Raw Chocolate Recipes

Eating healthy doesn't mean you need to sacrifice what you love... For me, this means chocolate! Lots and lots-o-chocolate! Here are a couple simple recipes to get you started with making your own decadent, rich, and delicious raw chocolate! 

Just a side note: When buying your Cacao powder, make sure it is Cacao, and not Cocoa which has been processed and refined. Cacao is a super food that contains vitamins, minerals, aids in weight loss, and improves brain function. Cocoa is just the opposite: It's processed, heat-refined, stripped of it's nutrients, often high in sugar and other additives, and can end up making you sick and obese. Make sure to choose your chocolate wisely! You can find your Cacao on online retailers like this one. 

Raw Chocolate

Can be used for making cacao-covered strawberries, as a base to add other ingredients (mint or strawberry sauce), or eaten just by itself!

½ cup of raw cacao butter (or coconut oil)

½ cup of raw cacao powder

2 tablespoons of Agave Nectar (or maple syrup)

Mix ingredients, then allow to chill in freezer or refrigerator. 

Raw Chocolate Fudge Almond Butter Cups

4 Pitted Medjool Dates

1/3 cup of slightly heated coconut oil

¾ cup of cacao powder

½ of Agave Nectar

Filling:

3 tablespoons of raw almond butter

1-2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1-2 tablespoons of Agave