chick flicks, at least 2 of them would be because of Matthew McConaughey’s starring role and my husband’s borderline inappropriate obsession with him. We’re on a first name basis with Matthew in this household. Weird? Yes.
So, you might imagine my jaw dropping reaction yesterday as we drove past the $3 movie theater and Ulysses turns around from reading the sign of what movies were playing to say “Ooooh, ooooh, oooh! Twilight is playing! Can we see it? We could go on Valentine’s Day!” like an Edward crazed 15 year old girl.
Um, who are you and what the hell have you done to my husband?
First, you turn down wannabe apple pies and now you’re BEGGING me to see Twilight?
This should be my dream situation though, right? He never wants to see chick flicks but now I’ve got him basically pleading to see the chick flick of ALL chick flicks (or at least of this decade).
Wrong.
I cannot stand the twilight craze.
I didn’t read the books. I HATE vampire storylines. I’m grossed out by the extreme paleness going on between Edward and Bella. And honestly, Bella irks me to my core. I’m not sure it’s possible to get any more pathetic than her. Her obsession with Edward and her helplessness without him sickens me.
And, now I sound like the biggest feminist in the world.
The kicker? The movie only plays at 3:50 and 9:10. Obviously, the first showing is out because of this thing called a j-o-b. So we’re left with 9:10. I can’t even think of a weeknight in the past year that I haven’t been in pajamas by 9pm, if not before.
Valentine’s Day for her….make dinner at home and chocolate almond butter dip for dessert.
Valentine’s Day for him…see Twilight.
What did I say about opposites attracting?
Chocolate Coconut Almond Butter Dip
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup raw almonds
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roast almonds for about 10 minutes until just toasted.
- Let cool for 2-3 minutes then place in food processor.
- Process for about 10 minutes, scraping down sides occasionally until smooth, creamy nut butter forms.
- Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together in a small saucepan over low heat.
- Pour chocolate/coconut mixture into food processor with the almond butter. Add vanilla & salt and process for another minute until fully incorporated.
- Pour into jar or ramekin. Keep refrigerated.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
Oh my goodness, so delicious! This will be great on toast, pancakes, angel food cake small bites, everything. Love it!
The dip sounds great! I make one with chocolate, coconut oil, and cashews…good to know the almonds work….blend blend blend and get those earplugs ready, right. :)
Totally agree with you on the Twilight obsession. I SO don’t get it.
I don’t get the Twilight thing…..at all. It annoys me that there are now vampire shows everywhere. The paleness and the pouting have got to go. The dip on the on hand looks fabulous!
OMG today was not the day to read this post (PMS lurking)!! I want to DEVOUR that entire bowl. Incredible!
Recipes like these make me count the days to my bridal shower and pray to the god of weddings that I get a food processor lol is that so wrong?!
haha no! I wish I had gotten a legit food processor for my shower but I stupidly registered for a combo processor/blender. The blender part was fine but the processor part was pathetic. It took 5 years to get my “big girl” one and it’s SOOO worth it! Hope you get it :)
Enjoy the flick. I don’t know much about the Twilight “saga,” but I do know that I’d probably prefer to be in my pajamas at that time as well.
I’m with you on the Twilight and pajamas thing! This dip looks like it would be so good with fresh fruit and pound cake dippers. Almost like a healthy fondue? I should be struck down for saying that.
Haha, I actually thought of that exact phrase while typing up the post but refrained from calling it that. But, that’s exactly what it is!
uh, this is like the most sinful and amazing combination of flavors, ever!! i would literally dip everything and anything in this!! oh, and don’t sweat it, the second i walk in the door, my pants fall off and i’m in yoga pants the rest of the evening. is that TMI? ;)
haha no. Imagine working from home…I go from pj’s to workout clothes back to pj’s in the span of 10 hours. My poor husband sees me in nothing but sweats. ha!
I do this too! Pj’s to yoga pants (for working, duh) to workout clothes back to pj’s…but I do shower every day, so at least there’s that. And sometimes, if I’m feeling ambitious, I put on a little mascara and lip gloss. Very fancy.
P.S. Your photography has been AWESOME recently. Do you use natural light? My husband is helping me create a little lighting setup since my apartment doesn’t get a ton of light. Looking forward to (hopefully) being able to take photos outside of that 1 hour window when the light is decent.
Thanks Amanda! I do use natural light. My dining room gets awesome light pretty much from 9-4 so I’m very lucky in that regard. I haven’t changed anything about where or how I’m shooting, but I’ve finally figured out the processing/sizing/editing part which has made a big difference in the quality. I was re-sizing and not shooting in RAW before and losing a lot of quality in that whole process whereas now, I’m shooting in RAW, editing in RAW converting to JPEG and uploading to Flickr as the actual size and then letting Flickr re-size to fit my content area (640 pixels…which I recently made bigger from 565 because the sizing down from 640-565 was killing my quality too). Long answer to a short question! haha
I’ve never played around with the whole light box thing since I don’t really need to but it works for tons of people!
ha! I’m in pajamas when I walk through the door – the longer I have to stay in work clothes, the more miserable I am!
Haha ditto!