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Black Forest Cacao Cups

Name: Black Forest Cacao Cups
Prep time: 25 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 165 g Walnuts; 85 g Pitted Medjool dates; 35 g Unsweetened cocoa powder; 1.5 g Iodized salt; 120 g Raw cashews; 110 g Pitted cherries; 60 g Maple syrup; 50 g Pitted cherries

All the classic cherry-chocolate pairing of Black Forest cake, reimagined as a bite-sized raw cup.

HANDS-ON25 minutes

REST / SET1 hr freeze

MAKES10 cups

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Makes 10 servings

Walnuts1½ cups (165g) walnuts
Grams of Walnutsg
Pitted Medjool dates½ cup (85g) pitted Medjool dates
Grams of Pitted Medjool datesg
Unsweetened cocoa powder⅓ cup (35g) unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
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Iodized salt¼ tsp iodized salt
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Raw cashews1 cup (120g) cashews, soaked 4+ hours
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Pitted cherries¾ cup (110g) fresh or thawed frozen cherries, pitted, divided
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Maple syrup3 tbsp (45ml) maple syrup
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Pitted cherries10 whole cherries, for centers
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Process walnuts, dates, half the cocoa powder, and salt until it forms a sticky crumb.
02
Divide the mixture between as many silicone muffin or mini-cupcake mold sections as your chosen number of servings, forming cup shapes with a well in each center.
03
Blend soaked, drained cashews with all the cherries listed for the filling, the remaining cocoa powder and maple syrup until smooth.
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Fill each cup with cherry cream and divide the additional pitted cherries listed for the centers among the cups.
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Freeze 1 hour until set, then pop out of the molds to serve.

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The source listed 110 g cherries for filling but only used ½ cup in the method. This adaptation uses all 110 g plus the 10 separately listed center cherries, all pitted.

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