Sunday, May 15, 2011

Raw Vegan Chocolates

Raw Chocolates (Base) from Kristen Suzanne's "Ultimate Raw Vegan Chocolate Recipes" pg49

Do you want simple, pure, basic, but also delicious, nutritious, and easy raw vegan, bit-sized chocolates? Well, here you go. Once your cacao butter is in liquid form, this recipe takes only minutes to prepare and it's so dang good! I always have these in a ready-to-toss-in-the-air-and-catch-in-my-mouth stash in the refrigerator.

1/4 c. + T. raw cacao butter, liquid
2 T. raw agave nectar
1/3 c. raw chocolate powder (raw cacao powder)
1 1/2 T. lucuma powder

Stir all of the ingredients together well. This "base" recipe is delicious as is, and ready to be poured into candy molds or mini candy paper cups. Place in the freezer to set for about 10 minutes. I usually use candy molds that hold about 2 tsp. per mold, making the perfect sized chocolates to enjoy.

Julie's notes: I usually increase this recipe 8 times.  Add-ins such as: trail mix, coconut, chia seeds, chopped pecans, raisins or whatever you want to add are excellent. You can either add extras to the chocolate before you pour into molds or put a layer of the add-ins on the bottom of the molds and pour the chocolate right over it. You can liquify cacao butter in a bowl in the dehydrator or you can use a double boiler arrangement--just watch the heat to make sure it doesn't get too hot. 

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