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AIP Carob "Chocolate" Chips {AIP, Paleo}

January 25, 2019 By healingfamilyeats 16 Comments

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AIP Carob Chocolate Chips

I was surprised to see you can't buy AIP compliant carob "chocolate" chips online. The store bought varieties I found contain suspect ingredients such as beet sugar and soy lecithin (in most cases likely GMO) as well as other emulsifiers. No thank you!

So I decided I'd make my own. Now, I could have lined a small container with parchment paper, made a bar and chopped it into chip-sized morsels, however I don't want to "make do". I wanted them to look like they were store bought. In fact, to use the words of my daughter several years ago, "I just want something from a packet!"

I went onto Amazon and found, and highly recommend I might add, these awesome chocolate chip molds. The chips pop out very easily without any breaking or sticking, and they look the real deal!

Use these choc chips in my awesome sweetener free Banana Carob "Chocolate" Chip Cake. Other good things to make with carob are my Homemade Carob "Chocolate" Bars. And if you can't get the molds mentioned above, making and chopping these bars into morsels will be a fine second best! Try my Carob and Plum Cake - when it's not plum season it's equally amazing with apricots, cherries or pears. And everyone's favourite treat, Vanilla Carob Ice Cream Bars - think Kondike gone healthy.

AIP Carob Chocolate Chips

AIP Carob "Chocolate" Chips
Makes 3/4 cup
Download the recipe here!

1/2 cup coconut oil
1 tbsp coconut butter
6 tbsp carob powder

Put 1/2 inch worth of water into a medium pan and bring up to a gentle simmer. Put the coconut oil and coconut butter into a heatproof bowl that will sit nicely on top of the pan. When the water is simmering, set the bowl over the top and allow the contents to melt, stirring frequently. Remove the bowl from the heat, wipe the underside dry and sit it on a cloth, on your counter top.

Add the carob powder 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing well between additions to thoroughly incorporate. Continue until you have added all the carob, and the mixture is smooth.

Lay your chocolate chip molds onto flat trays. Using a syringe, pipette, piping bag or a small spoon, fill the molds to the top. Tap the tray gently on the counter top so that you remove any air bubbles in the carob mix. Place into the refrigerator for at least an hour until set. Remove the chips and keep in a container in the fridge until needed. You will have extra mixture so keep this to one side and when the first batch has set and been removed, fill the molds once again, melting the mixture in the same way that you did at the start.

AIP Carob Chocolate Chips

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Comments

  1. chris says

    January 27, 2019 at 8:22 am

    I always had a food-sensitivity reaction to carob. Then I found it was a legume. All legumes bother me - including rooibos tea. I am surprised that you would promote a legume in an IAP recipe.

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      January 27, 2019 at 9:21 am

      Hi Chris. Both carob and rooibos are AIP-compliant, although it is recommended they're consumed in moderation. With carob, we consume the ground up pod and not the seeds. As for Rooibos tea, we are ingesting the leaves. Have a read of this post for more information if you like.

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  2. Ruth says

    March 30, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    Looks wonderful! can't do coconut butter. Is there anything I could use instead? More coconut oil?

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      March 30, 2019 at 1:06 pm

      I would just leave it out. Just make sure to keep the chips in the fridge until you need them.

      Reply
  3. Audrey says

    October 27, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    Do they melt like chocolate by chance? I have a carob pie filling in mind. So many possibilities... Thank you for this recipe.

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      October 28, 2019 at 6:54 pm

      They don't really melt like chocolate chips, you can see them on the top of this cake.

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      • Audrey says

        October 28, 2019 at 7:02 pm

        Ok thank you. I am sure I can find lots of other applications than the pie:) Thank you for the recipe.- Audrey

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  4. Tonya says

    January 18, 2020 at 9:22 am

    Hoe long will these keep in the fridge or out? Wondering if I can make them ahead of time to have when I want to make cookies or something with them.

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      January 18, 2020 at 3:11 pm

      I haven't kept them very long myself, however I imagine they would easily keep for up to a week and probably more. You need to keep them in the fridge at all times. Having said that you could freeze them to extend their life much further (months) and even use them from frozen.

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      • Tonya says

        January 18, 2020 at 6:49 pm

        Thank you for the quick reply!

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  5. Amanda Gagnon says

    February 12, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    Would it be too much to add a touch of honey or maple syrup? Or would that make them too sweet?

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      February 12, 2020 at 8:37 pm

      I find carob quite sweet anyway so don't need to add anything. However you may prefer them sweeter. When you make up the mixture give it a quick taste and see whether you need some honey/maple syrup, and then add a teaspoon or two to your taste.

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  6. V says

    August 24, 2020 at 11:18 pm

    Could this be made coconut free?

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      August 25, 2020 at 2:43 pm

      If you use palm shortening or have reintroduced butter you could give them a try. I haven't done so, so can't say whether they work or not. Please report back if you experiment.

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  7. V says

    August 25, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    Thanks! Is palm shortening something you can make? I haven't seen it in my country. No dairy has been reintroduced yet.

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    • healingfamilyeats says

      August 25, 2020 at 8:49 pm

      No, palm shortening is bought. I wasn't sure where you're based but it's wide available in the US. I don't think any other fats will work I'm afraid.

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