This icing tastes amazingly like a chocolate frosting and will satisfy you. Additionally, it is really healthy with no additives, refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup, colorings, caffeine or any other chemical additive. It is so simple yet so satisfying.
This recipe take just a few minutes to complete and will yield enough to use as icing for approximately 10 – 12 cupcakes.
Chocolate Icing
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut spread (where to buy coconut spread)
- 1/2 cup honey (where to buy raw honey)
- 1/8 cup cocoa (cacao) butter (where to buy organic cocoa butter)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (where to buy cocoa powder)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Gently heat the coconut spread in a small pot until you can easily mix it
- Remove the pot from the heat
- Add the cocoa butter and mix it with the coconut spread until it is melted (you may need to put it back on the heat briefly)
- Add the honey and vanilla and whisk it all together until it is well combined
- Work quickly as this has a tendency to separate
- Use the icing as soon as it is combined and then refrigerate to harden
Tips for Frosting cupcakes or any other cake
- Let cupcakes cool in the pan for a few minutes and then on a rack
- Apply the frosting with a spatula as evenly as possible when it is at room temperature — as it cools off, it may separate so work quickly
- Refrigerate the cupcakes for a hard frosting
For the Cocoa Butter Cupcake recipe click here
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This sounds yummy! But I’ve never heard of coconut spread…is that like creamed coconut/coconut butter?
Hi Lisa,
Yes, it is also called coconut cream (but is not liquid) or coconut butter.
Awesome. I just bought some the other day!
Love this! I just made my traditional butter cream icing with corn syrup for a 1st Communion cake, and I would love to have a healthier alternative.
This sounds delicious – my son would love it! Thanks for sharing with Healthy 2Day Wednesday; come back next Wednesday to see if you were featured!
This icing looks incredible and made from such nourishing ingredients! Thank you so much for sharing your great recipe on Allergy-Free Wednesdays! Be sure to check back next week for recipe highlights (including the top 3 reader choice submissions and hostess favorites).
Be Well!
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