This amazing raw chocolate icing  is ready to use as soon as you pour it out of the blender. It’s a great raw vegan icing for cakes, brownies and the like! Iced cakes or brownies should be kept in the refrigerator. The icing lasts for 5 days in the fridge.

 Ingredients

• 1 cup dates
• 1/4 cup raw cacao (cocoa) powder
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/2  cup water (or a  bit more if needed)
• Preparation Time 5 min Total Time 5 min
• Suggested Servings 8 servings
• Equipment:  Blender

Method

1. Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender. If possible, let them sit in there for a few minutes to soften the dates a little bit.

2. Blend all ingredients in your high-speed blender. The ingredients can be a little finicky to blend, so start at a slow speed and increase speed slowly. ‘

3. Keep blending for a very long time to get a velvety consistency. This is one of those recipes that really makes use of the power of a high-speed blender. If you feel that the blades are just spinning but aren’t actually moving all of the icing around, turn the blender off and make an air pocket down the side of the blender with a spatula to expose the blades. Remove the spatula, replace the lid, and start blending slowly again.

4. You’ll know it’s ready if there are no bits of dates and all you can taste is velvety chocolate goodness.

5. This raw chocolate icing is ready to use as soon as you pour it out of the blender. It’s a great raw vegan icing for cakes, brownies and the like! Iced cakes or brownies should be kept in the refrigerator.