Thursday, July 12, 2012

Healthy chocolate recipe made from cacao powder

Recently, I made a chocolate from scratch - from cocoa powder! It tastes a bit different from the ones you get at stores, but it's a lot more healthier and yummy! I was asked to share the recipe by quite a few people, so here it is!

As usual, I didn't measure any of the ingredients, but made it with the "this-is-about-right" amounts, so you will need to adjust them according to your taste.

Ingredients:

- cacao powder (about 1/2 cup)
- coconut oil
- cinnamon
- stevia (or other sweeteners you like, such as honey, agave nectar, brown sugar, etc.)

How to make it:

- put cocoa powder, cinnamon and stevia in a container and mix them well. Check the taste at this point and make it a bit sweeter than how you like it to be
- put coconut oil in a pan and heat it until it becomes liquid (I was able to skip this step, as I live in Florida and my coconut oil was already in a liquid form without heating it!)
- Using a tablespoon, add coconut oil into the mixture of #1 above. When you do this, stir every time you add another spoonful and keep adding it until it gives the thickness of your liking. Make sure not to add too much oil and make it too weak. The color should be dark and it should be pretty thick, not liquidy.
- Optional: Add dark cherries, blueberries, raw nuts, if you like. It tastes better if you defrost frozen ones and use them, rather than using fresh ones.
- Optional: sprinkle rough xylitol on top of it evenly
- Put it in a refrigerator

That's all!

It's super yummy!! Try it and let me know how you like it!

Me :)

PS: People say cocoa contains antioxidant. It may be. However, just eating chocolate is not quite enough to get it! Taking vitamin E is a great way of getting antioxidant! You can get it at my online store, Kenkobi Factory: www.KenkobiFactory.com. We ship internationally.



This one has dark cherries in it! :)

3 comments:

  1. Thanks, Tomoko. I can't wait to try it. I eat dark chocolate every day and this recipe looks like an exciting adventure.

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  2. You are welcome! Hope you like it!! :)

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  3. This looks really interesting. I love eating sweets especially chocolates, so when I have the time, I really wanna try this recipe. Thank you for the tip.

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