I am addicted to raw cacao. I, who have never been a chocolate lover -- and still don't really like it (no offense meant) -- have become addicted to the taste of raw cacao. After our Passover fudge extravaganza, I have been trying to develop more wholesome recipes for something sweet and chocolatey. The main difference is that these are sweetened with some date and with some stevia (The green kind, made from crumbled stevia leaves . Thank you, Brooke.). There is pretty much a 1:1:1 ratio going on, with almonds, dates, and raw cacao. And, I'll confess I let my son eat them for breakfast as a chaser to his porridge. When you check out the ingredients, you, too, might eat them for a meal.
ingredients:
1/2 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup roasted almonds
1/4 cup flax meal (ground flax seeds)
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp raw cacao (or 1 cup, which is an additional 2 tbsp)
3/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground vanilla bean
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
a little black pepper
1 1/2 tsp stevia
1 cup pitted honey dates
1/2 cup coconut butter
1/2 cup coconut oil
directions:
1. put the almonds, flax meal, cacao, sea salt, vanilla, cinnamon, pepper, and stevia into the food processor, and process until homogeneous.
2. add the dates, and pulse until well mixed
3. add the coconut butter and coconut oil, and pulse until well mixed, and can form a ball. If it is too dry, add extra coconut oil.
4. press into a square pan, and score into 64 pieces
5. chill in the fridge or freezer until set
6. store the squares in an airtight container, either in the fridge or freezer, depending on how cold you like 'em.
7. label the container either 'liver' or 'brains' so that no one will eat it while you are out. Seriously.
based on 64 squares, each square contains: 3/4 tsp raw cacao, 3/4 tsp almond 3/4 tsp date, 3/8 tsp coconut oil 3/8 tsp coconut butter, 3/16 tsp flax meal, and miniscule amounts of salt, stevia, vanilla, and cinnamon. Put that in your hat, cat!
Now, I've made these with some adjustments -- using 1/4 cup chia seeds, unground, and the extra 2 tbsp raw cacao. They are good that way. But, I think my favourite is the original, as listed above. YUMMY.
June variation: 1 cup roasted almonds, no raw almonds. 1/2 cup whey protein (not isolate) powder (organic of course). 1 cup shredded organic unsweetened coconut. Very good.
My current fave: 1 full cup raw cacao, 1 cup shredded coconut. Extra coconut oil as needed to make a ball. Perfection. Addiction. Abject piggery. Sigh ... I'm out of roasted almonds, only have raw, and it's too hot to turn the oven on. Raw almonds it is! (Hey, they are better for you anyway ...)
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