We love Halloween and what better way to celebrate the day of the dead than with spicy chilli chocolate hearts inspired by the ancient Aztec and Mayan. They look so innocent and lovely no one will suspect the chilli kick surprise!
 

Ingredients:

·         100g CHOC Chick organic cacao powder

·         6 tbsp CHOC Chick organic cacao butter

·         3-4 tsp Sweet Freedom, agave syrup, honey or maple syrup (to taste)

·         ½ tsp cayenne pepper chilli powder (taste and add a little more if required)

·         ½ tsp vanilla bean extract

Handy Equipment:

·         Heat-proof bowl sitting over a pan of water (Bain Marie)

·         Spatula

·         Metal balloon whisk

Directions:

·         Melt the cacao butter gently in a bowl over a pan of water on a low heat.

·         Once the cacao butter has melted add 6 tbsp cacao powder and sweeten with 3-4 tbsp your sweetener or choice (Sweet Freedom, agave syrup, honey or maple syrup) and add the vanilla and cayenne pepper

·         Maintain on a low heat and mix well with a metal balloon whisk. Make sure to taste the mix and add some more sweetener and cayenne pepper if required.

·         Remove from heat and carefully spoon the warm runny cocoa mixture into heart shaped ice cube trays or the mini baking cases

·         Place the mould or mini cases in the freezer  

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Editors Notes

Galia Orme – Founder of CHOC Chick

Galia Orme is the founder of CHOC Chick, the business she established in 2009.

A confirmed chocoholic, Galia founded CHOC Chick to provide raw chocolate making kits, recipes and organic ingredients to likeminded people. Products provided by the company enable chocolate lovers to create and enjoy chocolate that is free from dairy, gluten, processed sugar, additives and, most importantly, guilt.

Having visited Ecuador in 2011, Galia ethically sources organic cacao ingredients for CHOC Chick products directly from cooperatives and farmers in Ecuador.

Galia has achieved great success with CHOC Chick. Initially set up as an online store, the company was supplying John Lewis food halls by 2010. That year also saw CHOC Chick products being sold by four distributors to over 200 stores across the UK and Europe. These included Whole Foods Market UK, Harvey Nichols, Infinity Foods and Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen. In 2015, her products were listed by Holland & Barrett and now available in 140 stores.

In 2014, Galia introduced CHOC Chick to the east coast of the US. Following a recommendation to Whole Foods Market North Atlantic, she secured US representation and got her products in 30 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine by early November.

Galia now plans to establish CHOC Chick as an international brand with distribution across Europe, the US, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Born in South America, Galia originally moved to the UK in 1989, living in London for 7 years and settled back in the UK in 2002. Her varied career has seen her study law, sing in a rock band and work as a volunteer with trafficked young women. She has worked in marketing communications in the high tech industry in Israel and the USA, as well as in business development for an internet marketing company in Brighton.

Upon turning 40, Galia decided it was time to do what she really loved. The choice was between singing and chocolate.

Chocolate won.