Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher

Healthy Homemade Ferrero Rocher

Chocolate + hazelnut is one of the best sweet flavour combinations ever! Think things like Nutella and Ferrero Rocher. I don’t know anyone who dislikes either and they’re equally decadent and moreish making them extremely difficult to resist. Once you have a spoon of Nutella, you just HAVE TO have another one. The same goes with Ferrero Rocher. I’m never satisfied with just the one, I have to have at least ten two.

Over Christmas and new year’s is when I need to fight my urge to inhale all the Ferrero Rocher presented in front of me. They’re literally everywhere! At the entrance of supermarkets and department stores, at relative’s houses and at least one person will give you a box as a gift. 

Needless to say I didn’t actually have any this time around. I made a conscious decision that my digestive health came first and I didn’t want to do anything to upset it. But now, I’m left with this intense craving for one. I’ve basically been thinking about them non-stop since December. OK, perhaps I’m exaggerating a little there :P, but I have been wanting to create a healthier version of Ferrero Rocher for weeks now. The time has come for me to share with you my own healthier version. 

They’re simple, sweet, delicious and definitely moreish – exactly the kind of qualities I look for in a healthy treat. Made with 70% dairy-free dark chocolate,  hazelnut butter, hazelnuts, a little bit of coconut oil and Real Health Manuka honey. 

Manuka honey is harvested from the Manuka bush native to New Zealand and Australia. Containing anti-bacterial properties and high in antioxidants, Manuka honey is very different to the honey you buy from the supermarket shelves. Manuka honey contains a substance called methylglyoxal, which acts as an anti-bacterial and inflammatory agent. It also contains the antioxidant pinocembrin, which helps boost immunity. Regular honey is usually pasteurised so would have lost this property in the packaging process. 

When buying Manuka honey, look for a MGO number. This refers to the concentration of methylglyoxal in each individual tub of honey. The higher the MGO the higher the concentration of the substance. 

To make sure I get the most out of the benefits Manuka honey has to offer, I try to use it in raw/no bake recipes to make the most out of the benefits it has to offer. It was the perfect sweetener option for this healthy homemade Ferrero Rocher recipe.

This recipe is the perfect treat for anyone with a massive sweet tooth and the best cure for your chocolate cravings! Full of healthy fats and antioxidants from both the honey and dark chocolate! 

You can get Real Health Manuka honey from Boots and Holland & Barrett. Make sure you get a tub with a higher MGO number, preferably 500 (NPA 15+) or above.