I have a confession. I failed as a parent for my daughter’s fifteenth birthday. All she really wanted was a cupcake with thick gooey frosting. Sounds easy, right? Well, it’s a little tricky because she’sallergic to wheat and dairy.
Had I been prepared I could have pulled it off. But I was busy. I asked my husband to get store-bought gluten-free cupcakes. I was imagining the cupcakes we’d gotten in the past – the ones with the big piles of frosting. But that was before we knew she couldn’t have dairy. Those cupcakes were no longer an option.
My poor husband did the best he could. He wasn’t aware of the frosting requirement. He picked up gluten-free cupcakes without frosting (a.k.a glorified muffins). I didn’t notice until I pulled them from freezer five minutes before we were going to sing happy birthday. Ugh!
I didn’t think I had the ingredients on hand to quickly make a non-dairy frosting. We went with the naked cupcakes. My daughter wasn’t thrilled…
As my husband’s birthday approached I began a quest for an easy and delicious non-dairy frosting recipe. That’s when I discovered the wonders of dark chocolate avocado frosting.
Had I been prepared I could have pulled it off. But I was busy. I asked my husband to get store-bought gluten-free cupcakes. I was imagining the cupcakes we’d gotten in the past – the ones with the big piles of frosting. But that was before we knew she couldn’t have dairy. Those cupcakes were no longer an option.
My poor husband did the best he could. He wasn’t aware of the frosting requirement. He picked up gluten-free cupcakes without frosting (a.k.a glorified muffins). I didn’t notice until I pulled them from freezer five minutes before we were going to sing happy birthday. Ugh!
I didn’t think I had the ingredients on hand to quickly make a non-dairy frosting. We went with the naked cupcakes. My daughter wasn’t thrilled…
As my husband’s birthday approached I began a quest for an easy and delicious non-dairy frosting recipe. That’s when I discovered the wonders of dark chocolate avocado frosting.
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| DARK CHOCOLATE AVOCADO FROSTING HEALTHY RECIPE |
INGREDIENTS
- 2 med/large ripe avocados (2 ½ small avocados), peeled and pitted
- ½ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil (melted coconut oil will give you a silkier texture, but un-melted works okay too)
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon (optional)
- Add avocado to a food processor fitted with an S blade and blend until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend again until smooth. You may need to stop and scrape the sides with a spatula a couple of times. (Add the maple syrup on top of the cocoa powder to keep the dust down.)
- Use immediately or store in fridge until ready to use. Frosting should be okay in the fridge for a couple of days.
NOTES
Recipe makes about 2 cups of frosting.
Recipe makes about 2 cups of frosting.