Ember.Helper EmptyObject

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

helpers.x-foo.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export function xFoo(key, data = {}) {
	if (data.hasOwnProperty('hello')) {
      return `Hello ${data.hello}!`;
  }
  return '';
}

export default Ember.Helper.helper(xFoo);

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>
{{x-foo hello="world"}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.4",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "alpha",
    "ember-data": "2.7.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "alpha"
  },
  "addons": {}
}