If you have a sweet tooth, you'll love these recipes featuring our best-selling Marine Collagen. Here are 3 simple, easy-to-make treats for you to try this Easter.
Chocolate Collagen Popsicles
Makes 8 mini popsicles
Serves 8
Storage: Freezer
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup almond milk
- 2 scoops Correxiko collagen
- 3 tbsp raw cacao
- 1 heaped tbsp almond or peanut butter
- 2 Medjool dates (de-stoned), soaked in hot water for 3 mins then drained
- Optional pinch of salt
- Optional 3 squares of melted white chocolate to decorate.
METHOD
Place all the ingredients (except the white chocolate) in a high-speed blender and blitz until smooth. Pour into popsicle moulds and add a lollipop stick. Freezer for at least 2 hours until set.
Remove from the moulds and place on a greaseproof-lined baking tray. Option to decorate in white chocolate then place back in the freezer to set.
Crackshell Chocolate Collagen Oats
Serves 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Overall time: 20 mins
Storage: Fridge for up to 1 day
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/4 cup jumbo oats (or gluten free)
- 1 - 1 1/4 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla powder or vanilla extract
- 2 heaped tbsp Correxiko collagen - makes it super creamy
- 1.5 tbsp raw cacao
- Optional tiny pinch of salt
- Optional maple to taste
TO SERVE
40g dark chocolate (plus more if you want chunks on top)
Flaked almonds
METHOD
Place the almond milk, cacao, collagen, optional vanilla, salt and sweetener in a small blender like a Nutribullet or use a stick blender until frothy.
Combine oats with cacao milk and allow to soak for 15 minutes or overnight. Adjust thickness to take with almond milk. Option to add a little maple to the base if you prefer things sweetened or drizzle on top. LUSH!💛
Melt dark chocolate in a glass bowl or over a pan filled with simmering water on low heat or microwave at 3 intervals, stirring occasionally.
Add oats to bowl. Drizzle over chocolate and place in the fridge to set. Option to top with chunks of l easter egg or more dark choc or nuts.
Option to add a little maple to the base milk if you prefer things sweeter or drizzle on top. LUSH!💛
Thanks to Jo Harding @modernfoodstories for the recipe and photography. It’s cracking!
Oat + Banana Collagen Pancakes
Serves 4 (Makes 12 pancakes)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Overall time: 15 minutes
Storage: Tupperware in the fridge for up to 3 days
INGREDIENTS
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup plant-based milk
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Good pinch of flaked sea salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 heaped tbsp Correxiko collagen
- optional 1 tbsp coconut sugar or maple
- 3 tsp butter, ghee or coconut oil for cooking
METHOD
Add all pancake ingredients to a blender and blitz until smooth.
Add 1/4 tsp butter or oil to a non-stick frying pan. Add the batter, cooking two pancakes per pan, approximately 45 seconds per side, flipping in-between, on medium to low heat. Repeat until all the pancake batter is used up, adding 1/4 tsp of butter each time.
Serve with berries, optional maple, yoghurt or coconut yoghurt.