Homemade Fat Bombs

Fat bombs are excellent if you are following a keto diet, and are struggling to meet your fat requirements or if you maybe need a fat burst before or during exercise.

I found a recipe on The Banting Chef, but it doesn't say how many blocks the recipe yields. As I was making dinner at the same time and do not have freezer space I sort of winged it with my own recipe:

Ingredients:
2 x 4 blocks Mojome Sugar-Free Chocolate 80G — Cacao Nib + Rock Salt (86% Cacao)
1/2 tsp erythritol
1/4 tsp Peppermint Essence
12 tsp coconut oil melted

Method:
Melt 1x4 blocks chocolate with 1 tsp coconut oil and place in a small container
Mix 10 tsp coconut, peppermint essence and erythritol separately and pour over chocolate
Place container in freezer for about 15 minutes
Melt 1x4 blocks chocolate with 1 tsp coconut oil and pour over frozen mixture in container
Place container in freezer

I cut this block into 4 small pieces - try to keep these pieces frozen as the coconut might melt.

One small block equates to about 125 calories, 1g carbs, 14g fat, dietary fibre 1g

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