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These roasted hazelnut hot chocolate blocks are easy to make and use and mixed with boiling water, create delicious and creamy hot chocolate.

Makes Ten Servings

Ingredients

1 vanilla bean
85 g hazelnuts
125 g cacao nibs
180 g date sugar

Method

Roast the hazelnuts at 150°C for 20 minutes, shaking the tray to move them around half way through.

Once cool, in a food processor or high speed blender, process the hazelnuts with the seeds from the vanilla bean and the rest of the ingredients until completely smooth.

Freeze to set for 1 hour and cut into cubes.

To make one serving, blend 35 g cubes with 185 ml boiling water for 30 seconds or heat in a pan until boiling and froth until creamy.

Store blocks refrigerated in an airtight container.

Enjoy!