Healthy Chocolate!

YUMMY AND HEALTHY CHOCOLATE

Ingredients:

1. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (Raw* is best, but if not available, use any kind of unsweetened cocoa powder with no extra ingredients).

2. Virgin Coconut Oil–

Most coconut oil in the store is very poor quality; get “Virgin” oil from the health food store or order from Tropical Traditions. I get the “expeller pressed” kind which is very healthy but has the coconut taste removed. Otherwise, I think it overpowers the taste of the chocolate, but that’s a personal preference.

3. Raw (unheated) honey

4. Optional - seeds or chopped nuts. Hemp seeds are great.

There’s really no recipe necessary. You take a bowl or shallow baking pan, and pour in a cup or two of the cocoa powder, then slowly pour in the coconut oil while stirring, just until it all mixes into a consistency like chocolate syrup.

Then add a few spoonfuls of honey to taste, and seeds or nuts if you’re using them. You’ll be surprised how little sweetening it takes. Chocolate is naturally bitter, like coffee, and that’s really very enjoyable!

If you want measured amounts, try:

1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 tablespoons of honey, or to taste

Then when the ingredients are mixed and the sweetening is right, you can use it as chocolate syrup, or put it in the refrigerator and it will harden. Then cut into pieces and enjoy!

If you are desperate, you can put it in the freezer for a few minutes and it will harden up so you can cut it.

Chocolate like other bitters is good for digestion, and it contains lots of beneficial nutrients. Virgin coconut oil is perhaps the healthiest fat there is. See articles on the Tropical Traditions website to to release any last vestige of fear of fats!

All that aside.. chocolate tastes divine and makes you feel heavenly!

If anyone wants to get the greatest raw honey, go to Honey Gardens Apiaries.

Even with shipping, it comes out cheaper than in the store. I’ve known this beekeeper in VT for years, and I’m honored to do business with him. He sends his bees to sunny SC to vacation for the winter!

*Look for “Raw Chocolate Powder” from www.rawfood.com