Recipe Directions

  • 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.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

By The Rawtarian

Raw chocolate icing... I am having difficulty understanding how the combination of four basic ingredients could taste so divine.

I mean, this raw chocolate icing only contains dates, cacao, coconut oil and water. Sounds boring, right? It must just taste like pasty dates, right?

Wrong! This tastes like raw chocolate icing that you'd get at some high-brow raw vegan restaurant. It has a smooth, chocolatey, velvety texture and sweet, chocolatey mousse-like taste. Plus, it's really easy to work with and spread.

I was inspired to whip up a batch of raw chocolate icing to go on top of my raw brownies. Yeah, the combination of those raw brownies and this icing is pretty much heavenly. This raw chocolate icing has a very handy consistency--it's a lot like mousse when kept in the fridge.

It's a great raw vegan icing for cakes, brownies and the like! Iced cakes or brownies should be kept in the refrigerator.

This raw chocolate icing could also double as a raw pudding if you were feeling sad and needed to eat some chocolate out of a bowl with a spoon to make yourself feel better. :)

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Nutrition Facts

Nutritional score: 88 out of 100
  • This recipe is very low in Calories, Fat, Carbohydrates, and Sodium.

Amounts per 50 g (2 oz) suggested serving

NameAmount% Daily
Calories 117 5 %
Protein 0.98 g 2 %
Fat 7 g 9 %
Carbohydrates 15 g 5 %
Dietary Fiber 2.4 g 7 %
Sugars 12 g
Calcium 11 mg 1 %
Iron 0.56 mg 4 %
Sodium 1.6 mg
Source: USDA

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Hi Scully, nope, they are the same :) I really just use 1 type of coconut oil (cold pressed coconut oil) but sometimes I get lazy and just call it coconut oil : )

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I made this for friends today, substituting cocoa with carob in the cake as well as icing. It was superb, thank you!!

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Hi Tina, Yum! How did your friends like it?

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Ema's Review

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I've just made this one and it tastes so good! Thank you for this recipe!

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My pleasure Ema, so glad it turned out well for you :)

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I LOVE your brownie and fruit dip. Could this be used as a chocolate dip for fruit?

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Sure thing, Valerie! nomnomnom #chocolatedip

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Is this thick enough to stand up a room temperature on a cake? I'm just worried it will slide away....

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Hi Katie,

It will melt somewhat for sure. Best to keep the whole cake in the fridge for as long as possible.

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Simply delicious! Only half of this made it onto the brownies - the other half went straight from the blender jar to our mouths!!

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CJ - I can't say that I am surprised because that is exactly what happens in my house lol. Every time!!!!!!!

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Just wondering if this much dates (brownie plus icing) is ok for a diabetic type 2. Thanks. Btw, this icing rocks the house!

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Hi Belinda, I can't speak to your specific dietary needs as it will depend on what else you are eating, but I am glad you think it rocks the house!

:)

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Awesome! I plan to use a version of this for a raw birthday cake I'm making. I LOVE cacao - I own a sugar-free chocolate company. I needed this recipe for a quick refresher on frostings. I'm going to cover a cacao/walnut cake with blueberry lemon filling. YUM!

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Hi Kenzie, what a fun company to own! Or should I say, a yummy company to own :)

Your cake sounds divine! Especially that filling

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I LOVE this recipe! It tastes WAY better than store bought chocolate icing and feels better to be consuming this instead, too :) Using this for my brother's raw birthday cake, thank you soooo much for sharing! I'm also thinking of using this recipe to fill my new chocolate moulds and refrigerate them to make healthy chocolate for my dad. :)

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Hi Miranda! So glad you enjoy the icing. It's one of my faves too!

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Liking this icing off the spoon as I type!

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A sure sign of success!!! Nice work Darcey :)

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This was sooooo divine. I used apricot kernel oil as I can't stand the taste of coconut oil and left little bits of date unprocessed for a little texture which was very very nice. More like a pudding instead of an icing...I am feeling rather ill now as I just couldn't stop eating it LOL!

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wow brownies and frosting sound so good!!! but i don't have dates :( I need dates!!

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Jessica, go get some dates, girl!

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hi there I was just wondering if I do not have coconut oil, can I use some other kind of cold pressed oil, like olive oil perhaps?

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Hi EB, Definitely not! Coconut oil is totally different. Do not use olive oil, it'll be really gross :)

There is no substitute for coconut oil in this recipe. It's the coconut oil that helps the icing thicken.

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OMG! I made the brownies and the chocolate icing, following the recipe to the letter, and it turned out sooooo yummy. I was PMSing and needed some chocolate. Only issue....it wasn't enough! I should've doubled or tripled the recipe. :-)

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