Fig season.. oh my goodness, how I love it so. And yet, I somehow get surprised every year that it comes around! I manage to forget how much I absolutely love figs, so each year is a like a renewed delight for me. There’s really nothing like a fig and mixing one with chocolate is such a simple decadence that is easy enough for everyone to make.

One of my favorite things is melting chocolate for chocolate bark or dipping fruits in. It’s the perfect vessel for incorporating herbal powders and spices in and amping up the glory chocolate already possesses. You can make chocolate salty or super sweet, really whatever you’re feeling. Throw some edible flowers on that chocolate, mix in some maca or make it spicy and unique with cayenne and a little bit of salt. Really and truly, there is an endless world of possibilities with melted chocolate. So have fun with it and don’t overthink it!

I topped these figs with some hemp hearts. I absolutely LOVE hemp hearts for their nutritional value and ease of use. Hemp hearts are full of healthy fats, protein and omega fatty acids. They’re also fairly inexpensive and last a long time.

Ingredients

16 oz fresh figs
1 3.2 oz dark chocolate bar*, roughly chopped
(*I used this bar by Chocolove, but you can pick any flavor of chocolate you’d like)
1 tbs coconut oil
1/2 cup hemp hearts
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1 tbs adaptogenic powder of choice (I used the Genius Blend by Pretty Mushroom)
Optional: Smokey finishing salt or Maldon flakey salt

Method


Using the Bain Marie method or a double boiler, melt your chocolate. Once slightly melted, add oil, kosher salt and spices and fold in gently. Continuously stir until chocolate is smooth and full melted. Remove from heat. Rinse your figs and cut in half, starting from the stem. Dip figs in melted chocolate, covering half or completely. Lay figs on a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with hemp hearts. Repeat until all figs have been covered. Sprinkle a small amount of finishing salt on the figs if you’d like. I also added dried rose petals to some figs for a nice floral pop!

Place figs in fridge until chocolate has hardened. Figs will keep for 3 days in fridge.

P.S. If you have leftover chocolate, pour it onto a piece of wax paper, cover with flowers spices or salt and let set. See picture below for example!